Superior magnification and sighted accuracy. Superior sighted accuracy.īetter magnification. In addition, a train whistle can be heard when reloading the weapon. However, a scoped railway rifle can still be a devastating sniper weapon for use against unaware enemies because of its massive damage. This travel time reduces the efficiency of the railway rifle as a sniper weapon. is that the nails seems to have a slight travel time which makes it harder to hit enemies further away.
The reason that the rifle is more effective in V.A.T.S. The railway rifle is most effective in VATS at close to mid ranges, although its range is somewhat increased from its last incarnation and can be greatly increased with modification. In exchange, the railway rifle has become enormously more powerful from its last iteration while retaining its ability to do extreme damage to limbs-sometimes even pinning detached ones to walls. These are rarely found as ammunition, but are cheap to buy and may be recovered from enemies slain using the weapon. The railway rifle fires railway spikes as projectiles in the same manner as an air rifle. During development there were issues with its cooling unit, and liquid nitrogen was eventually used to decrease the reload time. A model that is a product of Tinker Tom's engineering, the railway rifle shoots railway spikes at lethal velocities.
