1912 has since become a good replacement. Sad to see the revolver brought down so much, I miss having fantastic sidearms. Either way, if you run a 450rpm sidearm, it's better than the Bren in CQB (especially if you don't spec in quick aim, though I'd never recommend doing that) which kind of invalidates the reason for the bren to be a thing vs the Madsen. Maybe a sneaky universal +5m 4btk extension could make the bren shine more?
What will become of the revolver anyway? Is its niché gonna be exclusively "dome someone for instant kill"? Or will we see a reemergence of sniper sidearms from Bf4 with a chunky ranged damage model?
There might be something coming soon.