R8 Bad Accuracy?

I know I'm not breaking any new ground by saying that the R8 is not very good. That's been understood since four days after its release. However, I am a sucker for cool revolvers, and I had been long hearing that the weapon still has a very strong accuracy, better than other pistols and especially on the move. As iNotorious put it, it could be a pocket Scout.

Except, game experience for that has not been the case. After a few matches of using the R8 and drawing outlines around enemies with bullet holes, I went to actually check the accuracy of the gun. The wikis seem to be out of date with it, and I do not have the screenshots yet, but it seems like comparing the first shot accuracy of the R8 to the Deagle (and most other rifles), it gets blown out of the water even in the normal firing mode.

Was there an adjustment to the R8 that made its accuracy worse recently, am I missing something about how it works, or is this how the R8 has been functioning, and it really is lacking in a good reason for use?