La Longue Carabine

The  is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas. It is a unique variant of the cowboy repeater. It is carried by Corporal Sterling in Camp McCarran.

Characteristics
It has a scope mounted on the rifle. This rifle also reloads significantly faster than a regular cowboy repeater, and does not load through the loading gate (it lacks one) but through the front of the magazine tube, somewhat similar to Lincoln's repeater. La Longue Carabine cannot be modified using cowboy repeater mods. It already has one mod attached, the extended feeder magazine, although judging by the appearance of the rifle the magazine tube on La Longue Carabine is smaller than a Cowboy Repeater with an extended magazine.

Locations
Can be found in Camp McCarran near New vegas, it is carried by an old Ranger by the name of Corporal Sterling. He is also part of the quest I Don't Hurt Anymore and killing him for the rifle will forfeit the quest.

After killing Cook-Cook and returning to Major Dhatri as part of the quest Three-Card Bounty, the 1st recon unit will move to Camp Forlorn Hope. You can find them all together next to the Jailhouse in the northwestern part of the camp.

Obtaining
As is only carried by Corporal Sterling, the number of ways of obtaining it are limited.

The most obvious way is to simply kill Corporal Sterling, who is not heavily armed nor particularly difficult to kill. It is even possible to kill Corporal Sterling with no loss in NCR reputation or karma, so long as the kill is silent and you are not observed. However, killing him may negatively impact your ability to complete several quests he is involved in, particularly Raul's Companion quest, Old School Ghoul.

Besides simply killing Corporal Sterling, the La Longue Carabine may be acquired by attacking him, which will cause him to draw the weapon. Then shoot it out of his hands by aiming at the gun or his gun arm in VATS. Quickly holster your weapon. If you have a good enough reputation with the NCR, he will end combat. (This can occasionally cause Rex to remain hostile and result in his death.) Simply pick the weapon up without loss of karma or reputation. Doing this though will result with him being weaponless and will cause him to pick up the nearest gun on the ground,including the same gun he just dropped if it's not in too bad condition, so be quick about picking it up.

It is also possible to pickpocket his ammo, wait and then re-enter the area. This weapon will end up in his inventory where it can be pick-pocketed.

Bugs
Though perhaps not limited to the La Longue Carabine, there seems to be a bug associated with this weapon that will sometime cause the player to be unable to switch ammo types, even when a particular ammo type has been exhausted. This is resolvable by dropping, or storing the weapon on a companion, and then reequipping it. Though it may still not be possible to switch ammo types while equipped. (Confirmed on 360)

Behind the scenes
"La Longue Carabine" is a French phrase meaning "The Long Carbine." It is also a reference to the James Fenimore Cooper novel, "The Last of the Mohicans", in which the main characters' rifle is dubbed this by the Iroquois.

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Appearances
The appears in Fallout: New Vegas.