It sucks compared to the pistols in New Vegas. The 10mm pistols in New Vegas even beat his 10mm.
Please, just stop. Your stupid is overwhelming. First off, the 10mm pistol in NV is identical to the one in fallout 3, because it
is the same pistol. Also, to all your previous comments about how Obsidian is far superior to Bethesda and how they supposedly do everything right. You are wrong. Obsidian managed to break things that were working fine in fallout 3, even though there are
no performance/graphics/engine upgrades at all. So many things in New Vegas are rushed, incomplete, sloppy, and not to mention
tons of reused content from fallout 3 and it's dlc, etc. New Vegas often feels like a "My First Fallout 3 Mod" with many moments in game showing how Obsidian was still learning how to use the engine that they had no prior experience/knowledge of, making the overall experience fell far less professional then it should. However, this doesn't mean I dislike New Vegas, it's still a fantastic game that with a little help from it's modding community is easily on par with fallout 3. :)
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To get Col. Autum's 10mm Pistol, when dad activates the purifier to buy you and the project purity scientists time to escape hold the 'f' key to rotate the camera against the glass door while looking forward against the door, this will allow you to search both their bodies. You also get the unique vault suit 'Dad's Wasteland Outfit' by searching dad as well.
Is a shotgun.
Technically since it is classified as a one handed pistol in the GECK and is used as such ingame it is a pistol.