I think the dropped version have random stats only the vendor ones have the "standard" stats for those guns. So the question is what two major perks did the two drops have?

Lord High Fixer

Thanks for the advice. I have the exotic bounty for thorn but the PvP requirement is making me sad. :( I am a fan of the hand cannon or as I affectionately call them, "MANCANNONS" :) I am leveling the DYK on my Hunter and I since I got a few Warlock legendaries from cryptarch rolls, I rolled a warlock and I am leveling the LHF on that toon. You can check them both out on my profile. I love them both. I sometimes just get into a grove and one-shot enemies in droves when farming for materials.

From the looks of the devil you know perks you have I'd stick with that

My favorite guns in the game are hand cannons BY FAR and have had many of them. I currently have The Last Word, Thorn, and The Lord High Fixer. Honestly I like all three for different reasons but The Lord High fixer as an all around gun is better IMO. I have Thorn and The Last Word both maxed at 300 dmg and TLHF still does more headshot damage. The perks are also awesome, radar stays up when aiming and when you aim the gun gets longer range (which I aim every time I shoot it anyways). Granted this is for one bought from the crucible vendor. If you find one from an engram the perks may be different. The Devil You know has slightly more stability and I think slightly faster reload speed and has 12 shots instead of 11. I could have gone either way since they both have nice perks and look BA but I for one just leaned toward having more range with my handcannon. However if you have Thorn keep it since they are going to buff it pretty soon. I will also say that you should try to find Hawkmoon. It is awesome, on paper the specal abilities don't seem that great but shoot one and you'll know what I'm talking about. It has scout rifle range, above average fire rate and the impact is the highest of all the exotics. Thorn Pros: Poison dmg (keeps shielded enemies from shielding during poison), decent range, gun/sites look cool Cons: SLOW reload speed (even with faster reloading gauntlets), lower impact for a handcannon, lower stability, only has 6 shots The Last Word Pros: Automatic handcannon, extra headshot damage when hip fired, fantastic stability, 8 shots, reloads fast, Hilarious gun flip after melee, the classiest lookig exotic handcannon Cons: EXTREMELY low range, impact is the lowest of the exotics (unless you add a perk that lowers the range even more then it's even with Thorn) The Last Word Thoughts: This gun gives you huge rewards if you can accurately and reliably get headshots from the hip. If you don't like to hip fire this gun or you're just plain bad at it then I would honestly look elsewhere, however if you just want a hilarious and fun gun to shoot then this is definitely for you. Hawkmoon Pros: LONG range, 13 rounds in the chamber, highest impact exotic HC, looks boss, 3/13 rounds in mag do much higher dmg, fast reload (and of course it looks BA as well) Cons: Slowest shooting exotic HC (still faster than a legendary) The Lord High Fixer and The Devil You Know you can just look those up in the tower. I hope this helped and I'm sorry it's so long winded. I just LOVE me some handcannons! Let me know what you think! Cheers!

Fatebringer. I know it's not a choice but it'll pop captain shields pretty damn quick.

I just got fatebringer from the hard raid templar. It's pretty amazing but I still want hawkmoon. That's like the one exotic I want but I feel like I'll never get it.

The last word.

Thorn.