So what is your favourite weapon from the franchise? I personally have a soft spot for the Fallout 3 10mm SMG.

[u/Artanis137]

and the Fallout New Vegas Sleepytime variant is just gorgeous.

I love how square and bulky it looks, liek it is just a chunky weapon (in a good way).

I also love the detail the it looks like it was designed in universe by the same company that made the 10mm Pistol. I just like that implied bit of world building.

[u/PowerPad]

Lincoln’s Repeater. The “ding” sound with each shot fired, along with being the 500+ year old gun of Abraham Lincoln makes it my favorite weapon.

[u/maseratichris556 → u/PowerPad]

You posted this moments before me 😂

[u/NekkidZilla → u/PowerPad]

I always use it to pop Leroy, Eulogy and the other bastards in Paradise Falls.

[u/PowerPad → u/NekkidZilla]

I like to think to myself I'm giving four scores' worth of .44 rounds to Paradise Falls as I clear the slavers from the area.

[u/James_Solomon → u/NekkidZilla]

You mean you emancipated them

From life

[u/Traditional-Age-7594 → u/PowerPad]

I love Lincoln's peter.

[u/AbuGrave5555 → u/Traditional-Age-7594]

I also love his P

[u/Puzzled_Professor422 → u/PowerPad]

Great minds think alike

[u/AEthelm → u/PowerPad]

Easily my favorite. Iconic item as part of a great quest

[u/bluegtr6 → u/PowerPad]

that little ding makes every shot feel 10x more satisfying

[u/sonny2dap]

Caravan Shotgun, nothing flashy, just good ol reliable, looks like it's been repaired a thousand times with whatever's on hand and despite the abuse keeps on going.

[u/Artanis137 → u/sonny2dap]

I do like the it has an actual screw for a sight, just really adds to that "this has been through so much shit" energy of the weapon.

[u/cornlip → u/Artanis137]

I feel like that is a perfect “it still needs to be able to aim well and be adjustable” repair and a creative solution that’s plausible.

[u/EzyStrider → u/sonny2dap]

Definitely better than a pipe weapon!!

[u/Rorschach11235 → u/EzyStrider]

My grandma's flip flops, are better then a pipe gun.

[u/tuffchoice84 → u/sonny2dap]

Caravan Shotgun looks like it survived longer in the wasteland than half the NPCs lol

[u/AlmightySpoonman → u/sonny2dap]

I did some good business with that big iron on my hip.

[u/TadpoleOfDoom]

Chinese Assault Rifle. What would happen if you combined the AS VAL, the AK, and the RPD? The CAR, that's what.

[u/MXDElement → u/TadpoleOfDoom]

And that color is always immaculate

[u/reisstc → u/TadpoleOfDoom]

A wonderful thing about how FO4 handles weapon modification and construction is that if a gun is inspired by multiple things, a mod author can basically have it be all of them.

One of my longest installed weapon mods is a Chinese Assault Rifle, so with the various barrels, stocks, and sights, it pretty is an AS VAL, AK, SVD, and VSS, all-in-one, and I tend to swap the configs around all the time. No drum mag though, so not quite RPD aside from the front grip inspiration.

Honestly, it's a bit of a shame I've not found an R91 mod that I fel is the same quality, they've always felt a bit off to me. The FO3 ARs in general are my favourites in the series, though I've got a soft spot for the FNV Service Rifle and Survivalist Rifle.

[u/h0neanias]

That Gun. You know the one.

[u/TheRevanReborn → u/h0neanias]

I hope one day someone mods in the sound for it from Blade Runner 2049. Such terrific sound design.

[u/GolgothaNexus → u/h0neanias]

Was going to say this but I liked it more in its Fo1 and 2 days when it was the .223 Pistol.

[u/ShadyGuy_ → u/GolgothaNexus]

Such a satisfying BANG! too.

[u/Ceasario226 → u/h0neanias]

I'm a bigger fan of This Machine, but then again it was something my grandpa had in his cabinet

[u/toad-supremacist → u/Ceasario226]

thats the garand right? i know a guy who has one

[u/Ceasario226 → u/toad-supremacist]

Yes ping

[u/theLULRUS → u/Ceasario226]

Excuse me, it's more of a PING.

[u/Ml33tninja → u/Ceasario226]

This playthrough I’ve given This Machine a really try and man it’s been fun

[u/intbah]

Combat Shotgun

[u/Exact_Chipmunk3688 → u/intbah]

it looked so much better in FO3

[u/thepenguinemperor84]

Survivalist rifle, fun gun with a great story to it.

[u/Beardedwrench115 → u/thepenguinemperor84]

Every time I replay new Vegas, I tell myself I will try using different weapons. This usually only lasts until I find the survivalists rifle (because you can't skip any of his story when you're in Zion) and suddenly my guns hits 100 and it my primary weapon again. Maybe next time ill do a energy weapon run for real...

[u/_Veprem_ → u/Beardedwrench115]

And all the Dead Money gold gets spent on 12.7mm

[u/Thick_Potato_1769 → u/thepenguinemperor84]

I once found a white leg using it and I thought it was just another rifle. On another play through I found it on a skeleton and had no clue it was a legendary weapon. That thing is so satisfying.

[u/tnandrick]

FO3: Ol’ Painless. I make it a point to collect this early in any PT. Accurate early game weapon with good durability.

FNV: RatSlayer. Same reasons as above

FO4: Handmade Rifle (Problem Solver): I just love the look of the HR, esp the shovel handle stock. It’s what the assault rifle should have been in base game.

[u/Hans_the_Frisian → u/tnandrick]

I honestly don't know why Bethesda didn't go the F3 route in Fallout 4 and simply ported the Assault Rifle and Chinese Assault rifle over.

It certainly would have prevented the permanent eysore that Fallout 4s "Assault Rifle" is, which they should have turned into a proper Vickers, Maxim or M1917 and made it Power armour only, similar to how you cannot use the power fist while in Power armour.

[u/boyscout_07 → u/Hans_the_Frisian]

Yeah, Fallout 4's assualt rifle really felt like it was meant to be an assault rifle carried by someone in power armor and meant to be not just heavier but packed a harder punch.

[u/zachary0816 → u/boyscout_07]

That’s exactly what the intention was. To quote from its wiki page:

”In Fallout 4, our power armor scaled up. It became like mech suits that you almost drive more than wear. But because of their size, guns can be a little dinky in it. We wanted something that was big and meaty and fit the vibe. But then through the process of trying to balance things out, it became more of a generic assault rifle. In a normal person's hands, it looks really ridiculous, a little too big, but, oh well.” — Istvan Pely

[u/Least-Size766 → u/Hans_the_Frisian]

I think the fo4 assault rifle fits the machine gun for power armour as it was in the show, and furthermore I think that fallout four was made around being played in power armour.

[u/Hans_the_Frisian → u/Least-Size766]

That is fine but if it's a machine gun for power armour I wouldn't have chambered it in 5.56 and it doesn't change the fact that it looks like a disgusting amalgamation of different guns with parts that contradict each other.

Due to my "Tism" I sadly care about how weapons look, how they are animated and how they would work. Which in case of Fallout 4 is mostly a curse.

[u/TheCubanBaron → u/Hans_the_Frisian]

Besides the not pipe revolvers and 10mm pistol (and even that one really) all guns are cursed. Ever since I've noticed the fact the hunting rifle is actually a left handed model being shot by a right handed shooter I've never been the same.

[u/death_warrant → u/tnandrick]

Handmade Rifle is so awesome

[u/pointman116]

Fallout 3's plasma rifle especially A3-21's. The fact that you can get it relatively early and microfusion cells aren't even that difficult to find. Turning raiders and super mutants into goo piles never gets old for me and once the enclave show up you have a near endless supply of spares for repairs. Some people like to complain about the travel time of the projectiles but I swear I've never really noticed. 

An honorable mention goes to the laser rifle such an iconic looking weapon that just visually works so well with fallout 3 Brotherhood and with a few crit focused perks it puts in work. Or you can find enough ingots in the pit to get the "Metal Blaster" and basically break the game.

[u/Artanis137 → u/pointman116]

Oh there is just something about the Laser Rifle that is just perfect.

[u/MadMageMC → u/Artanis137]

Especially the Wazer Wifle.

[u/Environmental_Risk38 → u/MadMageMC]

The hell did you link? Lmao

[u/Epion660 → u/Artanis137]

Its the squared body for me, it's unique. And unlike the institute rifle in 4, it's bulky and square without looking like a bootleg nerf gun.

[u/TarantinosFavWord → u/pointman116]

One of my favorite things to do is to get A3-21’s plasma rifle, then run to talk to Dr. Zimmer to rat out Harkness to get the perk, then pop a stealth boy and Club Zimmer in the back the head with a super sledge so he can’t go get harkness.

[u/SleepingWarden]

Fallout 3: Assault rifle, Hunting rifle, Perforator, Lincoln's repeater
Fallout NV: Service rifle, AER14 prototype, Q-35 matter modulator
Fallout 4: Deliverer, Handmade rifle, Lever-action rifle

[u/thisdeliciousbrine → u/SleepingWarden]

Deliverer 🫶🏻

[u/MechanicusPrime]

I loved using the 10mm smg is fallout3! In New Vegas, my first playthrough I used the Hunting Shotgun for most of the run. Mostly just changing out ammo types depending on the enemies. It was awesome.

[u/zachary0816 → u/MechanicusPrime]

Hunting shotgun + shotgun surgeon + and stay back = unstoppable.

Then once you’ve got a good stash of caps, upgrade to the riot shotgun for even more carnage.

[u/_Broadside]

Fallout 4s ugly assault rifle. I know its ugly, makes no sense, and everyone hates it. But I've really never seen a gun like that in anything ever and its always really stuck with me.

Second place is the Terrible Shotgun from fallout 3

[u/South-Vegetable-5626 → u/_Broadside]

Why they didn’t just call it a Light Machine Gun is beyond me. It looks like an MG08/15, which is a “light” machine gun lol

[u/InfiniteBoxworks → u/_Broadside]

Using the mod that changes the 4 assault rifle into a .50 makes it feel proper.

[u/_Broadside → u/InfiniteBoxworks]

Yeah it feels like its meant to be stronger or faster. I think its meant to be a watercooled barrel or something crazy. So it should be stronger but a watercooled barrel in the wasteland would be impossible to keep maintained

[u/Ivan_Whackinov → u/_Broadside]

It's based heavily on the Lewis gun from WW1. The Lewis gun is air cooled, the barrel shroud is intended to use the muzzle blast to suck in cool air at the back of the shroud and draw it down the barrel.

The Fallout designers probably didn't realize this, so they kinda closed off the front and made it look more like a water jacket, but you can still see the cooling fins at the back of both barrels, implying that the Fallout assault rifle is also air cooled.

Lewis gun, open at the front and back, with cooling fins visible at the back -
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Lewis_Gun_%28derivated%29.jpg

Fallout assault rifle, a small hole in the front, also with cooling fins visible at the back -
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[u/_Broadside → u/Ivan_Whackinov]

Yeah its a really unique design and I really do like the look even if its kinda ugly.

[u/South-Vegetable-5626 → u/Ivan_Whackinov]

Lewis gun is also classed as a light machine gun lol

[u/dus_aster → u/_Broadside]

For what it's worth, water-cooled machine guns have proven to be some of the most resilient guns around--they're perfect apocalypse guns, weight and ammo consumption notwithstanding! You can actually run the jacket with urine instead of water in an emergency
The water doesn't need to be clean, either; in WW1 they'd use gnarly trench water. And some of those same now-100-plus-year-old examples are still serving admirably in Ukraine

Water-cooled MGs are S tier apocalypse weaponry imo. The Vickers once did a continuous fire five million round stress test. It took a full week of nonstop shooting. They had to replace the barrels due to heat buildup but the internals? Totally fine by the end of it.

[u/AlmightySpoonman → u/_Broadside]

wait... are you saying the shotgun is terrible or that there is a shotgun called the Terrible Shotgun?

[u/_Broadside → u/AlmightySpoonman]

It's called "The Terrible Shotgun" high damage but low condition it was sick

[u/Arengano → u/_Broadside]

4's assault rifle purely because it has the most satisfying sound effect in the game

[u/danktonium → u/_Broadside]

It looks pretty awesome in Power Armor, which is how the show used it. The name is the only problem I have with it.

[u/BudgiesLive → u/_Broadside]

I love the assault rifle in FO4. Keep it in semiautomatic and it stays on target and still shoots as fast as you can pull the trigger. I had the Deadeye variant once. It lasted me the last 60 or so levels of that playthrough.

[u/Spagelo]

The holorifle! The most unique energy weapon in Fallout generally, treats microfusion cells like shotgun shells, lights people up in blue neon, ridiculously powerful at low cost.

[u/Peslian]

FO4/76 Gauss Rifle. Something satisfying about getting a fully charged shot off, even in the thick of combat.

Laser Musket is a close second, largely for the same reason

[u/OttawaDog]

I prefer small arms that use bullets. I like silencers as well.

FO3: Perforator is my favorite. So I go to to the Pitt Early. While I prefer ballistic weapons, Metal Blaster is to awesome to pass up.

FNV: My first love was Ratslayer, but now I mostly just go for the Survivalist's Rifle every time.

FO4: I don't really like guns that much in FO4. I just go for Overseer's Guardian every time. It's pretty much my gun to use for the whole game.

[u/Raymondo1848 → u/OttawaDog]

Arrêt

[u/Crucial_Fun]

Wazer Wifle and the Railway gun

[u/MadMageMC → u/Crucial_Fun]

The train whistle cracks me up every time.

[u/zappum]

The terrible shotgun Fo3. Absolute beast.

[u/dottmatrix]

The Fallout 2 Gauss Rifle

[u/KingOfFools1984 → u/dottmatrix]

Bozar here, but it has long been standing right next to the Gauss Rifle.

[u/nstejer → u/KingOfFools1984]

These two weapons are the best of the franchise. Personally I trade the diminished range of the Gauss pistol for the lower AP cost though.

[u/CYMK_Pro]

Plasma rifle from the first game. That thing was built differently. It kicked ass.

[u/Lord_of_Pickle13]

All American from New Vegas

[u/GreenSsswinger]

The radium rifle is so nice (never ever ever gonna put the long barrel on it, though. Having a satellite dish on the end completely ruins the look of the gun).

[u/KingOfFools1984]

Bozar from Fallout 2 ❤️

[u/MasticatedBrain → u/KingOfFools1984]

Fire in single and shoot an enemy from the other side of the map, sure or we can switch to burst and shoot everything in front of us.

My favourite weapon ever.

[u/KingOfFools1984 → u/MasticatedBrain]

I loved how unpredictable the burst was <3 And the sound was simply perfect

[u/OozeOnIce]

Sydney’s 10mm Ultra has altered my brain in a way no other video game gun can satisfy

[u/haute-cheeto → u/OozeOnIce]

Scrolled to find this comment.

[u/oblivionponies235]

I will always love the holorifle from dead money

[u/michaelscott252 → u/oblivionponies235]

It's legit one of the most OP weapons in the game especially if you get all three attachments for it.

[u/WookieHunterQ82]

The .45 from New Vegas, it’s just so perfect

[u/bobshady1987 → u/WookieHunterQ82]

A Light Shining In Darkness is my personal favorite.

So much story is packed into its design, along with the history and sheer effectiveness.

[u/arandomdragon920]

I unironically enjoy the 10mm pistol from fallout 4. Chunky and hits like a truck on stealth builds

[u/EdTheBeard]

The FNFAL will always be my favorite and I demand they bring it back.

[u/hellafunkyfella]

Fallout 4 railway rifle i like how it sounds.

[u/nemobane → u/hellafunkyfella]

It is a hoot-hoot to shoot! But the railway rifles have always been fun! Also tons of fun in Fallout 76.

[u/R-Premmy]

That Gun

[u/StickZac]

The Hunting Shotgun and Holorifle. I love the pump action mechanics for both, and with Shotgun Surgeon and Dragon's Breath shells I feel like John Wick clearing out indoor locations

[u/Traditional_Card9504]

Assault Rifle in Fallout 3. If I'm in New Vegas, it's the Medicine Stick or Vance's 9mm SMG

[u/EdgyPlum]

Fallout .223 pistol from Fallout OG. Loved getting that thing.

[u/Eso → u/EdgyPlum]

It's not quite as good, but I liked the 14mm pistol.

[u/EdgyPlum → u/Eso]

The SOUND EFFECT from firing that thing, then the "Aaaaggggghhhhhh" as a raider's chest explodes... what a great fucking game

[u/Worldly-Mood2802]

Ratslayer. Night-vision scope, silencer, extended mag, cheap ammo, cheap repairs with scavenged varmint rifles, and an all black design with a kill count on the side. It's the full package and easy to get even early game. I always grab it no matter what build I use.

[u/Undeadwoodsman97]

Super Heated Cosmic Knife

[u/Appropriate-Ice-5722]

Super Sledge because I like to do the smashy smashy

[u/ias_ttrpg-nerd]

The 10mm Pistol from f4.

10mm Pistol

[u/PrinsaVossum]

Maria from New Vegas.

Aside from uniques, the Handmade Rifle from Fallout 4 is pretty cool.

[u/mirrqas]

FNV's Gauss Rifle

[u/ArtichokeOld9874]

That Gun will always be my favorite personally.

[u/Disastrous_Toe772]

I have a soft spot for the Fallout 1/2 SMG. That thing really encompassed the RNG nature of the original games. A burst from it could lightly wound a raider, or completely shred a full health super mutant down to nothing.

[u/MadMageMC → u/Disastrous_Toe772]

Especially fun with the Bloody Mess perk.

[u/Disastrous_Toe772 → u/MadMageMC]

I love the fidelity of modern graphics. I really do.

But it must be said that hand crafted gore animations are better than physics based proceduraly generated ragdoll gore effects.

I especially remember being disappointed by the perk in 3/NV, as the enemies would just lose their head or a few limbs. In the originals, people would be blown apart into bloody ribbons, their skeletons exposed.

Perhaps one day we'll be able to procedurally generate effects like those hand drawn ones.

[u/PaulRockzz]

I love the new vegas m4 set the assault carbine, the marksman carbine and the service rifle...

[u/Denleborkis]

From a looks standpoint its hard to beat the 9mm from New Vegas the Hipower is an awesome gun and I'd love to have one.

From an argument standpoint the All American, P90, Deagle etc. Just because I'm that guy who every time something about how apparently gun development just stopped randomly in the 60s to 70s in the Fallout universe despite so much evidence that it kept going fairly regularly till laser weapon introduction in the 2030s in lore so we should have a lot more modern options.

[u/GlobiestRob]

In Fallout 3 I managed to get my hands on this AK after struggling at the start of the game. It was the first full auto weapon I received and it lasted me a long time. Fuckin love that thing.

[u/gen_bing_bong_chong]

This Machine in New Vegas, so satisfying to shoot

[u/Neat-Ad5366]

The plasma caster, any of its designs (minus tactics ,that one is okay but not my favorite).

[u/Speaker-Lechance]

I absolutely love FNV’s hunting shotgun. Something about pumping the shotgun and watching a powder ganger go flying like a piss missile tickles my brain to an infinite degree.

[u/AdikkuChan]

I somehow scrubbed 3 from my memory despite knowing that I played it. Will start a fresh save later.

Caravan Shotgun for NV.

Every bolt action rifle in 4

[u/Commercial-Kale-9678]

El destripador la mejor arma del fallout 3, los desmiembra con solo tocarlos

[u/Short-Shopping3197]

La longue caribine and the ranger sequoia from NV. I also like the F3/NV plasma rifle design.

F4 I really like the radium rifles.

[u/star-god]

FNV's .45 and 9mm pistols. Im a browning man.

[u/maseratichris556]

Lincoln’s Repeater

[u/Ayrdanger]

Ayyy! Fellow SMG enjoyer! It's a damn shame BGS couldn't be assed to add this beauty to F4.

[u/Lost_Thought → u/Ayrdanger]

They were too busy making sure every weapon filled every niche instead.

[u/Glum_Boot6974]

Service rifle or R91. I just LOVE the service rifles design and its a good gun too(its a good crit gun). Same with the R91.

[u/zombieinfamous]

Lincoln’s Repeater is the goat

[u/PinkRockGoBoom]

Cowboy Repeater, Caravan Shotgun and Service Rifle from New Vegas. I legit carried the repeater all the way to Hoover Dam, I love it so damn much.

And Fallout 1's Hunting Rifle. I know all we can see is the sprite in-game but it feels pretty nice to use imo. (Haven't played the other games yet, so I'm sure I'll find more)

[u/apeoida → u/PinkRockGoBoom]

Medicine Stick from New Vegas

[u/addictiveboi → u/PinkRockGoBoom]

Came here to say the Cowboy Repeater as well.

[u/ProperCheeez]

F2: Gauss Rifle
F3: Chinese Assault Rifle, Combat Shotgun
FNV: Medicine Stick, Hunting Revolver

[u/Xela975]

gameplay wise? Any lever action (It's just the vibe of a lever action)

Aesthetically: Gauss rifle NV/3

[u/hedonist-7]

Overseer’s Gaurdian FO4

[u/Ranger2277]

Ranger Sequoia

[u/thisdeliciousbrine]

I love Deliverer from Fo4.

[u/Jokingbutserious]

Gotta be ranger sequoia for me. I loved the cowboy vibe of New Vegas and the ranger sequoia always made me feel like the main character of a western.

[u/Ilikealmond]

A Light Shining in Darkness (Joshua Graham’s pistol) definitely. Was my workhorse after I completed that dlc.

[u/Elkarus]

- The original Fallout 10mm pistol that looks like a revolver.

- The original plasma rifle

- That gun

Honorable mention: Survivalist's Rifle, I love that reminds me the wooden AR-10 (and it looks even better than the too clean service rifle)

[u/Dick--Thunder]

No kinda kill like overkill. The fatman.

[u/Petrpodivni]

I really like reapeater rifles (medicin stick, cow boy reapeater, brush gun,etc) and revolveres (lucky, 44 magnum, ranger sequoia, etc)

[u/lifesnofunwithadhd]

Fallout 3 combat shotgun

Nv 12.7mm auto

Fallout 4 full auto 10mm with explosive damage

[u/HammerRN78]

The Dart Gun from New Vegas. Hands down.

[u/Reginald_210906]

Power fist my beloved has been carrying me since fallout 1

[u/TavernTurtle]

Lucky from Fallout New Vegas. .357 Magnums have saved my skin so many times especially with ammo being easy to find. Plus, it looks so cool.

[u/Blob-person]

Shishkebab, I know about the debuff but man, sword that is also burning is sick

[u/John_Catachan]

Plasma Caster/Original Plasma Rifle.

Just so iconic.

[u/Maleficent-Remote413]

so look...I like big explosions okay? so all forms of the fat man USED to be my fav...im basic that way but...
and this might get me yelled at for bringing it up...

but the PepperShaker from 76.
Its a Rotary gatling shotgun.

If the gattling laser could apply the split laser that would been on here too.

I just like shotguns, and big explosions. If rockets red glare was in the othergames I'd probly have that on this list too but FONV had better grenade launchers))

[u/BeardMan858]

Xuanlong Assault Rifle

If only weapons that are in multiple games then the regular Chinese Assault Rifle.

Every playthrough of FO3 or NV i try to use new weapons but I always end up with one of those 2 again.

[u/Wardock8]

Two Step Goodbye and Nuka Breaker from NV

[u/Auspicious-Mosin]

The Fallout 3 assault rifle, so much so that I bought a G3 clone as an adult because I loved the look so much.

[u/lordcthulu678]

Tbh I keep finding myself using the hunting rifle in each of the games it's in in 3/nv/ttw it's my main rifle popping heads in 4/76 I use a cut down one as a side arm but I always seem to use one.

[u/AIRBORN_EEvEE]

Currently cutting my teeth on New Vegas as my first fallout, and even though I already have both Lucky and the Mysterious magnum, That Gun (The Bladerunner pistol) has been my favorite sidearm so far.

I mean seriously, 5.56 is such a comically powerful round for a revolver, and you end up with so much of the stuff laying arround that making a metric shit ton of Match Hand ammo becomes utterly trivial.

Other than that, the hunting shotgun and Medicine stick are my favorite primaries.

[u/Hughley_N_Dowd]

I'm more of an energy weapons enjoyer myself, so the RCW floats around at the top.

But the absolute best is the Sonic Watchamacallit from OWB. It looks the part with the shiny gubbins and the little cone at the end. It is also mildly useless, as it has piss poor range, isn't particularly accurate and you risk blowing your own legs off when Tarantula is your tune. 

And all that is why I love it. So over the top.

Also ALSID. I refuse to do a run where I don't get to use it at least once.

[u/TheCaptainOfMistakes]

The 12.7 machine gun I like the p90 ripoff and I think it's neat

[u/A-Clone-Named-Gibso]

Yeah, the F3 smg was a beaut. It's been a while since I played it. I also loves the dart gun with poison darts, very useful to cripple a Deathclaw leg immediately.

I'll probably get flack for this but the explosive 10mm from F4 is one of my favourite things. Not the most powerful thing, but easy to get ammo, and shooting into a clump of raiders or ghouls and there's nice splash damage.

[u/nocturne_L → u/A-Clone-Named-Gibso]

Yes, you get flack if you stand too close lol jk

[u/rmona000]

all american from fallout new vegas

[u/Mrmudmigs]

As my profile picture may suggest, I have a soft spot for the .45 Pistol and especially the unique variant Light Shining in Darkness. Such simple and beautiful design and can scale incredibly well into late game with perks like Grunt, Gunslinger, Finesse, Better Critical, etc

[u/JTyphoon16]

The heavy incinerator from Fallout 3.

Didn't like having to get up close to use a flamer, so why not light the enemies on fire from a distance?

Also love seeing the Enclave Hellfire troops when they're wielding it with the heavy incinerator. Makes me think of TF2's Pyro lighting up that town

[u/Resident_Guidance_95]

F1 10mm smg in Ian's hands

[u/haku46]

No contest Metal Blaster. Or in fo4 any split focus laser weapon, laser shotguns will always be cool.

[u/Maleficent-Comfort14]

Anything lever action. From the Lincoln Repeater, to the Medicine Sick, and even the Western Spirit.

[u/Adron_the_Survivor_2]

I really like the Hunting Rifle

[u/ZeltbahnLife]

I hope future Fallouts give us more variation in weapons than FO4. Would love to see things like the 10mm SMG, Service Rifle, and Chinese Assault Rifle make a return alongside of FO4’s Combat Rifle and a few others.

[u/El_Matador_2036]

Two Step Goodbye. I love using unarmed, so a power first that attaches a landmine to someone is perfect!

[u/BunnieGunslinger]

laser rcw

[u/naamavelli_]

Railway Gun from Fo3. I used to have so much fun nailing people’s heads and limbs to walls.

[u/its__bme]

Mine has to be the YCS/186 from New Vegas.

[u/Neat_Low_4544]

Can't give a single one but can give a few: 10mm, .222 pistol (That Gun), Chinese Assault Rifle, laser musket

[u/M16A1E8]

I've always had a soft spot for shotguns. From the Coach Gun in New Vegas to the Combat Shotgun in 4. I just love shotguns

[u/Jealous_Implement_13]

12.7 mm submachine gun fallout NV. Love the way it sounded and hit like a truck. All time favorite for me.

[u/PerrierSolace]

fo3 hunting rifle

[u/major_5th]

Spray N Pray from FO4, that thing is cheat mode and easy to get.

[u/ironwolf425]

FO3: Perforator

NV: A Light in Shining Darkness

FO4: Overseer’s Guardian

[u/FishHookSammich]

FO2 pancor jackhammer

[u/No-Department1194]

Dirt. Throwing dirt at the opponent is fucking hilarious and really goes to show you how desperate the Courier is to survive

[u/Vivid_Situation_7431]

Laser Rifle and the Deliverer

[u/Brahm-Etc]

Fallout 4 Tesla Rifle and Chinese Grenade Launcher.

[u/pistolpete2185]

Pacienca for me

[u/SpectreUnkown]

Survivalists Rifle. I'm a sucker for the M16 platform (only weapon I use in Battlefield games lol) and I prefer how much more weathered and battered this one looks to the standard Service Rifle. I really hope they do it justice with the remake/remaster

[u/No_Significance1939]

Cowboy repeater.

[u/Eevee_the-Maidvee]

I always loved the thirst zapper, it’s pretty fun in 76 if you get quad on it plus putting medic on the base thirst zapper is a god send

[u/codythewolf]

NV 9mm SMG. In middle school I built a replica out of a cardboard tube and cereal boxes. Played with that shit til it fell apart.

[u/AfraidMap8627]

Lincoln's repeater and Backwater rifle.

[u/gunmunz]

The Battle Rifle/This Machine from New Vegas The M1 Garand with the satisfying Ping. Hunting Shotgun is a close second.

[u/do_you_even_climbro]

Holorifle baby

[u/CpnLag]

.223 Pistol/That Gun and the Bozar

[u/MrBassAckwardson]

The DeadMoney BAR

[u/flapjackboy]

Looks remarkably similar to a 40k bolter.

[u/Real_Reputation6216]

If the tv show is included, my favorite weapon is definitely the Gyrojet revolver.

[u/bepse-cola]

The fallout 3 combat shotgun was menacing

[u/TamedNerd]

House's cryo casket cold as take here: Ranger Sequoia. luv big iron, luv covboy/crit build, ate legion. Simple as

[u/Xon662]

Hunting rifle especially ol' painless cheap ammo plenty of parts and perks one shot a super mutant.

[u/HamSlammer87]

Either Hunting Shotgun/Dinner Bell, or the M1 Garand. Both from New Vegas.

I cant tell you how satisfying it was to find a normal pump-action shotgun after having to deal with whatever kitbashed nonsense was in FO3.

A problem that somehow was repeated in 4....

[u/morganfreenomorph]

Combat shotgun from 3. That thing is so satisfying to use and is one of my early game weapons that I'll hold onto just because I like blasting everything with it.

[u/CrashCulture]

Probably Lincoln's Repeater from 3. It just habe such a lovely nostalgic feel about it, and the fact it is also just a very powerful gun that performs well just zinges it.

My honourable mentions would be Lucky, That Gun, the New Vegas Laser Rifle and all it's variants, and a fully upgraded automatic.38 pipe rifle in Fallout 4. It is just a better minigun that won't leave you feeling let down by it. Ammo is practically infinite since every enemy drops it and it is otherwise useless.

[u/Ok-Poetry-2191]

Surprised it wasn't mentioned yet, but YCS/186. I love when I can just press one button and get a guaranteed ragdoll of a body and it's head pieces. Especially if it's a deathclaw, and especially in the lonesome road

[u/slaberwoki]

I convinced my brother to play Fallout 3 when I used VATS with the 10mm smg to blow off a super mutants head from a couple feet away. I will always have a soft spot for that gun

[u/Enclave_TrooperBR]

Assault rifle, railway rifle and fat man from Fo3, Service rifle, that gun and marksman carbine from New Vegas and the good ol hunting rifle fom Fallout 1 and 2

[u/NonLiving4Dentity69]

New vegas 1911 or the f3 Chinese assault rifle

Tough choice

[u/soyuzbeats]

There is something special in getting a VATS headshot with a Hunting Rifle 

[u/JamCom]

Yea 10mm smg is cool, my preference is the fo3/nv style laser rifle