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Small Guns
All 25 Small Guns skill books are named "Guns and Bullets."
* Fort Constantine (Zone 1/4): on queen-sized bed in CO Quarters building
* Fort Constantine (Zone 1/4): on table in locked NW room in Bomb Storage area
* Dickerson Tabernacle Chapel (Zone 1/8): on chapel floor next to ammo boxes
* Red Rocket gas station and jackknifed Nuka-Cola truck (Zone 3/d): in mailbox next to bushes near back end of truck
* Hilltop farm ruins (Zone 3/i): inside outhouse
* MDPL Mass Relay Station (Zone 4/5): on table just inside main room in Power Station building
* Everglow National Campground (Zone 4/8): in open vehicle with lots of stuff in it, near sugar bombs boxes
* Fort Bannister (Zone 4/12): on top of gun cabinet in room along eastern north/south hallway in Bunker area
* Abandoned Shack (Zone 4/f): under toy car and pre-war book on round table
* Hamilton's Hideaway (Zone 5/5): on footlocker in key-required cell at NW tip of area (can get key from Three Dog on a main quest)
* Scrapyard (Zone 6/4): in John's treasure box in vehicle debris near back end of red train car near NW corner of building
* Chryslus Building (Zone 6/9): in Reception Area, on table in upper-floor room just east of door to Lower Offices area
* Regulator HQ (Zone 6/a): on floor next to mattress in Sonora Cruz's upstairs room
* Raider camp (Zone 8/r): on counter
* Grayditch (Zone 9/8): inside small wooden crate on wooden shelves on ground floor of northern Abandoned Home
* Mama Dolce's (Zone 9/11): on western raised covered bridge that connects Processed Foods area to Food Distribution area
* Mama Dolce's (Zone 9/11): on floor in far stall in bathroom along west side of Processed Foods area
* The Citadel (Zone 9/15): on floor next to southern-most bed in northern-most room in A Ring area
* Hubris Comics (Zone 9/16): on table on second floor of building a ways south and a bit east of Hubris building entrance
* Alexandria Arms (Zone 9/18): on counter in large central room
* Arlington Library (Zone 9/20): outside, in Pulowski Preservation Shelter a bit NE of entry door
* Arlington Library (Zone 9/20): on wooden shelves on upper floor of southern-most room in Children's Wing area
* Museum of Technology (Zone 9/46): on desk in southern-most room in West Wing area
* Flooded Metro (Zone 9/underground metro): behind large circular device along west side of highest-up room
* Franklin Metro Utility (Zone 9/underground metro): on worktable in center of big fenced-in area on lower floor of huge entry area