Same to sniper rifle, without good crit its shit.
wow one str more? Srsly only snipers with 1 str and no weapon handling wont have max hit chance (around 75 it will be). But mostly snipers need much more than those minimum then for sure 1 str snipers have weapon handling.
Rare ammo argument is just invalid
we talk about power not how hard is to obtain it.
Much better ammo stats and bigger firepower vs one more ap ? I think Gauss still its much better.