Light frame receiver: reduced damage (-6), reduced weight (-3.2), increased value (+3).While starting off as a short-barreled hunting rifle with no stock, with each upgrade it turns into a vastly improved hunting rifle and eventually into a full fledge sniper rifle system this is similar to how the Remington 700, a high powered hunting rifle, turned into the modern day weapon platform for the USMC'a M40 and the US Army's M24. Even with this upgrade, it still remains the games mid-tier long-range precision weapon. The weapon can remain viable into the later stages of the game with the. 308 ammo, this can be mitigated by modding the rifle with the. Commonly used by super mutants and raiders, the rifle can be found early in-game in its unmodded form, although its effectiveness in the early stages of the game is limited by the scarcity of. The Hunting rifle is a left-hand bolt-action rifle firing the.
