Hello!
In my opinion, you should be able to recycle Rare and Epic Founder Weapons if you want. They are just regular weapons, since they do not have their 6th perk.
Also, why is the Founder's Revolt an Epic Pistol, but with a 6th Perk? Why don't make it to a legendary weapon with more damage and impact? And why the defenders Jill and Idris (which have quite good perks tbh) are just Epic? Why don't make a legendary out of them?
And why is the Founder's Drumroll such a weak weapon? The shotgun is ok, deals good damage and has a good perk, Nocturno is pretty funny and good too, so is the quickshot and the Revolt. But the Drumroll is quite weak. It has a ok DPS, and the 6th perk increases the damage also, but i still have the feeling that it is weaker then Thrasher and Nocturno, even if they have a little less damage. Also, the Nocturno does reload a lot quicker and you can perk the Nocturno with reload speed. In case of the Drum Roll, you need magazine size, otherwise the 6th perk does not have that much effect.
What's your opinion? I would recycle the Founders Weapon's all together, since they are not really strong in high level zones, but i like the defender's (Defender's can be pretty effective with Jack's Revenge)
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/FORTnITE/comments/ttgdlo/founder_stuff_could_use_some_tuning/