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The Gobi Campaign scout rifle is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics
The Gobi Campaign scout rifle is a unique sniper rifle that was used by the United States Armed Forces in the Gobi Desert military campaign in China before the Great War. The scout rifle is coated in a desert camouflage with a black, rubber eye-piece on the scope and comes pre-equipped with an extended magazine, a slightly shorter barrel and a maintenance kit stored in the stock.[1] Thus, its condition deteriorates slower than standard sniper rifles.
Like most unique weapons, it cannot be modified with a suppressor or carbon fiber parts, although its decreased weight and texture imply that the latter modification has already been applied.
Compared to a normal sniper rifle, the Gobi Campaign scout rifle does slightly more damage, has a higher DPS, has less weapons spread, fires more rapidly, degrades more slowly and has greatly increased critical hit damage. Its reduced Action Points cost can also be very useful for squeezing an extra shot into a V.A.T.S. sequence. However, the major downsides are that it cannot be silenced, and weapons to repair it are severely limited, even with the Jury Rigging perk.
Durability
The Gobi Campaign scout rifle can fire a total of about 795 standard rounds, the equivalent of 133 reloads, from full condition before breaking.
| Ammunition type | Durability | |
|---|---|---|
| Shots | Reloads | |
| Standard, HP, & AP | 795 | 133 |
| JSP | 529 | 89 |
Variants
- Sniper rifle, standard variant found throughout the Mojave Wasteland.
- Christine's COS silencer rifle, a silenced variant of the regular sniper rifle.
Comparison
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - Weapon name (melee or unarmed) |  | - Attacks in V.A.T.S. | |
 | - Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive) |  | - Action point cost | |
 | - Damage per attack (damage per projectile) |  | - Damage per action point | |
 | - Damage per second |  | - Weapon spread | |
 | - Area of effect damage |  | - Magazine capacity (shots per reload) | |
 | - Effect damage & duration |  | - Durability (number of attacks before breaking) | |
 | - Bonus effects |  | - Weight | |
 | - Attacks per second |  | - Value in caps | |
 | - Critical chance % multiplier |  | - Value to weight ratio | |
 | - Critical damage |  | - Skill required | |
 | - Critical effect damage & duration |  | - Strength required | |
 | - With all mods attached | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sniper rifle | 45 | 86.8 | 1.93 | x2 | 45 | 27 | 1.7 | 0.02 | 5 | 395 | 8 | 4100 | 512.5 | 75 | 6 |
| Sniper rifle | 45 | 86.8 | 1.93 | x2 | 45 | 27 | 1.7 | 0.02 | 5 | 395 | 3 | 7400 | 2466.7 | 75 | 6 |
Christine's COS silencer rifle  | 62 | 99.6 | 1.61 | x2.5 | 62 | 38 | 1.6 | 0.02 | 5 | 420 | 5.5 | 6100 | 1109.1 | 75 | 6 |
| Gobi Campaign scout rifle | 48 | 102.9 | 2.14 | x2 | 80 | 24 | 2 | 0.018 | 6 | 795 | 4.5 | 6200 | 1377.8 | 75 | 6 |
Location
- Sniper's nest - Found in the Very Hard-locked gun case that is next to an ammunition crate with .308 rounds. There is no key to open it if the lock breaks.
Notes
The magnification level of the scope is 3.5x for this weapon.
References
- ↑ "Maintenance kit" written on the stock of the weapon
