Well, I'm more than certain that you're absolutely right - wasn't doubting it to begin with - but still, it's frustrating to get chewed up by reflex shots from Scouts coming around corners and ripping my Demoman apart in two blasts of the Shortstop. I know Demomen aren't the best meatshields around, but still. It just torques me every time I see it, especially since that's all I've been seeing Scouts use lately is the Shortstop. And if they don't have that, it's the Force o' Nature, though I can understand that one.
Regardless of all that, I have finally started getting my first Scout drops. Got my own FaN, now. Went to go trade a crate I'd found for a Shortstop, and at the end of the trade, found a Holy Mackerel.
Of course, now Steam is buggering me, and I can't see the Shortstop in the Scouts loadout screen, even though I've equipped my Mackerel. I just reset Steam to see if that'll fix it; otherwise I'll just have to go a day or so and see if it straightens itself out.