All American- Best Rifle in the game?

[I hate everything.]

I found the All American in one of the vaults, This thing is so sweet, you can shoot it so many times in Vats. It also seems like I am criting all of the time with this thing, Does it get much better than this? Is the Medicen Stick better than the all American? I can't see how, it has no scope.

[Delta 1038]

Both are honestly very good weapons in their own right but however, they both perform rather differently.

For example, the All-American uses the bloody common 5.56mm cartridges which is so common you can use the normal rounds to make the Match Grade rounds. The scope is also a nice plus but again, it uses the rather average 5.56mm.

The MedStick however uses the huge .45-70 Gov and if you're using the HP variant, the crits will make up for the armour penalty. I personally find the MedStick sights to be decent enough for my needs. Plus the All-American sights wobble when you fire.

[kaffekoppen]

I think the Survivalist's rifle is better than both and probably the best in the game... if you have Grunt (much like you'd be a fool to use the Medicine Stick without Cowboy).

Between the All-American and the Medicine Stick, I generally prefer the Medicine Stick for the aesthetics alone, but against low-DT enemies I do believe the All-American deals more damage and uses a widely available and cheap ammo, whereas the Medicine Stick uses one of the very rarest ammos. Oh and 5.56 match is a kick-ass ammo and easy and cheap to make. .45-70 hand-crafted ammo is a lot worse.