Survivalist's Rifle

The Survivalist's Rifle is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts. It is the unique variant of the service rifle.

Background
This weapon was originally a U.S. checkpoint guard carbine in Canada, issued from the Long Branch Arsenal in Ontario, USA territory. Built to use the 12.7mm round, this rifle was supposed to offer guards firepower necessary to intercept anyone attempting to breach a checkpoint, regardless of equipment.

The one found in Zion once belonged to the Survivalist, an ex-U.S. army serviceman who found himself hiding out in Zion National Park after the Great War. The Survivalist's Rifle was used by the Survivalist for decades and shows signs of improvised repair such as clamps on the foregrip wood, the mismatched wood furniture, etc. The bent front sight is also damaged to the point that the Survivalist couldn't or didn't repair it and just adapted to using it as-is.

Characteristics
When looking through iron sights to aim, the forward sight is bent and out of line with the rear channel on top of the carrying handle, thus not creating the proper sight picture as seen when using a normal service rifle variant. However, using the upper right side of the canted front sight as your aiming point corrects this problem and providing a useful (albeit confusing) solution to this design feature. Alternatively, you can opt to turn off true iron sights, which bypasses the sight issue.

Location
Red Gate in a duffle bag marked "The Survivalist's Duffle Bag" next to a skeleton. Some powerful enemies may spawn here, such as giant cazadores and green geckos.

Even when visiting before anything else, there still may be hostiles. (Cazadors, White Legs, etc.)

Behind the scenes

 * The French word "Arrêt", translated as the nouns "stop" or "halt", is fitting with "Stop" written in English on the other side of the rifle's stock. Considering its probable use in the U.S. occupation of Canada in manning checkpoints, the words are likely meant as a warning to deter civilians from approaching, because of the bilingual nature of the message necessitated by the fact both languages are spoken in Quebec

Bugs

 * The rifle may not appear in the duffel bag at all. However, it's possible that a nearby enemy picked the weapon up. It may appear on an NPC, it has been found in Waking Clouds inventory without it having been previously found.
 * During the Advance Scouts quest for Daniel, a White Legs tribe member may take this weapon from the sack. Be sure to check all bodies.
 * Sometimes when using hollow point ammo and getting a critical hit this weapon will do 1000+ damage.
 * Upon firing the first round, the rifle may fire until the magazine is empty.
 * Upon entering the Brotherhood of Steel Bunker at Hidden Valley for the first time and having all of your equipment stripped, the rifle may disappear entirely.