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Pulse Rifles are burst-firing Primary Weapons in Destiny. Pulse Rifles are accurate and effective at mid to long range.

Exotic Pulse Rifles

	Item Level	Damage Type	Attack	Impact	Range	Stability	Reload	Rate of Fire	Magazine	Zoom	Recoil	Equip Speed	Aim Assist
((STEEL MEDULLA~))		Void	320–400	14	33–59	68–100	73–80	66	33	17	80–100	49–54	36–41
Bad Juju (Year 1)	70	Kinetic	331-365	7	33	55	65	73	24	17	85	50	60
Bad Juju (Year 2)		Kinetic	320 - 400	7	33	62	65	73	24	17	85	50	60
No Time to Explain		Kinetic	290 - 320	14	51	62	65	66	21	17	90	80	30
Outbreak Prime		Kinetic	320 - 390	7	36	48	76	73	33	17	60	60	56
Oversoul Edict (Adept)		Arc	320–400	4	33–37	54–71	61–64	77	30	17–20	59	60–64	82–87
Praedyth's Timepiece (Adept)		Arc	320–400	4	25–31	64–88	54–68	77	30	17–23	55	25	84–89
Red Death (Year 1)	70	Kinetic	302-365	26	33	44	76	66	27	17	65	70	50
Red Death (Year 2)		Kinetic	320 - 400	14	33	51	76	66	30	17	65	70	50
Smite of Merain (Adept)		Solar	320–400	14–15	41–68	43–66	51	66	30	17	80–100	36	11–21

Legendary Pulse Rifles

	Item Level	Damage Type	Attack	Impact	Range	Stability	Reload	Rate of Fire	Magazine	Zoom	Recoil	Equip Speed	Aim Assist
123 Syzygy	60	Kinetic	272-331	4	25	64	48	77	30	17	57	16	84
33 Trustfall	60	Kinetic	??	30	32	48	50	70	60	17	80	50	68
55A-allFATE	60	Kinetic	331-365	14	47	65	62	66	27	17	67	54	45
Aegis of the Kell	60	Kinetic	365-365	7	28	68	78	73	21	17	58	82	65
Aegis of the Kell II	60	Random Elemental	365-365	7	28	68	78	73	21	17	58	82	65
Aegis of the Reef		Kinetic	300	7	33	68	78	73	21	17	58	82	65
Apple of Discord		Kinetic	280	14	44	59	68	66	33	17	70	55	60
B-29 Party Favor		Kinetic	350	7	31	65	78	73	21	17	59	74	70
Bad Seed Down	60	Kinetic	248-300	14	44	59	67	66	30	17	51	53	52
Black Poltergeist MS	60	Kinetic	??	30	40	20	50	70	60	0	70	50	50
Blind Perdition		Kinetic	300	7	38	64	76	73	21	17	60	71	61
Blind Perdition (Adept)		Kinetic	380	7	38	64	76	73	21	17	60	71	61
Coiled Hiss 1919	60	Kinetic	272-331	4	33	55	53	77	30	17	44	23	70
Down/Out	60	Kinetic	300-365	30	61	50	52	59	24	17	80	21	23
Fair and Square	60	Kinetic	248-300	30	61	57	52	59	24	17	80	21	23
Final Duty		Kinetic	300	14	36	76	66	66	24	17	72	30	55
Grasp of Malok		Kinetic	220 - 400	4	33	54	61	77	30	17	59	60	82
Harrowed Smite of Merain (Year 2)		Kinetic	319–335	14	25	78	45	66	30	17	80	36	61
Harrowed Smite of Merain (Year 3)		Kinetic	365–400	14–15	41–68	43–66	51	66	30	17	80–100	36	11–21
Hawksaw		Kinetic	280	7	27	72	80	73	27	17	50	89	60
Herja-D		Kinetic	280	14	33	72	68	66	33	17	70	45	50
Hopscotch Pilgrim (Year 2)		Kinetic	140	14	45	68	62	66	30	17	65	50	50
Hopscotch Pilgrim (Year 3)		Kinetic	300	14	45	68	62	66	30	17	65	50	50
Hyderabad PR4	60	Kinetic	??	30	64	41	55	70	40	17	67	35	36
KAU8 Constellation Scar		Kinetic	140	14	54	58	65	66	24	17	50	50	60
Lyudmila-D		Kinetic	280	30	63	54	51	59	33	17	70	25	30
Nirwen's Mercy		Kinetic	280	14	34	71	68	66	30	17	60	59	65
Oversoul Edict (Year 1)	60	Arc	300-331	4	33	55	61	77	30	17	59	60	82
Oversoul Edict (Year 3)		Kinetic	365–400	4	33–37	54–71	61–64	77	30	17–20	59	60–64	82–87
Painted Lebanon PR5	60	Kinetic	??	30	65	40	50	70	40	17	50	50	60
Parthian Shot		Kinetic	350	30	52	62	62	59	24	17	71	26	30
Payment VI	60	Kinetic	331-365	14	37	60	66	66	24	17	72	51	51
Peregrine LongRail	60	Kinetic	300-365	14	34	64	65	66	30	17	80	50	68
Praedyth's Timepiece (Year 1)	60	Arc	248-300	4	25	64	55	77	30	17	55	25	84
Praedyth's Timepiece (Year 3)		Kinetic	365–400	4	25–31	64–88	54–68	77	30	17–23	55	25	84–89
Primed Singularity MS	60	Kinetic	??	80	80	20	40	20	40	17	50	50	50
Reflection Sum		Kinetic	280	30	59	59	53	59	24	17	66	23	35
Reflection Sum (Adept)		Kinetic	310	30	59	59	53	59	24	17	66	23	35
STEEL MEDULLA~		Kinetic	380	14	51	71	73	66	33	17	80	54	36
SUROS PDX-41		Kinetic	280	14	48	68	62	66	27	17	70	31	55
SUROS PDX-45		Kinetic	280	7	22	75	90	73	27	17	50	71	70
SUROS TMR-4	60	Kinetic	??	30	40	20	50	70	60	17	70	50	50
Skorri's Revenge	60	Kinetic	331-365	4	30	58	48	77	30	17	51	16	75
Skorri's Revenge (The Dark Below)	60	Kinetic	272-331	0	25	40	26	100	64	17	51	16	75
Smite of Merain		Kinetic	300-335	14	41	66	45	66	30	17	80	36	21
Snappy. Omolon AR3.	60	Kinetic	??	0	25	20	45	100	75	17	85	50	40
Spare Change.25		Kinetic	270	30	63	44	58	59	24	17	50	50	50
Strange Suspect	60	Kinetic	248-300	14	34	71	65	66	30	17	80	50	68
Super Pox VLO	60	Kinetic	248-300	30	53	66	64	59	21	17	65	39	37
TAU 5051505 UAT	60	Kinetic	300-365	30	53	59	64	59	21	17	65	39	37
Tango Da Nada	60	Kinetic	??	80	77	28	31	20	44	17	80	21	23
The Clever Dragon		Kinetic	350	4	31	58	59	77	27	17	58	29	77
The Conduit	60	Kinetic	331-365	7	35	59	78	73	18	17	45	78	67
The Gun with No Name	60	Arc	248-300	4	30	44	62	77	36	17	85	50	40
The Messenger	60	Kinetic	365-365	30	59	59	53	59	24	17	66	23	35
The Messenger (Adept)	60	Random Elemental	365-365	30	59	59	53	59	24	17	66	23	35
The Ninth Edict	60	Kinetic	248-300	14	40	64	71	66	27	17	72	59	59
The Villainy		Kinetic	280	14	39	65	71	66	27	17	60	41	60
The Waltz		Kinetic	350	4	28	59	54	77	27	17	56	28	75
Three Little Words	60	Kinetic	272-331	30	61	57	55	59	24	17	62	26	23
Time On Target	60	Kinetic	272-331	7	35	59	81	73	21	17	50	83	67
Velocity-PR3	60	Kinetic	??	30	40	20	50	70	60	17	70	50	50
Viper P3		Kinetic	??	??	??	??	2s	180	33
Volans	60	Kinetic	??	30	35	15	70	70	30	15	85	80	40

Rare Pulse Rifles

	Item Level	Damage Type	Attack	Impact	Range	Stability	Reload	Rate of Fire	Magazine	Zoom	Recoil	Equip Speed	Aim Assist
Anomie MSm		Kinetic	155 - 365	7	35	52	66	73	21	17	40	76	67
Baryon MSc	40	Kinetic	??	30	48	44	40	70	43	17	74	31	39
Black SUROS SWB-42	40	Kinetic	??	0	22	35	38	100	40	17	58	30	65
Catena MSc	40	Kinetic	??	0	30	26	34	100	44	17	50	25	57
Cold Current	40	Kinetic	??	10	18	47	68	90	19	17	48	77	69
Corona MSc	40	Kinetic	??	80	29	72	31	20	51	17	75	23	58
Crackerjack.beta	40	Kinetic	??	30	44	47	54	70	29	17	69	45	43
Dead Air 09F3	40	Kinetic	??	80	24	76	47	20	36	17	70	38	63
Echo 33	40	Kinetic	??	80	33	67	38	20	44	17	80	30	54
Evergreen II.I	60	Kinetic	272-331	30	41	80	62	59	27	17	79	36	57
Hydrus	40	Kinetic	??	10	22	44	61	90	26	17	54	70	65
Lump Distribution	40	Kinetic	??	10	27	39	57	90	31	17	41	65	60
Moriaen-D		Kinetic	210 - 355	14	36	59	61	66	33	17	60	50	59
New Heart LDD	60	Kinetic	272-331	30	53	66	61	59	21	17	64	34	36
Occulate MSc		Kinetic	260 - 280	14	43	60	63	66	21	17	70	38	38
Painted Apollo MSc	60	Kinetic	272-331	14	43	75	66	66	24	17	77	41	54
Painted Neptune MSc	60	Kinetic	272-331	7	37	57	73	73	24	17	58	71	63
Painted SUROS BZL-45	40	Kinetic	??	30	53	39	51	70	32	17	62	42	34
Primed Starfall MSc	40	Kinetic	??	30	40	39	51	70	45	17	62	51	47
Psi Alba IV		Kinetic	155 - 355	4	28	54	51	77	27	17	50	21	64
Psi Alto III		Kinetic	155 - 355	14	33	66	57	66	24	17	70	30	55
Psi Lento III		Kinetic	155 - 355	14	40	55	65	66	30	17	40	35	59
Pulsar MSC		Kinetic	148	??	??	??	??	450	34
SUROS JPS-55	40	Kinetic	??	0	15	30	45	100	60	17	85	40	40
SUROS PRI-44		Kinetic	210 - 355	7	20	68	76	73	27	17	40	68	67
Silvered Continuum MSc	40	Kinetic	??	30	32	46	49	70	47	17	78	49	55
Silvered Procyon MSc	60	Kinetic	272-331	4	30	58	59	77	27	17	42	31	75
TKO (First Round)	60	Kinetic	272-331	14	46	71	75	66	21	17	71	54	48
Temporal MSm		Kinetic	155 - 355	30	50	52	48	59	18	17	60	33	33
The Stranger's Rifle	40	Kinetic	??	30	60	45	50	70	30	17	90	80	40

Uncommon Pulse Rifles

	Item Level	Damage Type	Attack	Impact	Range	Stability	Reload	Rate of Fire	Magazine	Zoom	Recoil	Equip Speed	Aim Assist
Antapex MSc		Kinetic	?	4	26	50	48	77	24	17	50	18	54
Hotspur-A		Kinetic	160	14	44	59	71	66	33	17	80	51	51
Psi Tempus III	15	Kinetic	??	30	25	44	32	70	53	17	41	32	52
Psi Volo III	15	Kinetic	??	10	26	42	52	90	25	17	50	60	51
Pulsar MSm	15	Kinetic	??	10	22	35	57	90	20	17	57	65	55
Raskova-A		Kinetic	37	14	27	59	57	66	33	17	70	32	32
SUROS BNS-13		Kinetic	160	7	32	69	90	73	24	17	60	71	61
SUROS JPS-32	15	Kinetic	??	30	37	44	46	70	27	17	76	39	40
SUROS MIN-15		Kinetic	192	14	28	59	50	66	24	17	80	41	36
Trifecta S.2	30	Kinetic	??	30	31	39	38	70	47	17	47	38	46

Common Pulse Rifles

	Item Level	Damage Type	Attack	Impact	Range	Stability	Reload	Rate of Fire	Magazine	Zoom	Recoil	Equip Speed	Aim Assist
Psi Tempus II	5	Kinetic	??	30	24	38	32	70	44	17	58	32	45
Psi Umbra I	5	Kinetic	??	30	39	33	37	70	29	17	70	30	30
Psi Umbra II	??	Kinetic	??	30	30	33	36	70	40	17	68	36	39
Psi Umbra II-A	??	Kinetic	??	80	30	50	34	20	32	17	65	27	39
Psi Volo II	5	Kinetic	??	10	26	26	43	90	26	17	42	50	43
Pulsar MSe	5	Kinetic	??	0	20	25	21	100	41	17	41	15	49
SUROS JPS-20	??	Kinetic	??	30	31	42	34	70	32	17	79	27	38

Pulse Rifle Tips

Three-round burst only, with significant recoil. The recoil is such that multiple bursts are needed to kill an opposing player (1 of 3 shots in each burst might hit the head). I found a Pulsar MSM with a Full Auto special property (still fires in bursts, but holding down the trigger keeps firing the weapon) on my Hunter, but the recoil made it unwieldy. Hard to recommend over the more controllable Auto Rifles.

When aiming with your Pulse Rifle, do not aim for the head, instead aim at your enemy's chest. As your fire a burst of shots, your barrel will climb with recoil and your final shots will hit the head of enemy.

Weapons

Primary Weapons	Auto Rifles • Hand Cannons • Pulse Rifles • Scout Rifles
Special Weapons	Fusion Rifles • Sniper Rifles • Sidearms • Shotguns
Heavy Weapons	Machine Guns • Rocket Launchers • Swords

Last modified on 24 September 2014, at 00:14