Rifle and Handgun Ammo Overhaul (with New Types)

There is now a Shotgun Ammo Overhaul as well, designed specifically to pair with this mod.

This mod adds a variety of new ammo types for the following calibers: 10mm, 12. 7mm, 9mm, . 22LR, . 50 MG, . 308/7. 62mm, . 223/5. 56mm, . 357 Magnum/. 38 Special, . 44 Magnum/. 44 Special, . 45-70 Gov't, 5mm (or 5. 7mm with an alternate version), and . 45 ACP (with DLCs).

It also rebalances most base game hand load or otherwise special ammo types in order to fit them into the new balancing scheme. With such a wide variety of ammo, most (but not all) types now have some effect on damage, accuracy, and condition. Some types also have an effect on enemy DT. These effects are based partially on what the bullet type is designed to do in real life, but with balancing in mind. It gives the player a number of factors to consider when choosing what ammo type to use. The goal of balancing was to ensure that none of the ammo types can be considered wholly inferior or useless.

With this in mind, many hand load recipes have also been rebalanced. It requires considerable skill and greater amounts of powder & lead to create the most powerful hand load types included in the mod. Hand load recipes are now in two distinct tiers. The lower tier (including JHP, JFP, and +P ammo types) is unlocked with the existing Hand Loader perk. The higher tier (JSP, SWC, +P+, and Match) require a new perk called Ballistics Expert. This perk also comes with a small permanent boost to both accuracy with Guns and hull/case recovery chance.

Because one of the goals of this mod was to eliminate useless ammunition types, certain ammo types such as but not limited to the . 223 Round, the . 38 Special Round, and the . 44 Special Round now have an accuracy bonus as well. You will also now get cases for firing these rounds which you can use to make more, if you like them. New Vegas already has an example of lowered recoil imparting higher accuracy (the Compensator weapon mod reduces spread), so I felt comfortable doing this. Hollow point ammo types also have had their DT penalties reduced, within reason.

In addition to all this, every single rifle and handgun ammo type now has an accurate projectile model for use in those bullet-cam VATS moments and/or for anyone who has another mod that adds bullet time or something similar. This means that there are also new projectiles for both . 308/7. 62mm (which just used 5. 56mm bullets in the base game) and . 45 ACP (which did not have a projectile anywhere near correct, as it used the . 45-70 Gov't projectile). I have also changed the auto tracer projectile to generate a tracer 100% of the time (as it was firing 7. 62mm bullets when not generating a tracer, which makes no sense, and I didn't want to change the projectile for every gun that uses it). However, I have also 'darkened' the standard tracer to make this much less noticeable/anno