La Longue Carabine is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background
La Longue Carabine is the customized personal weapon of Corporal Sterling of the New California Republic's (NCR) elite 1st Recon sniper division.
Characteristics
A unique variant of the cowboy repeater, it has a scope which was mounted on the rifle by Corporal Sterling,[1] produces slightly more damage, and reloads faster as it does not load through the loading gate (it lacks one), but through the front of the magazine tube (similar to Lincoln's repeater). Also, the La Longue Carabine is more accurate than a regular cowboy repeater. This spread has been reduced greatly as a result of the patch 1.3.0.452, as it is now slightly more than that of the Marksman carbine.
Like most unique weapons, weapon modifications cannot be used on La Longue Carabine. However, by default, it comes with aforementioned scope modification and the extended feeder magazine already attached, although judging by the appearance of the rifle the magazine tube on La Longue Carabine is smaller than a cowboy repeater with an extended magazine.
Durability
La Longue Carabine can fire a total of about 745 standard rounds, the equivalent of 68 reloads, from full condition before breaking.
| Ammunition type | Durability | |
|---|---|---|
| Shots | Reloads | |
| Standard | 745 | 68 |
Variants
Comparison
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - Weapon name (melee or unarmed) |  | - Attacks in V.A.T.S. | |
 | - Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive) |  | - Action point cost | |
 | - Damage per attack (damage per projectile) |  | - Damage per action point | |
 | - Damage per second |  | - Weapon spread | |
 | - Area of effect damage |  | - Magazine capacity (shots per reload) | |
 | - Effect damage & duration |  | - Durability (number of attacks before breaking) | |
 | - Bonus effects |  | - Weight | |
 | - Attacks per second |  | - Value in caps | |
 | - Critical chance % multiplier |  | - Value to weight ratio | |
 | - Critical damage |  | - Skill required | |
 | - Critical effect damage & duration |  | - Strength required | |
 | - With all mods attached | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy repeater | 32 | 54.2 | 1.69 | x1.25 | 32 | 27 | 1.2 | 0.06 | 7 | 595 | 5 | 800 | 160 | 25 | 4 |
| Cowboy repeater | 32 | 65 | 2.03 | x1.25 | 32 | 27 | 1.2 | 0.06 | 11 | 595 | 3.5 | 3075 | 878.6 | 25 | 4 |
| La Longue Carabine | 35 | 75.4 | 2.15 | x1.5 | 35 | 24 | 1.5 | 0.05 | 11 | 745 | 5 | 1500 | 300 | 25 | 5 |
Locations
- It is carried by Corporal Sterling, a member of NCR's 1st Recon, in Camp McCarran.
- If the quest Three-Card Bounty has been completed, he and 1st Recon will move to Camp Forlorn Hope.
Behind the scenes
- "La Longue Carabine" is a French phrase meaning "The Long Carbine"; it is a reference to the James Fenimore Cooper novel The Last of the Mohicans, in which the main character, Hawkeye, is nicknamed La Longue Carabine by the Delaware tribe for his famed marksmanship.
- Paul Fish modeled and textured the rifle.[2]
Bugs
Though perhaps not limited to the La Longue Carabine, there seems to be a bug associated with this weapon that will sometime cause the player to be unable to switch ammunition types, even when a particular ammunition type has been exhausted. This is resolvable by dropping, or storing the weapon on a companion, and then reequipping it. Though it may still not be possible to switch ammunition types while equipped. [verified]
Gallery
References
- ↑ Corporal Sterling dialogue file - "I call her La Longue Carabine. Didn't always have the scope - I added that myself."
- ↑ JE Sawyer on Formspring
