Ballistic Fist

The ballistic fist is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The ballistic fist is one of the most powerful Unarmed weapons in the game. It consists of a wrist-mounted shotgun, with a pressure plate trigger worn over the knuckles, which fires when a punch connects with the target.

Durability
The ballistic fist can successfully strike about 395 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Two-Step Goodbye - A unique variant with additional effects.

Locations

 * Crimson Caravan Company - Can be purchased from Blake.
 * Hidden Valley bunker - Can be purchased from Torres.
 * Hoover Dam - Can be purchased from Quartermaster Bardon in the offices.
 * Great Khan armory - Can be purchased from the Great Khan armorer.
 * The Fort - The Praetorian guard, Caesar's personal bodyguards, carry ballistic fists. They can be found inside Caesar's tent. The guards in the weather monitoring station also carry them.
 * Legate's camp - Carried by some Praetorian guards.

Behind the scenes
Sometime before release, ballistic fists were supposed to use shotgun shells as ammunition, but it wasn't supported by the game engine.