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Wanted to see which M class slasher modified weapons were best to go on my personal ship, all testing was done in game. Key at the bottom. Blue section is the important bit how big a % increase the slasher mod gives to the weapon. Identical mod rolls are not possible so numbers are a bit squishy.

Big takeaways are the Beam emitter benefits by far the most from the Slasher mod due to a confluence of factors. Meaning the Beam emitter and the TER Pulse Laser Mk2 are the undisputed masters of destroying S and M class threats assuming you are configuring for such targets.
For M and L class the Shard Battery is head and shoulders above every single competitor in sustained DPS nothing else comes even close. Assuming you are not squeamish about getting close to your targets.

Everything from SPL Neutron Gatling Mk2 down looks to have superior options above it. Personal preference is still of course King.

Key to table. First line -> Beam Emitter Mk2 fired constantly until redline at friendly M class ship, MJ damage to shields noted and placed under Damage MJ heading. Amount of time taken to Redline is noted and placed under Discharge time, Amount to time to redline and amount of time to return to full green (zero heat) is timed. This is stored under Cycle time sec. Using the above three pieces of information we calculated Recharge time(Time from readline to full green), DPS Damage per second across full cycle time, Burst Damage is how much damage per second is done mag dumping not including the cooling process.
Second line is the same weapon with the slasher mod installed, followed by the %DPS increase and the Burst DPS increase. All the times were obtained by recording the test firing and then editing the videos to find the relevant start and end frames.

Fair warning numbers will be bit squishy and possibly up to half a second off in places. Info is not rock hard numbers, it simply shows roughly how well every weapon performed and how much better they perform on the Slasher modification that was re-rolled for 80% or higher reload. I ran a second test on the Beam emitter with a better mod to confirm how busted it was.