Question about mod-added weapons and perks

[hellkat9940]

I'm not sure if it's being increased by my having a higher and higher Small Guns skill, or the increased damage for small guns perk from the Ultimate Perk Pack (or other assorted damage boosting perks I gave my sniper character), but my plain 'ol sniper rifle is listed as being around 87 damage, up from the default 40 I do believe.

 

The silenced, sighted, extended clip version from the weapons modification add on, however, is listed at 50 or 55 (I forget which.)

 

Does the perk automatically add damage to anything that uses the Small Guns skill, the default weapons that use the Core Guns skill, or all the weapons loaded before it in the load order that use the small guns skill?

 

I ask because I would like to use the modded rifle, but the listed damage is a goodly margin lower.

[cscottydont]

I believe those perks modify damage/bullet spread/vats accuracy of guns by the animations those guns use but I could be wrong