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Iron is the title of a group of common pistols in Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. They are manufactured exclusively by Jakobs and features the Jakobs barrel.

Usage & Description

Irons have very high damage and accuracy and are suitable for virtually any situation. The fire rate cap on an Iron is a lot lower. However this is usually not a problem for most players.

Notable Variants

Borderlands 2

  • Greed - Unique incendiary revolver without a movement speed penalty for aiming down the sights.
  • Rex - Unique Sir Hammerlock revolver with increased damage, range and critical hit bonus. Reduced Fire rate.
  • Maggie - Legendary revolver that fires 6 projectiles per shot. Reduced damage per shot.
  • Unforgiven - Pearlescent revolver with increased damage and a possible +100% critical hit bonus. Reduced fire rate.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

  • Ornery IronUnique (but common-quality) variant of this weapon as Nisha's starting weapon.
  • Cyber Eagle - Unique shock revolver that fires bolts of electricity. Increased accuracy.
  • Smasher - Unique revolver that fires 7 projectiles in a horizontal spread.
  • Luck Cannon - Legendary revolver with a fixed capacity of 1 and has a chance to deal explosive damage.
  • Maggie - Legendary revolver that fires 6 projectiles per shot.

Notes

  • The Iron only comes in green or higher rarity.
  • The Iron is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source.

Trivia

  • The Iron's flavor text is a reference to the Marty Robbins song, "Big Iron".
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