Slowly but surely people are falling back on the pistol because it’s always been the god gun.
It beats the BR.
It beats the AR
It takes 4 shots and a beatdown to kill someone.
As the SBMM starts to take hold in the other playlists other than ranked you will begin to see people trying to reload their pistol instead of switching to the AR.
You can check out my gameplay here to see what I mean.
https://youtube.com/channel/UC_AqIPpmqjC3mIDQBxgwQCg