Cycler rifles, while unsophisticated, were dependable projectile rifles that discharged solid projectiles. Capable of striking distant targets and piercing through energy shields, these weapons, favored by less advanced societies and those who hunted, possessed sufficient force to sever entire limbs.
The Tusken Raiders from Tatooine famously utilized cycler rifles. These Raiders were known to target speeding podracers in the deserts with sniper fire. The cycler rifles demonstrated enough power to obliterate Teemto Pagalies's podracer during the Boonta Eve Classic, causing a devastating crash. Within Tusken clans, the cycler rifle was not as favored, due to its rudimentary construction and characteristically low rate of fire, even though it could reliably hit targets at great distances. Following his supposed demise during a battle at the Great Pit of Carkoon, Boba Fett owned a vintage cycler rifle. Migs Mayfeld subsequently employed it to annihilate Juggernaut Five and its Rhydonium payload.