Alright, this had begun happening shortly after I purchased a faction base.
1. I had the 10,000 caps in my Item 1 hand slot.
2. It took my caps and successfully gave me the construction worker.
3. I went and placed my plot.
Though, I had soon noticed when I tried to equip some weapons into that item slot they would instantly bounce back into my inventory and prevent me from utilizing them.
I am unable to equip any sort of weapons, besides throwing knives, and misc. items such as gecko skins and random shit. Thus rendering my hard-worked character useless.
I believe there is an absolute bug regarding purchasing a faction base through the construction worker with holding onto the bottle caps.
I would be highly thankful is this could be tested by the development team or community members to help or give advice in fixing my issue.