Deliverer (Fallout 4)

The Deliverer is a unique weapon in Fallout 4.

Background
A pre-War semi-automatic handgun. It has an exposed hammer and a double-action trigger mechanism, and the fixed barrel also acts as a guide rod for the recoil spring. It has a smaller size, shorter grip and reduced magazine capacity, in contrast with other pistols of the same chambering.

One of these old handguns was recovered and restored by Tinker Tom for Railroad heavy agent Tommy Whispers, called the "Deliverer." He still had the pistol in his possession when his faction's old HQ, The Switchboard, was raided by The Institute's forces. When the Sole Survivor and Deacon return to the place to recover a lost prototype of an unknown device for Dr. Carrington, the Deliverer is recovered, and offered to the Survivor.

Characteristics
While it uses the same ammunition as the 10mm, the Deliverer outperforms comparably modified 10mm pistols in damage, fire rate, slightly higher accuracy rating, but carries less rounds in its magazines. It also comes with the "V.A.T.S. Enhanced" effect, which grants it increased V.A.T.S. hit chance and 25% lower action point cost. This combined with its low weight, minimal recoil, and pre-attached suppressor, makes the Deliverer an excellent sidearm for stealth attack builds, able to take out low to mid-level enemies in one shot, and higher-level enemies with the appropriate perks and modifications. However, there are no scope mods available for this weapon, limiting its range and accuracy. The pistol also lacks automatic receiver mods due to it using a unique model when compared to the standard version, further hampering its effectiveness in engagements against multiple enemies. Upgrades can be either crafted by the player possessing the required rank of the Gun Nut perk, or gradually purchased from Tinker Tom after the completion of quests in the Weathervane series.

The Deliverer comes with the standard receiver, short barrel, standard grip, standard mag, standard sights, and suppressor modifications by default.

Variants

 * The Deliverer shares the same ammunition as the 10mm pistol, but has functionally very different statistics even beyond its ancillary legendary effect, and a different suite of mods. Unattached mods from the 10mm pistol cannot be applied to the Deliverer.

Location
Rewarded during the Railroad quest Tradecraft, after finding the body of Tommy Whispers.