They all suck. Especially the pulse rifles. Use herja-d for example. It has horrible stability and range, and no proper perks to even fix this.
The hand cannons have horrible range and one of the worst recoil patterns I've ever seen.
Look at the stats and you will see that no one uses them.
Edit: I just picked up a god roll lyudmila-d with counterbalance and hand laid stock. The gun still kicks like crazy and is difficult to control. The pulse rifle needs a base stability boost.
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I believe the reason we see higher recoil patterns, and crap stability percs on these pulses, is because they all throw an extra round down range. The Apple of Discord vendor roll at the beginning of Y2 has been the best Häkke pulse I've used so far. I would like to see one with the hawksaw archetype, but I know it'd be squirrely af. As for the hand cannons... I'd rather not. Thanks anyway, Banshee.