Caravan Shotgun

The caravan shotgun is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
This is a double-barreled shotgun that sports barrels mounted in an over-and-under configuration. It features several signs of wear and decay following extensive use in the desert and has been maintained in a makeshift manner. This is especially clear around the buttstock, where the shoulder pad has been secured with flexible, thin metal strips and duct-tape. The cracked fore-end is held to the rusty barrels with zip-ties and scraps of tightly-wrapped leather. Furthermore, they appear to have been sawed-off.

It can be a bit confusing when trying to aim with the iron sights. The target has to be placed behind the screw that is somewhat blocking the Courier's view. There are four horizontal marks on the screw; the target needs to be behind the second mark from the top. Because of that, and its large spread, this makes it very difficult to utilize slugs effectively.

Durability
The caravan shotgun can fire a total of about 695 standard shells, the equivalent of 348 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Sturdy caravan shotgun
 * Cass's caravan shotgun, a unique non-playable caravan shotgun used by Cass. It only differs from the standard caravan shotgun in its use of companion ammunition.

Locations

 * Aerotech Office Park - inside suite 200, on top of the fallen bookshelf to the left as you enter.
 * Sold from various traders and merchants at higher levels.
 * Caleb McCaffery carries one.
 * May be carried by escaped convicts.
 * One is given in the quest Beyond the Beef for completing the bad Karma option.
 * One is rewarded upon joining the Kings.
 * Equipped by many Fiends.
 * Carried by members of Caesar's Legion at The Fort.
 * Most of the NCR troopers at Camp Forlorn Hope are issued caravan shotguns, in place of service rifles.
 * Crimson Caravan guards will occasionally carry this weapon.
 * Gun Runner guards at the 188 trading post carry them.
 * Trudy carries one in the quest Run Goodsprings Run.
 * Sierra Madre Villa - when heading to the Villa police station you will come across a skeleton with a knife spear by a fountain. Nearby is a Dean's Secret Stash and next to that is a caravan shotgun and some 20 gauge shells.
 * Lobotomites in the Big MT (Lv.20-30) may carry one.