Survivalist Rifle or fully modded 12.7mm smg?

[Burger]

I want to use one weapon that uses 12.7mm, which one is better?

[Zaphyra]

Fat Man

[Bansheebutt]

They're meant for different situations.

Use the SMG if fighting swarms of soft targets like Cazadores and the Rifle for things like Legionaires/NCR soldiers.

Find Contreras in Camp McCarran. He sells barrels of 12.7 ammunition so that you could comfortably use both.

And if you can, convert them to JHP rounds. On the SV Rifle the damage bonus will far outweigh the multiplier on anything short of power armor. The SMG will still get bonus damage up to Reinforced Leather.

[talgaby]

The 12.7 mm SMG has probably the highest dps in the game, but it can chew through your entire ammo stock in a few encounters.
The survivalist AR-15 is closer to a precision weapon in this regard with its fire rate.

To be honest though, I'd use Lil' Devil or the base pistol with a silencer with those rounds.

[Dolch224]

I always liked the fully modded .44 revolver, the best one being revenge from NV. bounties 1

[Vassago Rain]

I put another vote towars the standard 12.7mm pistol with a silencer. It's the most solid weapon using the ammo.

[the big m]

I would do the survivialist's rifle, like talgaby said the smg has high dps, but it burns through your ammo and isn't very accurate. The only disadvantage to the survivalist's rifle is low dps, so you can't mow down enimies quickly, but It's more accurate and more damage / bullet, so it's alot more efficent.

[Kvinden]

I prefer the 12.7 smg because it is prettier and it matches the colour of my shoes.

[Arasteele]

I haven't yet had occasion to use the 12.7 smg, or any smg for that matter, but it's caught my notice lately. I may just fire up a new character and have a go.

But that survivalist rifle.... all I can say is 'wow'. Not for me, actually, I'm not really an assault rifle guy either, but in a recent playthrough I gave it to Boone, along with some mark II combat armor, and he was literally unstoppable. Enemies were breaking apart all over the place. That rifle quite simply rocks.

No wonder "the survivalist" was so dangerous.

[Ty Tanium]

In my humble opinion...
12.7 SMG, fully modded... YESSSSSSS, in the words of Samuel L. Jackson - "When you absolutely have to clear the room of every last m**********r in it...!"
For that special Wasteland feeling, put a bullet through the eye of an NPC at a mile, Gobi Desert Campaign Rifle with HP ammo... pick up the sniper perk and build up your guns level... they'll never see you coming.

Jus' sayin'...
Cheers,
T