12.7mm pistol

The **SIG-Sauer 12.7mm pistol** is a weapon in *Fallout: New Vegas*.

## Background

Main article: SIG-Sauer pistolA large framed semi-automatic pistol, the SIG-Sauer 14mm handgun is unique in more than just looks. Unlike the tilting barrel system used by the vast majority of pistols, it relies on a fixed barrel without a slide. A weight underneath the front of the barrel absorbs the recoil, actuating a bolt which extends backwards above the shooter's hand, before being forced back by a recoil spring, feeding another round into the chamber. The 14mm pistol was imported to the U.S. from Europe in limited quantitites, making them a rare, but powerful weapon. As the availability of 14mm Euro ammunition decreased, existing and new units were converted to fire 12.7mm ammunition.

The 12.7mm pistol is the same as the standard 14mm pistol, except rechambered to accept 12.7mm ammunition. The decrease in caliber also allows the magazine to hold one more round, for a total of seven.

## Characteristics

A Tier 4 pistol with extreme firepower, the 12.7mm pistol is the deadliest sidearm available in the game, with the best base damage in *Fallout: New Vegas*. With *Honest Hearts*, it takes second place, right after A Light Shining in Darkness.

To balance its firepower, it requires Guns 75 and Strength 7 in order to properly operate. Furthermore, it has poor weapon spread: The highest of all pistols in the game.

## Variants

* Gun Runners' Arsenal Li'l Devil: A custom made, stubby 12.7mm pistol with better firepower, fire rate, accuracy, durability, and critical multiplier.

## Locations

Loot
* Bloodborne Cave: On the groun in the last room, between a skull and a package of 12.7mm ammunition.
* Brewer's beer bootlegging: Random spawn in the locked cabinet, key is under the Big Book of Science.

Vendors
* Gun Runners: Vendortron, requires level 11.
* Hidden Valley Bunker: Torres.

Non-player characters
* Hoover Dam: Cassandra Moore and NCR troopers use them.
* Commonly found on generic NPCs (level-dependent):
	+ Great Khans: At the Red Rock Canyon.
	+ Caesar's Legion: The Fort, carried by Decanii and veteran legionaries.
	+ Honest Hearts White Legs can carry it.
* Arizona Killer or You'll Know It When It Happens: NCR Ranger presidential bodyguards carry them.

## Notes

* Prior to patch 1.2.0.314, the 12.7mm pistol dealt 33 points of damage on critical hits.

## Behind the scenes

* The weapon is a precise recreation of the original 14mm pistol, with a slightly modified action.
* The first person model of the 12.7mm with its silencer is titled *1stPersonBooyahSilencer*.

## Bugs

* PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 The weapon is affected by the standard reload bugs (slowed reload animation).
* PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 While all silenced 12.7mm weapons have an unique sound effect provided *WPN127mmModFire*, both use silenced varmint rifle's sounds.

## Gallery

* 12.7mm pistol with the silencer modification.

## References

1. ↑ Weapon behavior, the closest analogue is the TDI Kard, the patent application for which was published in February 2010.
2. ↑ The Chosen One: *"{119}{}{Do you have a GECK?}"*
Buster: *"{137}{}{That one of them pre-war imports? Let me guess, 14mm ammo? Nope, ain't got one.}"*
(Scbuster.msg)
3. ↑ Fallout Official Survival Guide p.114: *"**14mm Pistol:** A SIG Sauer 14mm autopistol. A large, single-shot weapon with exceptionally heavy stopping power."*
4. ↑ Rechambered between *Fallout 2* and *Fallout: New Vegas*.
5. ↑ Visually nearly identical to the 14mm pistol weapon from *Fallout* and *Fallout 2*.
6. ↑ J.E. Sawyer's Formspring, 4th June 2012: "**why didn't you use 14mm instead of the 12,7mm?**"

"*Making it 12.7mm helped gun people intuit that it was effectively .50 AE.*"