Backwater Rifle

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Fallout 3 unique weapon Backwater Rifle

Attack statistics

dmg/attack:

45

DPS:

33.75

attacks/sec:

0.75

# of projectiles:

1

spread:

0.25

Criticals

crit dmg:

45

crit chance:

x 5

Ammunition

ammo type:

10mm

ammo per shot:

1

ammo capacity:

10

shots/reload:

10

Other

skill:

Small Guns

AP:

30

item HP:

700

repair:

Lever-Action Rifles

weight:

7

value:

250

base id:

xx00ed14

The Backwater Rifle is a unique Lever-Action Rifle which is added to Fallout 3 with the Point Lookout add-on.

[edit] Obtaining

Main article: The Velvet Curtain

The Backwater Rifle is found on a shelf behind you at the end of The Velvet Curtain quest along with other weapons and ammo in the room.

[edit] Bugs

The Backwater Rifle has been known to turn invisible for a limited time. (Confirmed, 360.)
Attacks made from the Backwater Rifle may hit the target, causing the hit body parts to be crippled, but dealing no actual damage.

[edit] Appearances

Backwater Rifle appears in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.

[edit] Behind the scenes

The name of this rifle is probably a reference to a backwater part of the country. That is, an isolated and backward place, and given the amount of inbred humans one faces in Point Lookout, it can be reasonably said that Point Lookout is a backwater region. Not only this, but Point Lookout is also somewhat of a swampland.
This weapon could also be a reference to a rifle that has been "backwatered" which means that if there is a liquid source in the barrel of a rifle, the gunpowder would mix in with the water, making the weapon "useless."

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Point Lookout (add-on)

Quests & achievements	Main quests	The Local Flavor · Walking with Spirits · Hearing Voices · Thought Control · A Meeting of the Minds
	Side quests	A Spoonful of Whiskey · An Antique Land · Plik's Safari · The Dark Heart of Blackhall · The Velvet Curtain · Lighting the Lighthouse · Lost Daughter
	Achievements	The Local Flavor · Walking with Spirits · A Meeting of the Minds · Bog Walker
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	Misc	Cogwave Jammer · Fishing Pole · Kenny-Bear · Lab Access Card · Lighthouse Bulb · Lump of Brain · Moonshine · Plik's Journal · Punga Seeds · Refined Punga Fruit · Riverboat Ticket · Submarine Self-Destruct Codes · The Krivbeknih · Wild Punga Fruit · Yeast
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Characters & creatures	Hostiles	Feral Ghoul Reaver · Ruzka · Smugglers · Swamp Ghoul · Swampfolk (Brawler, Bruiser, Creeper, Scrapper, Tracker) · Swamplurk (Swamplurk Queen) · Tribals
Perks	Ghoul Ecology · Punga Power! · Superior Defender · Gray Matters · Mirelurk Ecology · Swing For The Fences