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
Chambered for the 12.7mm round, the weapon was issued from the Long Branch Arsenal in Ontario, USA territory. It once belonged to Randall Clark, a former US soldier and survivalist who took refuge in Zion National Park after the Great War. The gun reads, "PROPERTY OF U.S. GOVT CHKPNT CARBINE 12.7MM CAL." and "LONG BRANCH ARSENAL ONTARIO, USA TERRITORY." The stock has "STOP!" carved on one side and "ARRÊT!" on the other.

Characteristics
When looking through the iron sights to aim, the forward sight is bent out of line with the rear channel on top of the carrying handle. However, using the upper right side of the bent front sight as the aiming point corrects this. The rifle uses 12.7mm rounds.

Durability
The Survivalist's rifle can fire a total of about 2,495 standard rounds, the equivalent of 250 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Service rifle

Location
The Red Gate: The rifle is found in a duffle bag marked "the Survivalist's duffle bag." At the summit of the Red Gate, the Courier will see three trees and the bag containing the weapon is wedged between some boulders underneath the trees, propped up on the rocks. Alternately, it can be reached by climbing up the backside.

Behind the scenes

 * Joshua Sawyer commented that the Survivalist's rifle was "loosely based on the .50 Beowulf AR-15 platform conversion," and that it was intended to be a checkpoint carbine. The word "arret" written on it was an attempt to explore less often mentioned details regarding Canada.
 * When asked if the iron sights being misaligned was a bug, Sawyer stated that it was not and that the bent front sight was due to wear and tear, having been used and repaired in an improvised fashion for decades.