Naturally, chaos ensued, as can be seen in this video below from Payo.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your stance on being catapulted to your doom), this item has now had a hotfix applied, and the knockback has been removed.
Booty Bay’s Most Entertaining Weapon Just Got Nerfed – WoW Forever
Players on the Forever Beta were delighted this week to discover Booty Bay Bruiser's Buckshot available at Honored with the Booty Bay Faction. This gun had a special on-use effect and knocked back the player (or NPC) that you shot with it.
