Abilene Kid LE BB gun

The Abilene Kid LE BB gun is a unique weapon .
==Characteristics==
Compared to the standard BB gun, the Abilene Kid LE BB gun has a slightly higher critical chance and a significantly higher critical hit damage multiplier, boasting an astounding 70 points of added damage for a critical hit. If enhanced with the Better Criticals perk, a critical hit from the Abilene Kid LE BB gun is on par with a sniper rifle, doing 109 damage total compared to the sniper rifle's 113; further adding the effects of Just Lucky I'm Alive boosts it to a bonus 125%, making the Abilene Kid LE BB gun deal 157 points of damage per critical hit.
In terms of appearance, on both sides of the weapon's stock is the inscription "Abilene Kid ~Limited Edition~ 1 of 200."
Due to its relatively low base critical chance multiplier, the Abilene Kid LE BB gun is not reliably effective in normal combat without additional critical chance modifiers, such as from the Finesse perk or True Police Stories skill magazines. It can be considered more useful for stealth-based player characters who can rely on regularly achieving Sneak Attack Criticals as the weapon is considered a silent weapon, like its standard variant. Just like the standard, it also has a comparatively (to other rifles) high spread, which makes the weapon somewhat impractical to use for anything beyond mid-range attacks.
===Durability===
The Abilene Kid LE BB gun can fire a total of about 495 BBs, the equivalent of 5 reloads, from full condition before breaking.
==Variant==
* BB gun - the standard version found throughout the Mojave Wasteland.
===Comparison===
==Locations==
* It can be found in Fields' shack, southwest of Nellis Air Force Base. The shack is right next to the main road leading into the base. The gun is sitting on one of the shelves on the left wall.
* If the Wild Wasteland trait is active, the gun will instead be located inside a well that appears in front of the shack. The well appears after talking to Rex upon him saying "aroo" and asking him if someone fell down a well. Doing this will activate a map marker denoting the location of Jimmy's well.
==Notes==
* After obtaining the gun from Fields' shack, it is possible to receive another gun at Jimmy's well by using the Auto-Doc in the Sink in the add-on Old World Blues to add the Wild Wasteland trait and then talking to Rex to get the well's location.
* If the gun is obtained from Fields' shack, it will be at 90% health, whereas the version found in Jimmy's well will appear at 100% health.
* Unlike the common BB gun, the Abilene Kid LE BB gun can cause decapitations and explosions of limbs.
* With a relatively high critical chance (~25%, which can be achieved with 10 Luck, Finesse, elite riot gear, the 1st Recon beret, and the Better Criticals perk), the Abilene Kid LE BB gun can out-do the Bozar (GRA) and the anti-materiel rifle (GRA)'s DPS values against targets with a Damage Threshold of around 25.
==Behind the scenes==
* The "Abilene Kid" was the nickname of the youngest lead role in the 1948 movie 3 Godfathers, William Kearney, played by Harry Carey Jr.
* The Abilene Kid LE BB gun was conceived by Joshua Sawyer, and is a throwback to the Red Ryder LE BB gun."Who came up with the Abilene Kid in New Vegas? It's surprisingly useful for some situations."Joshua Sawyer: "I did, though it was really just a throwback to the Red Ryder LE. The Abilene Kid isn't particularly accurate, but if you have a critical hit-oriented build, it can be really powerful from a hidden state."Josh Sawyer Formspring answers
** This itself is a reference to a trope related to the television series Lassie. The trope has a character deciphering Lassie's barking to mean that her owner Timmy fell down a well. In actuality, the series never featured this particular situation though Lassie did regularly have to get help for the accident-prone boy.
==Bugs==
* Sometimes, the gun will drop through the floor of the shack, or just simply isn't there, rendering it unobtainable in some cases.
** On PC, the issue can sometimes be resolved by using the console command and moving beneath the floor.
* The player character's finger blocks the iron sights if the player character is male, but not if the player character is female.
* Sneak attacks with the Abilene Kid LE BB gun will not inflict critical damage unless that attack is a headshot. This tends to happen more often if the target has more DT than the base damage of the weapon.
* Perform a sneak attack critical on any companion (preferably their head) and knock them unconscious (Hardcore mode must be off). As soon as they get back up, do this again and the physics glitch activates, thus hurtling the companion up into the sky and practically out of visual range. They will land nearby. When this was tested on ED-E, however, after its landing and recovery, its antennae were "broken," hovering over it in different positions. It may be necessary to reload a save in order to fix its appearance, alternatively, you can restart the game to fix its appearance.
==Gallery==
Abilene Kid LE BB gun.jpg|Fields' shack
Jimmy in the well.jpg| As found within the well
Abilene Kid LE BB gun stock.png|Stock of Abilene Kid LE BB gun
BB gun loader.jpg|BB gun loader texture
Bbgununique.png|Texture file
==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas Guns skill weapons
Category:Fallout: New Vegas unique weapons
Category:Silenced weapons
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