Just received one of these Friday (not adept) and I freaking love it. Play fast, stay out of shotgun range, wreck shit snipers on pantheon. I haven't set the scholar down all weekend.

198 damage with 2 headshots while Reactive Reload is up, it's a gem of a weapon that's lost in the sea of Thorns and the likes - kills any foe without damage resistance apart from max-armour Titans (maybe max-armour Warlocks with The Ram, not sure), who will then succumb to a light tickling