Black powder pistol

The black powder pistol is a non-automatic pistol in Fallout 76.

Characteristics
Produced by Henry Aston in Middleton, Connecticut in 1850, the black powder pistol is a percussion cap muzzleloader that makes use of .50 caliber balls as ammunition. It also has a unique reloading animation that involves the player character using a ramrod to push a single lead ball down the pistol's barrel.

Variants

 * Black powder blunderbuss

Locations

 * Four pistols can be found in the museum at Philippi Battlefield Cemetery inside various display cases.
 * Can be obtained through Vertibot airdrops.
 * Can be found northwest of Helvetia.
 * Plans/note can be bought from Flintlock, the black powder vendor inside The Whitespring Resort.
 * Random drop from Scorched.
 * Found on a body of a Civil War reenactor, in the mountains south of Poseidon power substation PX-03.
 * Can be found at Van Lowe Taxidermy, inside a display case.

Bugs

 * Sometimes, it is possible to fire five shots without the need to reload between each shot.

Behind the scenes

 * The Black Powder Pistol design is based on the M1842 Dragoon Percussion Cap Pistol. The front sight is missing in the Fallout 76 model, which makes it harder to aim.