
They are almost always equipped with scopes, and often have a bonus to Critical Hit Damage.

Assault Rifles : Versatile medium/long range weapon.Sub-types include single-barrel fast-firing weapons with larger magazines, medium-range weapons with low spread, and multi-barrel weapons with huge per-shot damage but slow rates of fire and frequent reloads. Shotguns : Fire multiple pellets, effective at close range but lowest accuracy of any weapon type.Usually lower per-round damage than pistols of lower level, but greater rate of fire means higher DPS, and tend to have high capacity magazines.

Submachine Guns : High rate of fire and low recoil, good at close range and decent at medium range.Sub-types include auto-firing machine pistols with larger magazines but lower accuracy, middle-of-the-road repeaters, and revolvers with longer range and higher accuracy but slower reloads and lower ammo capacity. Pistols : Versatile class of weapons usually suited to short-to-medium range combat, typically with fast reload speed.Eridian weapons have been replaced by E-tech weapons which conform to the revised six categories listed below: Revolvers and Repeaters were two distinct kinds of weapons in the original Borderlands they have since been consolidated into a single "Pistol" category.
