“Small Guns determines your effectiveness with all conventional projectile weapons, such as the 10mm pistol, BB Gun, and Combat Shotgun.”

Small Guns are plentiful and powerful, useful in close range (shotguns), medium range (assault rifles), and long range (sniper rifles). They comprise a variety of ammo including BBs, 10mm rounds, .32 calibur rounds, .44 rounds, 5.56mm rounds, .308 rounds, and of course, shotgun shells. This is a huge variety of weaponry to fall under one skill. In fact, you don’t even need another weapon skill other than Small Guns . It’s not just the most varied, and composed of the greatest library of ammunition (by far), but possibly the most powerful. In particular the 10mm Submachine Gun, the Chinese Assault Rifle, and the Combat Shotgun are all extremely powerful, especially in V.A.T.S. The fact that the Combat Shotgun has such a large clip size (12 rounds) and deals as much damage as it does makes it overwhelming. This is the most versatile weapon skill in Fallout 3, and regardless of what else you want to fight with, you should make sure you’ve got Small Guns covered. Certainly worth considering for a Tag! skill.