Talk:Automatic rifle

The Vault policy on real world weapon references
We don't put real-world weapon references on article pages, unless it's the same name as the real-world weapon, or if is mentioned by a developer that the ingame weapon is intended to represent a specific real-world weapon.

Even when it's beyond obvious that this is the M1918. The bipod in the image is even accurate, even if it's not in-game. 24.16.85.153 16:24, April 10, 2011 (UTC)

BLAH BLAH BLAH like we give bs about what you say.

Given the pistol grip, it looks like a hybrid between the BAR and Colt Monitor. It has the Monitor's pistol grip, but the lengthened barrel of the browning. And, as much as I want the pages to have the "what it looks like in real life" parts, it goes against policy, and should be removed. Nashorn1127 03:41, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

THIS IS THE BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE DON'T DENY IT!!!!
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS THIS IS THE BROWNING 1918 AUTOMATIC RIFLE DELETE ME, BUT FACE IT THIS IS A FACT!!!!
 * It's just a game people. Great Mara 02:16, April 15, 2011 (UTC)

We know that the gun is modeled after the BAR, but until the developers explicitly say so, we call it an automatic rifle. Nobody will stop you from adding "Browning" to "automatic rifle" but for the purposes of this wiki, such a move is ill-advised. --Barsaxmus 20:08, April 15, 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Barsaxmus, but the first thing I thought when I saw this weapon was, "it's the BAR". 24.86.226.9 06:22, April 21, 2011 (UTC)

When I saw it I thought that too. then I saw the pistol grip. then I went "It's the Colt Monitor with a longer barrel". Nashorn1127 03:43, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

The guns appearance is similar to the FN Model D more than anything.

Locations removed?
Why were some of the locations removed? There used to be more than 4. 89.134.133.210 19:32, April 24, 2011 (UTC)

Probably some were just from random spawns or something, so don't count. 19:33, April 24, 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't this weapon be in the Heavy Weapons category? It clearly does a lot of damage per shot and per second and also has high requirements like the Light Machinegun.

I agree. The Light Machinegun and Automatic Rifle are quite similar and so should be grouped similar (actually, the LMR is lighter than the AR, making the current grouping remarkable). --I7Grendel 18:03, June 26, 2011 (UTC)

More automatic rifles?
Are they ONLY in the Sierra Madre? I lost mine fighting Deathclaws.

You "lost" it? You can't lose a weapon by fighting, the only ways you can lose a weapon are to sell it drop it or repair something with it, and btw no, it is only found within the Sierra Madre DLC map. That can't be true aren't wepons from DLCs available after you complete it? --Chaos Reigns 15:07, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

You can only find Automatic Rifles during the Dead Money DLC, any you find you can bring with you to the wasteland, but post completion it's impossible to find more. - FieryWrath 21:10, August 27, 2011 (UTC)

Someone added two new modifications
Auto. rifle upgr. drum mag. Auto. rifle upgr. heat shield. I can't find these in the game code anywhere, can anyone confirm?


 * Have you check in the GECK? Anyway, I send a message of the person who have put the two new mods ;). Itachou [~talk~] 22:00, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * No mods, no textures or unused models, not even redundant code that I can find. User avatar tag.gif Avatar talk.png 22:06, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * I know this is old, but for the record, the drum mag and heat shield are a part of jonnyeah's WME mod. :P Nitty Tok. 12:39, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

disappears?
okay i was playing this a couple months ago and my automatic rifle just disappeared...i dont know how or why it just went and vanished....it was in the weapons trunk in my lucky 38 suite....can anyone help?--John117Price 14:17, August 17, 2011 (UTC)John117Price

Ways to improve accuracy.
Well, I just decided that cause I have a console version of the game and can't download a nice little mod to decrease the spread, I might as well share a few tips I've learned to get better accuracy with this gun when you're more limited in options to do so. For one, take off true iron sights. They're kinda a bitch to use anyway, and if you're not nit-picky about it, it shouldn't be a problem. I found this to actually help A LOT with not only this weapon but with all guns and energy weapons. I'm pretty sure that just about NONE of the iron sights for any gun in this game are truly 100% aligned. Also, take trigger discipline (trait) if you can at the beginning of the game. Because the stats boosts are multiplicative, combining this commando and sniper has a HUGE boost to V.A.T.S. use. Specifically, you'll be able to hit your targets in V.A.T.S. now! :D Really it's very helpful, and don't worry about the cons of this trait (-20% RoF and +20% AP Cost) because the accuracy bonus seriously offsets both of these. Even if you like to use semi-auto weapons alongside your automatic rifle, it's nothing to worry about. I've used this trait easily with a hunting rifle fighting off 3 enemies at once right in front of me without any real trouble. These tips may or may not be obvious, idk. But this def will help offset the clear flaws of this rifle. You still won't be able to snipe with it obviously, but I have gotten some pretty long shots with this. At about what I guess is 60 or 70 ft away I've been able to get some good kills with this. Anyway I hope this helps some of you :) --Deus Gladiorum 12:29, September 2, 2011 (UTC)

Still has Bipod active
While I was playing dead money I was preparing to enter the sierra madre and I dropped the automatic rifle and I noticed that when dropped the game treats the gun as if its bipod unfolded even though it obviously isn't. I play on PS3 so I'm unsure of other systems