Forum:If I were to give boone an Automatic Rifle, would I need to supply him with ammo?'

If you give any companion a gun, you have to give them ammo or they will use their default weapon, because they don't have ammo for that gun. I suggest you give Boone the Anti-Material Rifle with the 50 MG ammo. I was able to get around 2000 rounds by the time I got one for myself and later, him, and I gave him 500 rounds. 50 MG rounds are easier to find and buy than .308 rounds for a sniper rifle.173.104.36.97 05:55, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

So even though he uses .308 rounds for his "Boone's Scoped Hunting Rifle", he couldn't use that unlimited supply of .308 rounds in an AR? I just really wanna make sure, because he'd slaughter everything with an AR. And where did you find .50 MG ammo? The only place I've found them is weapon- and ammo-based merchants, like the Great Khan Armorer. --TheConvictsSUCK 15:38, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure, I gave him a sniper rifle with .308 rounds, I wasn't sure what kind of bullets he already had, so I gave him rounds just incase, and he used them up, so I assume you have to give him bullets, but other guns that use different ammo you have to give them ammo. I buy up ammo everywhere i go, everything except easy.stuff to find like 9 and 10 mm. Try gun runners, and Hoover dam, and if the guy at mccarren is still around, he has a bunch of ammo, but not sure what kind.173.104.36.97 22:45, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

yes you do have to give him ammo. i gave him 1000 .308 rounds and the gobi campaign scout rifle, but i found that he was less accurate and really wasted ammo (probably because the gobi campaign scout rifle is semi auto so it has a higher rate of fire). i guess the anti material rifle wouldnt have a negative effect on his accuracy since its bolt action like his default hunting rifle. - JoshGDC