Forum:Help getting Big Boomer from Old Lady Gibson

I need some help. I want to get the Unique Sawed-Off Shotgun from Old Lady Gibson, without killing her. But in order to successfully reverse-pockpicket her, I need a common weapon that's better than the Big Boomer. Any ideas?--Ryker6123:49, September 8, 2011 (UTC)~4:46pm 9/8/2011 "For the struggle of survival, is a war without end!"


 * Tried taking her ammo and coming back later? UserGreatMara.pngge 23:54, September 8, 2011 (UTC)

The thing is, she has the shotgun equipped. According to the Sneak page, under the Pick-Pocket section, I can't steal either armor or weapons an NPC currently has equipped. In order for me to get the Big Boomer, I have to reverse-pickpocket a better weapon into her inventory. So I need some suggestions on what weapons are common that are better than Big-Boomer.--Ryker6100:11, September 9, 2011 (UTC)~5:09pm 9/8/2011 "For the struggle of survival is a war without end!"


 * That's what I'm trying to say, if you steal an NPCs ammo, fast travel to another area, and then come back, they won't have the weapon equipped anymore in most cases and the weapon will be sitting in their inventory, able to be stolen. UserGreatMara.pngge 01:24, September 9, 2011 (UTC)

I tried that and it did work. Thankyou Mara. Can I make a suggestion? This type of info should be in the weapons section. I was looking for this info on both the Big Boomer's page and Old Lady Gibson's page but it wasn't there.--Ryker6103:04, September 9, 2011 (UTC)~7:59pm 9/8/2011 "For the struggle of survival is a war without end!"


 * I added a small note to the Sneak page, since adding that to a weapon or characters page is generally considered strategy. It can be freely discussed on tehir talk pages however. UserGreatMara.pngge 04:23, September 9, 2011 (UTC)

Erm... I know this is going to sound silly, but why not just complete all the quests you need from her and then just kill her? She's no Legendary Deathclaw and her only real use apart from quests is that she sells components for Weapon Repair Kits. Q-35 09:34, September 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Because killing old ladies is not everybodies style? (stealing from them on the other hand... '^^) --Loonix 09:40, September 22, 2011 (UTC)