The VS got no recoil or bulletfall???

It's 150 Bullets at 167 damage... and you care about accuracy?
but it is fairly accurate with a harsh but managable recoil.

If the guy I'm fighting can land four shots in my head before I can land four on his, I'm dead and all those 146 other shots don't matter one bit.

If you have Trouble winning firefights you should take the Orion, make 1-2 kills and die. but from your statement about your usage of the Polaris i figured you are capable of surviving multiple encounters.
IMO the Flare has the best recoil in the game, because it's instant. with other weapons i often feel like the recoil and the bullet are done in different frames, making the flare a truly enjoyable experience.

I'll give it a try, like I said.
also when I said mowing down a whole squad before reloading, I was referring to the Polaris' magazine size moreso than my ability to be a badass and mow down an entire squad.

I mean, I'm confident in my FPS capabilities, just not to the point where I'd go around saying that I can reliably mow down twelve people in one clip without dying.

well, than you might even try the Flare w/ foregrip, it has a faster TTK than the Polaris and due to the higher damage tier about equal kills per mag.
it also sounds cool (haven't fired the Polaris yet after the sound change a year ago so can't compare lol)