Hello,
I feel rifle balance is still not where it should be.
So you are going for the more rpm the less damage, which is basically the correct way. But practically it's not. In general you should just use the rifle with the most damage, because there is no way you can hit everything while spaming the left mouse button (it's not the same as an assault rifle). So I think some further improvements can be made.
Second, the sig 716 was the only rifle which got a Nerf, and its go hit hard, way too hard. It is so bad it does the same or even less damage than other rifles with a higher rpm.
I don't know, there is no place for high rpm rifles in the game, they are theoretically nice but practically bad.
At last the weapon talent rifleman. 5 seconds aren't enough with so many enemies with helmets and reloading.