Dual blades deflect won’t hit at all when up close, is this expected?

Having used dualies for more than 200 hours now, the biggest problem I’ve noticed is, when you go up close against a target, and they shoot you, you deflect, it won’t hit them, even if your crosshair is placed well within their hit box.

Is this supposed to happen? This makes pushing in on enemies super annoying. You’re still taking damage when deflecting, but the enemy isn’t getting hit by deflects. Sometimes this can result in you having a huge health disadvantage when pushing into melee fights.