Ol' Painless: The key to this rifle is found in the republic of Dave, in a safe in Dave's office. Sell any artifacts (other than the repeater) to Abraham Washington of the Capital Preservation Society in Rivet City. To top off an already sweet deal, this weapon is repaired with regular old hunting rifles! The easiest time to get this is during the main quest when you get to the mall. It's one of the best small guns, by far, because it's ultra-accurate. 44 magnum ammunition and has a 12-shot clip. There's also an old gramophone you can take. Look for the top hat, lincoln action figure and a wanted poster of john wilkes booth. Scattered around this area are artifacts that can be sold to various NPCS.

You will find the Repeater in a display case. Anyway, work your way to the offices, then to the top floor there. If you need xp, this isn't a bad place though. There are many ghouls there, if you have the ghoul mask from the tenpenny tower quest they'll ignore you. Lincoln's Repeater: This is easily found in the Museum of History, work your way to the left of the wooly mammoth once inside and take the door to the next section there.

The small clip makes it dangerous to use for close encounters, so pull out the 10mm when enemies are bearing down on you. Early game, this will stand as the best weapon to pair with a 10mm pistol until you can find better.

It's not as accurate when you're using it as a sniper weapon for very long ranges though as the bullets tend to go off target to a degree. Use this to get off shots on enemies that are far away as it's very useful in VATS. I often overlooked it my first play through, but used it much more on my second game. Hunting Rifle: This weapon can be accurate and powerful at range.

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