Forum:Deathclaws aren't THAT tough

I had mentioned this to Jspoel a few weeks back and finally got to writing this as my laptop has broke (again) and I just got my other laptop back that is far more reliable (Ill talk about that in another post).

I was doing the quest Bleed Me Dry and was at Quarry Junction for the final part of the quest, which was getting the deathclaw eggs.

After nearly wiping out all of the deathclaws I only had to contend with baby deathclaws and the Mother deathclaw.

I had Cass with me and I had her equipped with a T-51b power armor, and its helmet along with a silenced 12.7mm submachine gun, all fully repaired. I had a complete set of power Remnants power armor and its helmet, and I was using an Anti-materiel rifle, all also fully repaired.

This was my first time using the Anti-material rifle as In previous playthroughs I didn't have a desire to carry a 20 pound rifle and ammo the weighs a quarter of a pound (I play Hardcore mode) but decided to give it a try and loved it before going deathclaw hunting.

I digress. Anyway I was facing the mother deathclaw along a ramp by a sort of conveyor belt on the right side of the quarry adjacent to its nest.

The thing was so close that I was only able to get in two or three shots before it could maul me. So I switched to incendiary round, jumped into VATS, aimed for her head, pressed Accept and... THE BULLET FREAKING BOUNCED OFF!!! The VATS camera even followed the bullet until it hit a nearby wall, where the mother deathclaw promptly sliced me and cass into bits.

Has this incident ever happened to anyone else before where the bullet just bounced off their or is this just a freak thing.