Case, .45 Auto

Case, .45 Auto is a crafting component that appears in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts.

Characteristics[]

This item is used as a component to create .45 Auto ammunition on the workbench along with some lead, primer, large pistol and powder, pistol.

2 to 6 casing can be found on the dead body of an enemy that was wielding a .45 Auto pistol or a .45 Auto submachine gun at the time of their death.
After the completion of Honest Hearts the casings will also begin appearing in the main game at the Gun Runners' store, Quartermaster Bardon at Hoover Dam offices and traveling merchants.
You can buy 30-50 at a time at the Gun Runners' store, and upwards to 200 at a time at the Great Khan armorer.
In Zion Valley, .45 Auto cases can be found commonly in ammunition boxes.
Occasionally some travelling merchants will "sell" .45 Auto casings (among many other calibres), but they will always be for free. Likewise, if you try and sell casings to a merchant, you will not yield any money. (Note: This is only possible after you have completed the Honest Hearts add-on.)

These casings can not be acquired before traveling to Zion Canyon even with Honest Hearts add-on installed, as they are not available in vendors, and no enemies will use .45 Auto ammunition before that point.