^^^ This is very important ^^^ (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Thursday, August 20, 2015, 16:15 (3481 days ago) @ dogcow

If this is in fact how weapon ratings play in to your overall damage output, then comparing weapon stats alone could in fact be a bit misleading. Personally, I would assume that a weapon with a rating of 300 would do nearly twice the damage of a weapon rated 160 (all other things being equal), but is sounds like that might only be a very slight difference in damage output.