>>301355923
2.5 times the damage of the normal pistol, instant beam, no scatter
3 shot magazine, recharging
recharge time doubles for each depleted shot, so if you fire once and wait for the ~1 second recharge you can fire at a steady rate, but if you mag dump you've got to wait quite a while before you can shoot at all. There's an audio cue when each shot recharges so its very natural. 

Probably the best long range weapon atm, prefer it over the rail rifle.