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. Eridian weapons have been replaced by E-tech weapons which conform to the revised six categories listed below: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.