The terms pulse rifle and pulse pistol refer to various science fiction weapons.

The pulse rifle is a weapon in Blade Runner (video game)

Plasma rifle

"Pulse rifle" and "pulse pistol" are often used to mean a raygun.

Science fiction weapon

The M41A "Pulse Rifle" is an assault rifle in the motion picture Aliens that uses 10 mm caseless ammunition.

There has been a statement that a pulse rifle is a bullet-firing rifle where the cartridge's primer is set off electronically and not by a firing hammer. This is sometimes used in conjunction with the M41 "Pulse Rifle" above.

The Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle is an assault rifle-type raygun in the computer game Half-Life 2. It is the general infantry weapon of the Combine Overwatch

In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the pulse rifle and pulse pistol are standard infantry weapons for the Tau race.

The pulse rifle and pulse pistol are the primary weapons used by the Peacekeepers and others on the television show Farscape.