From a pure gameplay standpoint, pipe guns heavily over-saturate the loot pools, because raiders will still mostly use pipe guns even in the higher, endgame levels, loot containers like safes and trunks generally have pipe guns galore, … Mod Links Reanimator Pipe Weapons Overhaul at Fallout 4 Nexus - Mods and community While rather w… Description: This mod does the following: -Replaces all pipe weapon specular maps with brighter ones, which increase overall reflectiveness. All Pipe Guns are lighter in weight and have been renamed Raider Guns to reflect the apocalyptic tribal gangs who use them most. At the same time, I want to preserve the dynamic of vanilla Fallout 4. So, Pipe guns for the most part are basically the joke of the wasteland. It can be upgraded to a.50 sniper rifle by gun nut level two. Mod by The6thMessenger: Unfortunately, not all of them are very well balanced so the player ends up with a very limited selection. It weighs only about half as much as a hunting rifle upgraded to.50 calibre.