Borderlands: Scope on an Eridian Flaregun?

I recently encountered a few Eridian flareguns with variations on their modifications. An interesting one was a scoped version. Does it make sense, even with the limited magnification (essentially none to 1.0X) on the Eridian scopes, to bother using the scope on a weapon that doesn’t sustain direct fire at long ranges?

Perhaps it’s nice to offer that little comfortable feeling to characters that typically use ranged or scoped weapons, like the Hunter… :-)