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I think crosshair still has hope.
He doesn't miss, and he missed a few times in that last scene.

So maybe he was sort of pulling his punches.
I assumed them messing with his brain pretty much eliminated any hesitance he might have had attacking his brothers

I thought so too, at first. But remember, the Kaminoans are up to something. They aided the team's escape.

They are also the ones that "messed with his brain". If you view both of those actions as coordinated by the same planner, you can easily come to the conclusion they did something other than ramp up his compliance. They might have deleted that, could even have programmed something else in there.

Let's look at this from a realistic POV... he's an advanced sniper, with his own gun. He has a thermal scope, already sighted in; he can shoot a knife in mid-throw. Not just hit it, he hits it just right to zap it into the droid a few minutes earlier during the training session.

He's got a clean line of sight on several targets, in a climate-controlled hanger not larger than a couple hundred meters at most (looks smaller range, but assuming it's intended to house several shuttles at the same time). Maybe 150 meters.

Those aren't hard shots, for someone decent with a scope. To a trained sniper it's child's play.
And yet, he only makes 1 hit- on the big guy, in a spot that just knocks him down but doesn't injure him.
-Now, THAT'S a shot that takes some skill to pull off.

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But it makes sense for him to be a villain for a little while until they find someone else to fill the villain role. He's intimidating and cunning and knows them just enough for it to be an emotional crux for the show but also provide a viable threat

Meh, the villain is ready-made: it's Tarkin and the Empire, with their compliant stormtroopers. You might get a lot of interesting stories with him perceived as turned, and trusted by the Imperials, while on the inside. He'd now be completely on his own.