Victory rifle

The victory rifle is a unique sniper rifle in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
While identical inpower to the sniper rifle, the Victory rifle is significantly more durable. It additionally knocks down targets when a critical hit is scored. However, this ability is hampered with a reduced critical chance of x3 rather than the sniper rifle's normal x5.

Variants

 * Sniper rifle, the common variant.
 * Reservist's rifle, identical to the sniper rifle in strength, the Reservist's rifle uses less AP to fire, but only holds 3 rounds in a magazine. It also fires slightly faster, and has slightly less recoil when using the scope.
 * Sim version (Operation: Anchorage add-on), a sniper rifle with ridiculously high durability, can be obtained through a glitch with the Operation: Anchorage add-on. See Operation: Anchorage glitches for details.

Location
The Victory rifle is inside a locked (very hard) locker in the Sniper Shack overlooking Rockbreaker's Last Gas from a hill to the west. Getting it will require a lockpick skill of 100. There is no key or trigger that will open the locker; however, Dogmeat can be told to find a weapon in the house and retrieve it from the locker for you. Star Paladin Cross will also pick it up to kill the Caged radroaches.

Bugs

 * There is a glitch where the rifle will not appear, requiring a reload from an earlier save.