.308 caliber round (Fallout 3)

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	For an overview of .308 caliber ammunition throughout the Fallout series, see .308 caliber round.

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The .308 caliber round (pronounced: "three-oh-eight" or "three-aught-eight") is a Small Guns ammunition for the sniper rifle and its unique versions.

Background

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The .308 is a rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge that enjoyed tremendous popularity on the market before the Great War. Excellent performance in all aspects led to its widespread adoption by civilian and military weapons manufacturers, with hunting, marksman, and even automatic rifles manufactured to use this type of ammunition. Grandad's brand .308 full metal jacket was particularly popular before the war and packages of this ammunition are still commonly available from merchants and within ruins, though military cases with .308 ammunition are more common in some areas. It was this cartridge from which the 7.62mm round was derived.

Characteristics

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The standard .308 full metal jacket round is a lead core jacketed with copper and offers excellent performance against soft targets, with or without body armor.

Game mechanics

.308 ammunition is fairly rare in the game, right after .44 round, Magnum and BBs, and cannot be easily procured from enemies, as they rarely use sniper rifles.

Weapons using this ammunition

• Sniper rifle
• Reservist's rifle
• Victory rifle

Locations

Vendors

• Tenpenny Tower: Chief Gustavo
• Rivet City: Flak and Shrapnel
• Citadel: Durga
• Meresti station: Karl
• Megaton: Moira Brown
• Lucky Harith†
• Sydney†
• Other merchants

† Once their respective quests are completed.

Notable locations

Closest map marker	Amount	Description
Bethesda Ruins	~25	A raider sniper set up a nest in a dilapidated office building; Dispatching him will yield his rifle and ammunition on his body and inside the ammo boxes.
Megaton	~10 .308 rounds, sniper rifle	hollowed-out rock behind Megaton (south-east)
Minefield	Ammunition boxes	In Arkansas' next.
Rivet City	Ammunition boxes with about 5 rounds in each box	On the upper balconies.
Rockbreaker's Last Gas	~10 .308 rounds	Inside the sniper shack west of the station, inside an ammo box next to the Victory rifle locker
Yao guai tunnels	~10 .308 rounds	South west of the tunnels, near the tent on the sniper perch.
The Mill The Pitt	Ammo press	Allows for manufacturing of .308 ammunition after Free Labor.
Calvert Mansion Point Lookout	~5 .308 rounds	Ammunition box in the greenhouse
Turtledove Detention Camp Point Lookout	~50 .308 rounds	Inside the administration building

References

Ammunition in Fallout 3 Small Guns BB's · 10mm round · 5.56mm round · .32 caliber round · .308 caliber round · .44 round, Magnum · Dart · Railway spikes · Shotgun Shell Big Guns 5mm Round · Electron charge pack · Flamer fuel · Mini nuke · Missile Energy Weapons Alien power cell · Alien power module · Energy cell · Microfusion cell · Mesmetron power cell