So, in another thread there was a discussion on ditching the grit recharge. I propose going a step further and ditching the grit mechanic entirely.
I'm not saying that grit ability is bad, rather I'm proposing that most would work better as class abilities untied to a resource pool. Some would be usable at will such as Gunslinger Initiative, Lighting Reload, Evasive (becomes Evasion), etc. Some abilities work better as 1/day abilities: Startling shot, Menacing Shot, Bleeding Wound, Slinger's Luck, Dead Shot, etc. And there may be ability that work as three times per day such as Targeting.
Yes this would in fact increase the gunslingers power. As it looks now, I don't think they'd be stronger than a bard.