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Everything you said, but also 3) a longer barrel means you get more of the energy of the propellant into the bullet instead of into the surrounding air.
by azernik 8y ago
Everything you said, but also 3) a longer barrel means you get more of the energy of the propellant into the bullet instead of into the surrounding air.
- stcredzero 8y ago3) is in the service of 2) more velocity. Lately, I've been thinking, why have a pistol as a backup sidearm at all? Why not something like a Kel-Tec Sub2000, just slightly smaller, perhaps with a 10" barrel, but also shoulder-able?
- azernik 8y agoUsually at that weight range militaries prefer to issue submachine guns or Personal Defence Weapons.
- stcredzero 8y agoI said something like a Sub2000, not exactly a Sub2000. I bet a 10" short barrel rifle of the same general layout could be made to weigh well under 3 pounds.