Backwater rifle

The Backwater rifle is a unique lever-action rifle in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.
==Characteristics==
The Backwater rifle boasts the highest damage-per-shot of all 10mm weapons in Fallout 3, while also possessing the second-highest damage-per-shot of all rifle-type weapons. However, despite this weapon's attacks and critical bonuses each being 5 damage lower than those of Lincoln's repeater (resulting in 10 less damage total on a critical hit), the backwater rifle's 5x critical chance multiplier is capable of offering up to a 90% chance to critical for a character with a maxed-out base critical chance (10 Luck, the Finesse perk and the critical chance version of Survival Expert), where Lincoln's repeater, with its lower 2x multiplier would only offer a 36% chance to critical with the same stats.
The Backwater rifle may be useful for high-Luck characters, as it offers a base damage of 45 (assuming no bonuses) with a 90% chance to achieve a 90 damage critical hit. This also makes the backwater rifle an effective alternative against tougher enemies, against whom Sneak Attack Criticals may not guarantee a kill.
===Durability===
The Backwater rifle can fire a total of about 519 rounds, the equivalent of 52 reloads, from full condition before breaking.
==Variants==
* Lever-action rifle - The standard variant of this weapon.
* Lincoln's repeater - While strictly a lever-action rifle that uses .44 Magnum rounds, Lincoln's repeater is only repairable with hunting rifles. It is a very powerful and accurate firearm. Appearance wise, it looks identical to the lever-action rifle apart from its textures.
===Comparison===
==Location==
* On a shelf next to the door in the room downstairs in the Chinese Intelligence bunker. It can be considered a reward for the quest The Velvet Curtain.
==Related quests==
* The Velvet Curtain
==Notes==
* It is stated in the Fallout 3 Prima Official Guide that the Backwater rifle can be repaired with hunting rifles but this is false.
* The rifle's hammer does not move when cocked.
* Despite being chambered in 10mm (a pistol cartridge), the Backwater rifle will eject bottlenecked rifle cases.
==Behind the scenes==
Backwater is a type of river that has no current, and is also typically used to describe areas that are considered primitive or unsophisticated (eg: a backwater town). This term can be used to describe a majority of Point Lookout.
==Gallery==
CIB backwater rifle.jpg|The Backwater rifle
Category:Point Lookout weapons
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