La Longue Carabine

La Longue Carabine is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
La Longue Carabine is the customized personal weapon of Corporal Sterling of the New California Republic's (NCR) elite 1st Recon sniper division.

Characteristics
A unique variant of the cowboy repeater, it has a scope which was mounted on the rifle by Corporal Sterling, produces slightly more damage, reloads faster as it does not load through the loading gate (it lacks one), but through the front of the magazine tube (similar to Lincoln's repeater). Also, the La Longue Carabine is more accurate than a regular cowboy repeater. This spread has been reduced greatly as a result of the latest patch, as it is now slightly more than that of the Marksman carbine.

Like most unique weapons, weapon modifications cannot be used on La Longue Carabine. However, by default, it comes with aforementioned scope modification and the extended feeder magazine already attached, although judging by the appearance of the rifle the magazine tube on La Longue Carabine is smaller than a cowboy repeater with an extended magazine.

Locations

 * It is carried by Corporal Sterling, a member of NCR 1st Recon, in Camp McCarran.
 * If the quest Three-Card Bounty has been completed, he and 1st Recon will move to Camp Forlorn Hope.

Variant

 * Cowboy repeater

Behind the scenes

 * "La Longue Carabine" is a French phrase meaning "The Long Carbine"; it is a reference to the James Fenimore Cooper novel "The Last of the Mohicans", in which the main character, Hawkeye, is nicknamed La Longue Carabine by the Delaware tribe for his famed marksmanship.
 * Paul Fish modeled and textured the rifle.

Bugs

 * Though perhaps not limited to the La Longue Carabine, there seems to be a bug associated with this weapon that will sometime cause the player to be unable to switch ammunition types, even when a particular ammunition type has been exhausted. This is resolvable by dropping, or storing the weapon on a companion, and then reequipping it. Though it may still not be possible to switch ammunition types while equipped.
 * There is a bug when using the scope while you shoot, the blast from the shot shows up in the middle of the scope potentially blocking targets from view, especially difficult with multiple enemies.
 * Although again, perhaps not limited to the La Longue Carabine, there is a glitch that may cause it to disappear if you leave it on the ground at Camp McCarren, fast travel away, and return after a while. A specific time for it to disappear is unknown. This may be a case of just another member of the NCR picking it up, but it is not found on any other non-playable characters in the camp afterwards, assuming that any are alive if you decide to kill the whole camp for the rifle. Several NCR do respawn at the site later on, however.