You need to be a lot farther away if you want to compete with Jade Rabbit in PVP. I was getting plenty of easy kills with it even before I finished the catalyst.
The higher TTK is true though, most scouts have a higher TTK but its because you're supposed to play at a range where your opponent has a very difficult time getting optimal TTK, where for you it's easy. If you want to run a scout, you're gonna need something to fight back if they get closer, and if they are always too close don't even use them.
Oh PC? Accuracy with a mouse goes for miles. I know handcannons are better than they are on console and everything else is more deadly. I think you're right then, either Bungie has to do something for scout balance separately for PC or scouts will always be bad.