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Ammunition Overviews .45-70 Gov't is a type of ammunition in Fallout: New Vegas.
Production
Standard and SWC .45-70 Gov't rounds can be crafted at a Reloading Bench. A single cartridge requires the following ingredients:
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead (30) Powder, Rifle (4) |  | Build/Scrapped at: Skill Level: Repair: 65 | | .45-70 Gov't (1) |
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead (40) Powder, Rifle (5) | | Build/Scrapped at: Skill Level: Repair: 90 Perk (Rank): Hand Loader (1) | | .45-70 SWC (1) |
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scrap Metal (1) Tin Can (5) | | Build/Scrapped at: Skill Level: Repair: 45 Perk (Rank): Junk Rounds (1) | | .45-70 Gov't (1) |
Breakdown
Breaking down a standard .45-70 round yields:
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.45-70 Gov't (1) | | Build/Scrapped at: Skill Level: Repair: 65 | | Lead (27) Powder, Rifle (3) |
Weapons using this ammunition
Variants
.45-70 Gov't, Hollow Point
Hollow point bullets mushroom or fragment on impact, causing massive trauma to unarmored targets, similar to those of buckshot. However, since the bullet loses almost all of its energy upon contact, it will hardly be able to penetrate armored targets. Certain weapons such as the Medicine Stick, combined with 100 Guns skill, as well as perks such as Cowboy, Bloody Mess and other damage boosting perks can result in the total damage exceeding the 3x DT multiplier of these bullets.
.45-70 Gov't, SWC (Hand Load)
Flat-nosed round designed to deal maximum damage to targets at close range by tumbling when it hits. This type of round was originally designed to shoot paper targets. This ammunition type puts a severe strain on a gun's condition due to its extremely heavy powder load. It requires the Hand Loader perk to craft.
.45-70 Gov't (Junk)
A round made from refuge materials, their shoddy quality increases wear on the weapon by 1.5x and deals 25% less damage to targets.
Comparison
| Modifiers and Effects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type  | Weapon Damage  | Target Damage Threshold  | Weapon Condition  | Weapon Spread  | Craftable  | Empty Casing % |
| .45-70 Gov't, Standard | x 1 | x 1 | x 1 | x 1 |  | 35% chance |
| .45-70 Gov't, SWC (Hand Load) | x 1.2 | - 6 | x 3 | x 1 | | 20% chance |
| .45-70 Gov't, Hollow Point | x 1.75 | x 3 | x 1 | x 1 |  | 35% chance |
Locations
General Loot
- Can be pickpocketed from NCR Rangers and NCR Veteran Rangers.
- Can be found on several members of the Great Khans in Red Rock Canyon.
- Can be found in the NCR Ranger Safehouse.
- A couple rounds can be found on Legionary Assassins carrying the brush gun.
Can be acquired from Lobotomites at higher levels.
Merchants
- Can be purchased from Alexander underneath the 188 Trading Post overpass.
- Can be bought from the Vendortron at the Gun Runners kiosk.
- Knight Torres may sell normal variants ammunition in stock at the Hidden Valley Bunker.
- Around 400-600 rounds can be purchased from Quartermaster Bardon at the Hoover Dam Offices.
- Can be purchased from the Great Khan Armorer at the Great Khan Armory.
- Can be purchased from Mick at Mick & Ralph's at higher levels.
- Can be purchased from Blake from the Crimson Caravan Company.
- Several rounds can be found in the underwater Lake Mead Cave.
Other
- A fairly large amount of this ammunition can be found in the Legion supply cache during the Caesar's Favor quest.
Notes
If one looks closely at the headstamp on the cartridge model, it reads ".357 Magnum".
Gallery
Rounds
.45-70 Gov't bullet compared to a .22LR bullet
Fallout: New Vegas Ammunition