Hunting Revolver

The hunting revolver is a pistol in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The hunting revolver is a large, double-action revolver that fires .45-70 Gov't ammunition. It does a significant amount of damage and comes with a scope as standard, versus requiring a modification. The hunting revolver scope has decent magnification at 2.46x. Its base damage of 58 is the second highest of any non-energy pistol, and is surpassed only by the Ranger Sequoia, which has a base Damage of 62.

The weapon has few drawbacks from a combat standpoint such as the low durability compared to other revolvers. However, from a tactical standpoint, .45-70 Gov't rounds are quite scarce with weapon vendors selling very small quantities of said rounds at very high prices.

Despite being a one-handed revolver, the hunting revolver is not a holdout weapon, meaning that, even at a Sneak skill of 100, it will not pass a search when entering a weapon-free location, such as a casino.

Durability
The hunting revolver can fire a total of about 545 standard rounds, the equivalent of 109 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Ranger Sequoia - a rare, more powerful, yet less valuable non-scoped version of the hunting revolver used by NCR Veteran Rangers.
 * Hunting revolver (GRA) - a customizable variant added with the Gun Runners' Arsenal add-on.

Locations

 * Black Mountain - Next to a gore bag located on a cliff edge overlooking the road halfway up the mountain.
 * Bloodborne cave - One hunting revolver and 20 rounds of .45-70 Gov't ammunition can be found in the cave, near the campfire.
 * Freeside - During the quest G.I. Blues, one can be found on Orris.
 * Gun Runners - Can be bought from Vendortron, if the player character is level 16.
 * NCR Ranger safehouse - On the shelves.
 * NCR Veteran Rangers often carry them.
 * Red Rock Canyon - Several may be found on Great Khans.
 * REPCONN test site - Tucked between a corpse and the wall, next to the safe with the two Stealth Boys, in one of the second floor Easy locked storage rooms.
 * Given as a reward during the quest Bleed Me Dry.
 * It can be sold at the Great Khan armory.
 * White Legs tribals may carry them at higher levels.
 * Lobotomites sometimes carry them, especially if the player character is level 40 or above.

Behind the scenes

 * The hunting revolver is based on the Magnum Research BFR, with elements taken from the Bison Bull as well.
 * The most notable difference regarding the real life revolvers versus the in-game ones is that the real life ones have a loading gate reload system, akin to the .357 Magnum revolver, whereas the Hunting Revolver has a swing-out cylinder.

Bugs
If loading a saved game from the main menu in which you have a hunting revolver equipped and drawn, the reload animation takes twice as long as normal. This can be solved by simply switching to another gun and then back again.