User blog comment:Didikins/Overrated weapons in Advanced Warfare/@comment-4872910-20141231225459/@comment-24756040-20141231234957

Exactly. Pellet spread makes hitmarkers up close a possibility as well. It's really unreliable for a shotgun, and it hurts even more that it has the longest reload and no way to make it shorter. With all those hitmarkers and a mag size of 6, it's better off as an Overkill secondary than a Primary.