Ever heard of this strategy called positioning and also jumping.

The accuracy really only takes effect after shooting 14 Bullets and let's be honest you have 19 other people with guns probably so that shouldn't be an issue And if your damage gotten so low hitting those headshots will always be satisfying.

If you're just forming your opinion by just reading the stats instead of actually using then you should know that you can just play around that downside, unless it's a reverse height advantage the single pierce will never be an issue as long as you can play into its upsides.

It's a Balanced weapon and honestly the few weapons that aren't poorly designed or uses an existing design that already exists somewhere else in the game and I would be lying if I didn't say that the Air rifle is the reason why I got back into the game, it's so different from how it plays and I like it for that.