For those of you experiencing the same issue, ghost conversion NV revamped is most likely the culprit, to keep the armor but do away with the bug, download this mod and follow it's instructions: https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/51639/?tab=3&navtag=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Fnewvegas%2Fajax%2Fmodimages%2F%3Fuser%3D0%26id%3D51639%26gid%3D130 This will remove the quest NPC and the buggy scripts associated with her that are causing the issue, and place the items in a box at Jean Sky Diving, note that the two variations of the rifle do not function, owing to them not actually firing a projectile on trigger pull. Hope this helps some folks!