Talk:Boone's scoped hunting rifle

Rifle Glitch?
So, I had Boone as a follower until he died in Vault 34, when I looted his body his rifle wasn't in the inventory, but I saw it was still attached to his hand. I tried shooting his hand thinking maybe the rifle would come loose and I could pick it up off the ground, but when I did that the rifle literally just disappeared. Is there another way I could get this rifle now?

its a unique follower weapon and your not supposed to get it..the only way is like in the article, glitch it, but theres no ammo for it so either way your screwed, bwaahahaha ithinkimaddicted 19:36, October 23, 2010 (UTC)

-darn it all! I ended up with the rifle inadvertently. now he is practically useless to me! all he uses is a pool Que!

- I added the note about "retrieving" Boone's rifle. I'm on the 360. I went into Tops Casino & dealt with Benny. After leaving, Boone & I both had a lever shotgun & ammo which we didn't have before...guaranteed (Boone never got any other weapons, since his rifle is a monster, and I never picked up any shotguns). After I messed around in NV for awhile longer I left, but not before removing all weapons & ammo from Boone's inventory. He pulled his rifle on the first enemies we encountered, and has used it since (10+ hours). His rifle & ammo are not in his inventory however, but he is definitely injuring & killing enemies. Should also mention that after he "got the rifle back" I've since added weapons & ammo to his inventory, but he prefers his scoped rifle. I can't verify if he has used a different weapon from his inventory, though he does occasionally pull a "hidden" knife. Don't know if it can be reproduced. Brunnjon 16:35, October 25, 2010 (UTC)

- I've since given Boone a marksman carbine, which has a much higher potential DPS, and he will equip that without his scoped rifle entering his inventory. Boone switches back to the scoped rifle when his ammo is depleted. Brunnjon 14:51, October 26, 2010 (UTC)

-Glad to hear this was indeed on the 360. And when you say that 'he got his rifle back', do you mean that he took it from you? Or do you still have it as well? Because even if I can never get ammo for it, it is definitely a treasured weapon to have. User: Default159

-I my case, I never received Boone's rifle. It just disappeared from his inventory, but was in some "hidden" inventory of his. He has been choosing the most powerful weapon available to him, but switching to his rifle when other ammo is depleted. I'm not sure how you fix the problem when you have his rifle. Maybe he still has one in a hidden inventory? Brunnjon 13:38, October 29, 2010 (UTC)

-My Boon stopped using his rifle and was in mele for some reason. This was outdoors, near Black Mountain, was using his gun tnen stopped. After killing a supermutant who was attacking us with a minigun, Boon looted the body, equipped the minigun, and started using it on the next attacker. He ran out of ammo later, and went back to mele. I took the gun away, used wheel to dial him to use mele, then back to ranged. He's been fine since >:/ Weird... XBox360 DurtyWilly 02:25, November 11, 2010 (UTC)

-On my save Veronica has Boone's Hunting Rifle in her inventory. I have no idea how this happened but Boone will no longer equip any weapons and I can't retrieve the rifle from veronica's inventory. I've tried giving her a more powerful weapon, but she wont equip it and keeps using Boone's weapon. As a result Boone is now useless as he can only fight unarmed. Does anyone have any suggestions?GreyMullen 21:46, November 5, 2010 (UTC)GreyMullen

Massive Pwnmeister
If you want a laugh give Boone This Machine and fast travel to Vault 3. Hilarity Ensues

Stupid Question
... Is this weapon silenced? It doesn't show a silencer on it, but I can't be entirely sure. The only hint I've ever had that Boone serves any purpose whatsoever is that sometimes the game will switch to a dramatic slo-mo killing shot of something I wasn't even aware existed (happens about 2% of the time, compared to the 90% of the time when I snipe an enemy from so damned far away that Boone never knew it existed, and the other 8% when we're both aware). 87.194.75.168 00:49, February 25, 2011 (UTC)

No, it is not silenced. Occasionally companions will sniff out an enemy you miss as well; this is normal. Kingpoopsmith 19:40, May 18, 2011 (UTC)

Weirdest thing ever!
I was in the fort and was stupid enough to dismiss Boone here and he died quickly... But when he did it added his rifle to my inventory but as soon as I saved the rifle AND E-DE disappeared. How the hell did this happen?! Gordon Rauch (not signed in) :P