Originally Posted by
mcantar18c
I'd like to expand a little, because I'm bored and have nothing better to do on a Monday night.
They have too many drawbacks to being practical:
1. Barrel length. There ain't much of it. Rifle cartridges are designed to be shot out of long barrels, they generally are loaded with slower burning powder to take advantage of that length... and there's simply more powder cause it's a bigger round (duh). Shooting these cartridges out of a handgun length barrel, you can't take advantage of their true velocity and energy potentials... which means you don't really have the power of a rifle caliber after all.
2. Round capacity. There ain't much of it. Most rifle-caliber handguns are single shot designs. I know in Atrain world, one hit with a bigger caliber is worth more than multiple hits with a smaller caliber, but 9 out of 10 dead men agree that more rounds > bigger rounds every time.
3. Slow to reload, and chances are if you're shooting something that you need the power of a rifle cartridge for you're going to want to be able to shoot it again quickly when you miss because you don't have enough velocity to accurately carry your bullet to the target.
4. The stock. There ain't one. Even if it was capable of quick follow up shots, you can't adequately absorb the recoil to put a quick follow up shot on target accurately.
I'm sure there's more dumb crap about them but I'm bored with this now.
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