Umm apex, for hunting low lvl threats with bola, or base defense go for the shotgun. The pistol is really just to intimadate people and base defense. But even though long neck bullets are pricy, you can hunt with it, defend yourself, or tame stuff, so I would go with longneck :).

-no name (P.S practice aiming with the longneck cause it's tough, and it has like a 2.5 second reload time. Have a great day Apex!)