Service Rifle

The service rifle is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
A semi-automatic medium power rifle, the rifle is chambered in the common 5.56mm round and has a magazine capacity of 20. Its wooden furniture and simple, but effective construction make it a very reliable weapon, often used by NCR troopers.

It can be modded with a forged reciever to increase durability and an upgraded spring to increase fire rate. Two other mods, a bayonet and a reflex sight, were supposed to be available to the player in the game, but were cut before the release.

One extremely useful trait of the service rifle is its ability to repair high-end weapons like the light machine gun, sniper rifle, and assault carbine using the Jury Rigging perk. It looks similar to the M16 assault rifle used in the Vietnam war.

Mods

 * Service rifle custom springs - Faster rate of fire.
 * Service rifle forged receiver - +50% Condition.

Cut from the game

 * Service rifle reflex sight - cut from the game
 * Service rifle bayonet - cut from the game

Locations

 * Can be found in a building littered with skeletons at Boulder City along with a Ranger Hat and a Ranger holodisk message.
 * This rifle is carried by members of the NCR at the Mojave Outpost, Camp Forlorn Hope, and HELIOS One. At the Mojave Outpost after clearing out the trade route Ranger Jackson will award you one as well as some other supplies.
 * Can be bought at Gun Runners outside of the East Freeside Gate.
 * It can sometimes be found near the Canyon Wreckage west of Primm on the corpse of an NCR soldier who was killed by coyotes. The coyote den is south of the wreckage along the rock wall, there are also two ammunition boxes here.
 * Johnson Nash sometimes has one for sale in Primm.
 * Halford has a glitch that allows you to obtain unlimited rifles, 5.56 ammo and armor piercing 5.56 ammo.

Appearances
The service rifle appears in Fallout: New Vegas.