Plasma Caster (Fallout: New Vegas)

The plasma caster is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
It is one of the strongest energy weapons in the game, and one of the strongest plasma weapons overall, having a rather low AP cost, high rate of fire and decent precision. It's rare and not very durable however, so the Jury Rigging perk or Weapon Repair Kits are necessary for continuous use of this weapon. Note: with the Jury Rigging perk, it can be repaired with Gatling lasers, flamers, Heavy incinerators, and Incinerators.

Modifications

 * Plasma Caster HS Electrode - Increase the rate of fire of the Plasma Caster by 25%

Locations
The Plasma Caster can be found on a table within the Silver Rush energy weapons shop which is found in Freeside. Plasma casters are sold exclusively at the Silver Rush.

Orion uses it in the final battle if you performed Arcade Gannon's side quest.

Bugs

 * Easily stolen with no karma loss by carrying the item to the door and then taking it. As soon as you take it leave the silver rush and re-enter to see that the vendor doesn't seem to notice.
 * The weapon fails to fire a projectile properly when used in third-person view. After equipping it when in third-person view it may not work even when switching to first-person view. Re-equipping it while in first-person view solves this (only occurred on first use).
 * Due to a bug the Plasma Caster can be duplicated if it's removed from your inventory and placed into a storage item, the duplication will give you a Plasma Caster with 100% condition and can be repeated. (Unless you have updated the game)
 * There is a bug that in some cases may cause the Plasma Caster to not count towards the Blast Mastery achievement no matter how much you use it.
 * After upgrading the Plasma Caster with the Plasma Caster HS Electrode, the weapon may disappear from your inventory forever.
 * When using the weapon in vats the projectile will often not fire unless very close to the target, and if standing under a roof the projectile may collide with the structure.