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Which explosive guns can cause critical hits?

When I wrote How do I use elemental effects in Borderlands 2? to the best of my knowledge Explosive guns couldn't critical; I've tested this with "grenade" Assault Rifles, Gyrojet Tourge Assault Rifles and rocket launchers, none of which are able to score a critical (that I ever saw). When using a Tourge explosive Shotgun today, I started getting Criticals just like normal for a shotgun.
Which explosive weapons can cause critical hits? Is there some reason some do and some seem not to?
Question from user Ben Brocka at gaming.stackexchange.com.
Answer:
Explosive shotguns fire pellets like all the other shotguns. Upon hitting the target, the pellet applies the explosive element at the point of contact between pellet and enemy. This means that if the pellet hit a critical part, it cause the explosive damage to be critical.
Grenade assault rifles and rocket launchers won't get critical hits bacause it's firing a projectile that explodes upon contact with the enemy. Even if you aim for the weak spot on a huge enemy (crystalisks), it won't apply the critical hit.
Answer from user Keltboy at gaming.stackexchange.com.

When I wrote How do I use elemental effects in Borderlands 2? to the best of my knowledge Explosive guns couldn't critical; I've tested this with "grenade" Assault Rifles, Gyrojet Tourge Assault Rifles and rocket launchers, none of which are able to score a critical (that I ever saw). When using a Tourge explosive Shotgun today, I started getting Criticals just like normal for a shotgun.
Which explosive weapons can cause critical hits? Is there some reason some do and some seem not to?
Question from user Ben Brocka at gaming.stackexchange.com.
Answer:
Explosive shotguns fire pellets like all the other shotguns. Upon hitting the target, the pellet applies the explosive element at the point of contact between pellet and enemy. This means that if the pellet hit a critical part, it cause the explosive damage to be critical.
Grenade assault rifles and rocket launchers won't get critical hits bacause it's firing a projectile that explodes upon contact with the enemy. Even if you aim for the weak spot on a huge enemy (crystalisks), it won't apply the critical hit.
Answer from user Keltboy at gaming.stackexchange.com.
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