I'm playing a gunslinger and have found myself in the need for a boost in firepower. I'm trying to avoid spending points into gunsmithy, and I have an unused fate point so I figured I would go grab the hand cannon purportedly carried by Samie White in Tarant. This is my first gunslinger so I've never had occasion to make the attempt before, but when I burned the fate point for a critical success in pickpocket, I found that he was only carrying a fine revolver and mechanical knife. Its occurred to me that I might be using the fate points incorrectly. I am selecting "critical success with pick pocket" from the drop down menu and then executing a pick pocket attempt on Sammie. I've searched through multiple forums and I have yet to find any references to Sammie NOT having a hand cannon on his person. I am running the GOG version of the game which I understand to be patched to version 1.0.7.4 and I am not running any mods. If anyone has any insight into what I may be doing wrong, or as to where Sammie's hand cannon has gone it would be most appreciated.

Click the button which switches to equipped inventory, and steal it from there like he says.

More importantly, you need to install the unofficial patch. Not you want to, you need to. Unless you're a masochist.

Thank you both for the advice. I ended up installing the unofficial patch, then starting over and attempting the pickpocket again. I was indeed not viewing the equipped inventory. Sorry for taking so long to get back to the forum, work has kept me quite busy so I've only been playing a few times a week.