>>11856990
Taking out as many as five enemies in one shot is only if you come up against surprise zombiemen and everything works out crazily perfectly. I'd rather have the chaingun when "scouting about" due to how more easily I can spread around hitstun if something like surprise chaingunners happen, especially when those guys along with imps have a chance at "tanking" those seven shotgun pellets.
It's still got its niche over the chaingun when it comes to more "damage in a single instance" at the cost of a lengthier refire, allowing some cover, but that gets overwritten once a super gets picked up.