Gauss Rifle

Gauss Rifles are hand-held weapons utilizing electromagnetic coils to propel metal slugs at extremely high velocities. When fired they can do a great amount of damage and sometimes knock your enemies back for a few seconds-allowing you to get another free hit. Players should be careful when using this weapon, for it has a slow reloading speed-and must be reloaded after every shot is fired.

There are only two known gauss weapons in the Fallout universe so far:
 * M72 Gauss Rifle (Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics)
 * Scoped Gauss Rifle (Fallout 3: Operation: Anchorage DLC)