Below is a list of the found guns with “Red Text”. These are special weapons that usually have some sort of unique trait like bullets that multiply, regenerate bullets, or any number of crazy things Gearbox came up with. Thanks to Hyperion88 from the gbx forums for compiling.
Source: http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=76822
Sometimes, I forget to reload… : Unlimited clip/ammo.
A lead wind blows… : Fire two bullets on every shot. (SMG)
Tear it up. : Strangely similar bonus to above. Found on a weapon with burst fire so hard to be certain of exact effect. (SMG)
Makes their brains hurt. : Fires multiple bullets on every shot. (Sniper Rifle)
Feel the sting. : Fire two bullets on every shot. (Sniper Rifle)
Bring the HEAT! : Explosive Rounds. (Revolver)
Ahhh…Fresh Meat : Burst Fire. (Shotgun)
I can do this all day… : Ammo Regen (Shotguns)
Unending Firepower : Ammo Regen (Revolver)
Never stop shooting! : Ammo Regen (Repeater Pistol)
Hallelujah! : Ammo Regen (SMG)
Ammo is no longer an issue. : Ammo Regen. (Repeater)
Beware of the Horde! : Rocket divides into multiple warheads dependant on the distance travelled. (Rocket Launcher)
Drop the Hammer! : Fully automatic fire for shotguns
Hold your ground… Forever. : Ammo Regen (Combat Rifle)
2 more bullets make all the difference : Adds a 2 round burst per shot.
Monster Kill! : Fires multiple rockets simultaneously. (Rocket Launcher)
We don’t need no water… : Explosive Rounds. (SMG)
Ride the Wave Dude! : Wave of bouncing bullets.
Aim for the Sniper :
I got boohoo :
Walk it off :
Why don’t you go shoot yourself an elephant? : Massive Damage, no scope. (Sniper Rifle)
Long and Strong : Chance to Daze enemies. (Revolver)
PEW PEW PEW! : (Possible) Chance for a bullet to home in on a target. (Eridian)
The Cutting Edge : Shots have a chance to ignore shields. (If someone can test if this is a % chance or a guaranteed effect)
Bring out your Dead! :
Pele needs a sacrifice! : Massive Fire Damage.
Give Sick. : High chance Corrosive damage, effect has a chance to transfer to nearby enemies.
I LIKE IT! : Massive Explosive Damage (???) (Sniper Rifle) (???) turns whatever you shoot into a bomb (unconfirmed)
It’s a painful thing. :
I spy with my little eye… : Massive Zoom. (Sniper Rifle)
The all seeing eye. : Massive Zoom. (Combat Rifle)
The ultimate close quarters feline. :
Omnia Vincit Amor :
Sniper Killer… Qu’est que c’est : Fully Automatic. (Sniper Rifle)
Cross their heart, hope they die : Bullets fire in a cross shaped spread pattern. (Shotgun)
Lightning Never strikes the same place twice, but it can stike freaking everywhere! : AoE Lightning Effect. (Eridian)
Big Tony says “Hi” : Massive Clip. (Repeater pistol)
Guns of the Revolution never fall silent. : Massive Clip. (Combat Rifle)
One Bad Dog : Massive Clip. (Shotgun) [Unsure, please confirm, seems to be the case]
Holy crap it shoot rockets! : Turns each round into a single warhead explosive. (Shotgun)
“I feel like I’m gonna break this thing.” : (Eridian) Slows walking speed apparently. Fire Lightning.
BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM! : Full clip burst when fired. Only while scoped. (Sniper Rifle)
The destructor has come. : Full clip burst when fired. Only while scoped. (Combat Rifle)
Invade your skull. : Full clip burst when fired. Only while scoped. (Repeater)
The living legend. :
The Unstoppable Force! : Rocket explodes periodically in flight. (Rocket Launcher)
I have you in my eyes, sir. :
For the Motherland : Rapid Reload. (Sniper Rifle)
It dives! : Rockets have an arc trajectory. (Rocket Launcher)
It rises! : Exactly the same as above.
Thwack! : (Speculated) Daze Effect? Shield Bypass? (Sniper Rifle)
Smack ‘em : (SMG)
It’s a helluva thing… :
And they call me maaaaaaaaaaad! : Zig Zag Bullets. (Revolver)
A hunter lives among the stars… Chance to do Random Lightning damage in vicinity of user when fired. [Which weapon class?]
War is in your blood. :
May God have mercy on my enemies, because I won’t. : (Revolver)
A beast of many forms – Fire, Lightning, and Poison. : Bullets alternate between the 3 elemental damage types on every shot. (Revolver)
Vengeance is yours. :
Sniper rifles are for chumps. : Some debate over the effect, please confirm.
Your Move, Creep. :
TORGUE! Bastard Guns for Bastard People! : Massive Damage. (Combat Rifle)
Have a nice day ! Fires Smiley Faces (unconfirmed)
I spy with my little eye : Unknown effects
A watchful eye : Unknown effects
Fools! They called me maaaad! : Adds Bouncing Bullets with Crazy Zig-Zag trajectory; somewhat similar in effect to “Catch a Wave, Dude!”
A Gift from Papa Krom : Burst when aiming and full automatic when shooting from the hip
The legend lives : 10000% burst fire count (Sledge’s Shotgun)
Pele needs a sacrifice! : Unconfirmed Effects (possibly random elements)
One Bad Dog : Massive Clip (unconfirmed)
A hunter lives among the stars… : Unknown effects
A beast of many forms – Multiple random elemental effects
Five heads of death : (shotgun) fires a horizontal line of bullets
Sniper Rifles Are For Chumps : Very high accuracy bonus
The ultimate close quarters feline – shoots bullets in a corkscrew trajectory that can bounce off walls
October 27, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Isn’t there one that says “Have a nice day” and it fires smiley faces?
October 29, 2009 at 12:33 am
I spy with my little eye…
I got that on a rifle
October 29, 2009 at 6:37 am
i got ”a watchful eye” on a combat rifle cant find it in the list !
October 29, 2009 at 9:23 am
“It’s a helluva thing… ”
Got this on an orange revolver (Level 25 I think). it’s bonuses were:
+100% damage
2.7x weapon zoom
+200% Crit Damage
I’m guessing it’s the +100% Damage, haven’t seen any weapons with that much +damage before.
October 30, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Thanks… sorta
October 30, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Way to give credit*
November 1, 2009 at 12:39 am
Add this one:
Fools! They called me maaaad!
Found on Revolver “Madjack”; Adds Bouncing Bullets with Crazy Zig-Zag trajectory; somewhat similar in effect to “Catch a Wave, Dude!”
November 1, 2009 at 12:06 pm
a gift from papa krom – Burst when aiming and fullautomatic when shooting from the hip
November 1, 2009 at 2:41 pm
The legend lives
10000% burst fire count (shotgun)
got it from sledge
November 1, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I LIKE IT! : Massive Explosive Damage (???) (Sniper Rifle) (???)
i just got one of these today, it turns whatever you shoot into a bomb it is great. it says X4 explosive but i think its more of a X11 lol
Pele needs a sacrifice! : Massive Fire Damage. i would add it also does 1X explosive as well it doesnt say it but for me some of the bullets explode as well as burn
One Bad Dog : Massive Clip. (Shotgun) [Unsure, please confirm, seems to be the case] its real the one i had was a clip of 22 with 102X8 damage
November 3, 2009 at 3:58 am
Drop the Hammer means fully automatic for shotguns
November 3, 2009 at 4:01 pm
I got “A hunter lives among the stars…” on a lvl 22 sniper rifle. Totally owns.
November 3, 2009 at 5:56 pm
A beast of many forms – Fire, Lightning, and Poison …………. I got this on a 48 revolver that does a whopping 816 damage. It is GODLIKE!
November 4, 2009 at 1:37 am
A quick note while i am here, the “A hunter lives amongst the stars” quote usually belongs to the orion sniper rifles.
November 4, 2009 at 9:54 am
“Five heads of death” (shotgun)
fires a horizontal line of bullets
November 4, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Half of these are wrong/off. Edit it
November 4, 2009 at 5:41 pm
For “Sniper Rifles Are For Chumps” I am pretty sure it makes the accuracy really high, +60% accuracy, plus the gun itself has 70% accuracy (Shotguns)
November 5, 2009 at 4:43 am
The ultimate close quarters feline – I think this is SMG only, not 100% sure of what it signifies, but I think it’s either:
a) huge clip
b) low accuracy
c) no scope
d) all or a combination of the above
I’ve got it on:
KKA4 PATROL WILDCAT (SMG) (Orange)
Damage: 56
Accuracy: 20.0
Fire Rate: 6.9
70 Bullets in the clip
The ultimate close quarters feline
I also have a gun with the red text “Pele demands a sacrifice”. Not sure if this is different to “Pele needs a sacrifice” or if whoever put that up got it wrong.
That’s on the:
GGN C COBALT VOLCANO (Sniper Rifle) (Orange)
Damage: 382
Accuracy: 96.6
Fire Rate: 0.8
6 Bullets in the clip
Highly effective vs Flesh
x4 chance to light enemies on fire
Pele demands a sacrifice! (red text)
Very high elemental effect chance
November 5, 2009 at 6:37 pm
A hunter lives among the stars…
This one is on a sniper I got. It is actually not a random lightning near the user, it does an aoe lightning effect when it hits a lot of times (very powerful). If you miss it can kind of do a random lightning thing sometimes. I have a feeling it is like the Lightning Never strikes the same place twice, but it can strike freaking everywhere! one, just on a sniper.
November 5, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Drop The Hammer – Shoots the pattern of a war hammer(like the Have a nice day! stat – smiley face)
The ultimate close quarters feline – shoots bullets in a corkscrew trajectory that can bounce off walls
Thwack! – Can ignore shields/armor
November 6, 2009 at 3:55 am
i have a rocket launcher with “death rains from above”
i also got an alien gun called 100110101010 (or something like that) cannon and it has a red text called 100110101010111
November 7, 2009 at 4:41 pm
it would really help if someone would update this…. please?
November 10, 2009 at 12:33 am
My ultimate close quarters feline definitely doesn’t do that. No corkscrew trajectory, and no bouncing. Like I said upthread, all it’s got is really poor accuracy and a really high ammo count.
November 10, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Updated, keep em coming.
November 10, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Bring Out Your Dead……very high corrosive damage
November 10, 2009 at 7:01 pm
“Pele needs a sacrifice” is found on the Volcano Sniper rifle (orange) and all it means is that the incendiary effect occurs 100% of the time.
November 10, 2009 at 7:22 pm
the 101100 Cannon Eridian weapon
010011110100110101000111 = OMG in binary
November 13, 2009 at 2:07 am
RF Pearl Troll (lvl35) Repeater
Dam – 132
Acc – 78.7
FR – 3.6
Red text: Pain Heals.
+46% Damage
+1 Magazine Size
+18% Recoil Reduction
As far as I can tell…. it seems to give a constant +1 or +2 health regeneration
November 13, 2009 at 11:29 am
I actually just got a gun last night called something “savior”. It is an SMG and the red text is “Hallelujah!” This gun shoots the corkscrew bullets that bounce off walls.
November 21, 2009 at 4:32 am
Pele needs a sacrifice! : Unconfirmed Effects (possibly random elements) is 4x explosive or 4x fire (in sniper rifles)
November 27, 2009 at 3:38 am
May God have mercy on my enemies, because I won’t. – hight damage to shields
December 5, 2009 at 2:04 pm
“A hunter lives among the stars…”
Is a sniper rifle. Got it five minutes ago
December 6, 2009 at 11:48 pm
“Death rains from above”, Rockets have a MIRV effect and split into multiple rockets that hit the ground after a certain distance. googled from http://www.cheatcc.com/xbox360/borderlandscheatscodes.html
December 14, 2009 at 7:22 am
One bad dog text does mean that the shotty has a bigger clip, i just got one and it had a 20 shell clip
December 20, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Got the feeling in the text box below the weapons is sometimes more text than you can see. As I compared the german and the english versions of the game, I found a missing text line caused by a longer german red text (forgot which it was) that needed 2 lines instead of 1 in the english one. But the weapon effect (hidden in the german) worked in both versions as well, unseen by my german homies. Hate that word.
January 2, 2010 at 8:19 pm
i got a sniper rifle that auto bursts kind of like a combat rifle
January 2, 2010 at 8:41 pm
I also got a shotgun that says “Holy Crap it Shoots Rockets” but the lettering is in white not red can someone explain this to me
January 6, 2010 at 1:43 pm
I got a gun called HVY29 Support Ogre:
Damage: 223
Accuracy: 86.7
Fire Rate: 6.9
Chance to cause explosions
Ogre SMASH <——-Red text
+31 Magazine Size
+64% Damage
+3 Recoil Reduction
January 11, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Have a nice day ! Fires Smiley Faces (unconfirmed)
Oh yes it does fire smily faces, shotgun only, Fire damage x1,x2, limited range for effect. Also the damage multiplyer should be X9
January 11, 2010 at 1:01 pm
A watchful eye : Unknown effects
Usually a 4.0x Zoom, increased accuracy at range for snipers. Higher Probability of critical occouring due to increased accuracy. it should greatly reduce the weapon sway, that is how the accuracy is increased.
January 11, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Bring out your Dead! :
100% chance of causing corosion damage, especaially effective against armor. High corosion damage once corosion starts.
January 11, 2010 at 1:07 pm
One Bad Dog : Massive Clip (unconfirmed)
For shotguns only. 20 shot, round style clip. Poor accuracy and fire rate.
January 11, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Your Move, Creep. :
Only seen on long barrel revolver pistol. 5 or 6 shots. High damage.
From the movie Dirty Harry.
January 11, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I spy with my little eye : Unknown effects
High 4.0x zoom for SMG. Small looking scope on top of gun. Only on a Hyperion. It is a quest reward.
January 11, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Pele needs a sacrifice! : Unconfirmed Effects (possibly random elements)
Leaves a huge fire ball on the target. Takes 5 seconds to disperse. Causes continious fire damage to anything in the fire ball’s area of effect. Sniper Rifles only. x4 Fire damage. Maliwan manufacturer only.
January 11, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I have you in my eyes, sir. :
Increased Critical damage for snipers only.
March 4, 2010 at 3:42 pm
The ultimate in close quarters feline: extended clip size
Bring out your dead: acid ability can jump between enemys
March 15, 2011 at 10:59 am
i don’t know how legit this is, but it might help
http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Special_Weapon_Effects