A great debate has been the original Halo pistol. The headshot is king. I wonder if Bungie would offer up the original pistol in Halo Reach. To me, it's too much of the past. I don't think the balance would work out with the current line up of weapons. It would throw off all the pros wouldn't it?
There were actual gameplay screenshots taken with a cell phone leaked on mlg's website. The new BR is going to be single shot, I don't know about the pistol. My guess is they'll stick with the BR because it's what everyone's grown to love and it wouldn't make sense to have two weapons that are so similiar so I doubt they'd include both.