Shotguns in Unturned have always been pretty wack, especially with how the spread magically decreases when the shooting skill is leveled.
I think adding an ignore_skill tag for guns and melees would be a great addition - just make guns with it ignore the players skill effects for spread, reload, and hammer time. This would, in addition to improving shotguns, also be very nice for animated weapons and such since things wouldn’t get desynchronized if dexterity is maxed out, and also prevent the silly nightcore reload/hammer sounds if people want.