Now got 3 of them. A combat shotgun, a Dragon and the hunting rifle. But with the Shotgun it's not great close up as it hurts you, and with the latest patch nerf, it's a bit pants now. I suppose I should mod it back to longer range but... don't use it enough. May stick it in my shop and see what someone will pay for it.
That’s the problem isn’t it , explosive rifles end up hurting friendly people.
but can you keep them on at all times I heard its not as easy to keep them all active anymore. Also, do they work the same within Power Armour?
but its complex to get to that stage & I actually prefer your way of playing without power armour it feels way more smooth in motion to move about but I am so fed up with all the instant death moments so stay in Power Armour as much as possible 
but also to give them some credit they have put a lot of resource into fixing some things & adding a lot of new content. The latest update lets you now setup your own player vendor shop to sell items to other players ingame.