@Dragonborn206 when it comes to firerate of snipers, G7 is on top, than Longbow, and than Kraber.
Each doing significantly more damage than the other. The G7 is suppose to lay down fire from far with great accuracy,
the Longbow is a basic, hit two headshots and their down, kind of sniper. It does have a slower fire rate and much more recoil so you can't really fire it over and over with good accuracy unless you have the right attachments. But the same could be said about the G7.
Kraber is a monster if you hit any part of the body and the fire rate doesn't allow for two shots to be fired off quickly. Balanced well, as all things should be.
My point is, the G7 isn't suppose to do as much or close to the same damage as a Longbow. The Longbow requires a legendary attachment to be at its fullest, which isn't easy to find.
Its like the whole deal with the Alt. being weak so they gave it a hop up and it turned players to butter early season. And even without the hop up, its still viable end game with all its attachments -hopup. That doesn't seem right.
Suuuure picking up a R-301 could do the same, but it does way less damage and if you want to be rewarded for landing those head shots and hitting consecutively from far in a short span, the G7 is the gun for you.
Otherwise go pick up a Longbow and problem solved.