Forum:Bandit near Middle of Nowhere drops better loot?

This is probably just my luck and very odd, but I noticed while playing around the Middle of Nowhere station in Rust Commons East, there is a small, discreet shack down the road (near the mission where you kill 5 spiderants while waiting for the bounty board to set up) which normally houses a single bandit, which is normally rather weak. I found this odd because they normally come in groups. I kill the bandit whenever I pass him, normally in my car, and so far I've obtained at least 10 orange weapons from him, including 3 hellfires, many orange combat rifles, a friendly fire, and some other things. I had my +2 find rare items mod equipped for only a few of them; I made sure not to use it once I noticed he dropped better loot to confirm that it was the bandit and not the mod (If it does anything anyway...). Everybody I've talked to says its just luck, or they haven't payed attention, so I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed that he tends to drop rarer items. By the way I did this mostly on playthrough 1 in a level 25-30 Siren, mostly single player.

Am I just lucky or has anyone else noticed this?!