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Title. Free circumstance bonuses to AC are nice, but the ability only lasts until the start of your first turn.
This basically means the ability gets worse the better your initiative roll and Gunslingers are a class with expert-legendary in perception which means they're innately good at initiative.
In general I just think it's an awkward dynamic to have an ability that might not do anything if you happen to roll well (and isn't just a failsafe ability). It would feel a lot better if the ability lasted a whole round or did something entirely different to help encourage Vanguards to charge into battle (something that's weirdly lacking for them at low levels outside the reload action).