I love this gun, but it isn't the greatest for direct gunfights. It works best as a closer in my opinion. Great for two manning a single target, with someone taking lead and you clean up. Although mixing with a sidearm for cleanup is effective too. I recommend range boosting over stability, just get used to the recoil and time shots. Getting a LitC build can potentially two shot someone. I used it with extended mag, and fast reloading gauntlets for the last part of the raid to one shot the shanks, but beyond that it's sadly not very good to use in PvE.