Eat NERF!

So two of my all time favorite weapons in real life, are just absolutely awful in 40k. The Shotgun and the sniper rifle. Granted each have their purpose in game, but neither are the best at what they do. However, there is hope! the shotgun in the new Black Templar update... its str 4! that would make the shotgun indispensable to Imperial Guard. We could give our vets, STR 4 WEAPONS! best of all perhaps, we would finally be using shotguns like they should, its the precarious advance, followed by sudden and shocking violence.

However, the update obviously only applies to the Black Templar at this point, so yeah.

As far as snipers go, here's the only glimmer of hope I can find, is that maybe in 6th edition, they will be flipped, so that we buy more models. Snipers should definitely be range 60 at least, and count as str 4, with ap 4, and also rend, that way, shooting vehicles can actually be done, and shooting monstrous creatures is still viable if you rend. granted, with those stats, it would cost a good deal more, but hey, it would become my go to special weapon, and probably everyones at that point.