Originally Posted by
Moonshot
Not that my opinion matters much, but I think many of us who believe the PCC may offer some tactical advantages that outweigh their disadvantages aren't looking at ballistics. We know that no pistol round, even out of a rifle length barrel, will come close to a rifle round in performance. We're not even looking for better pistol ballistics from a 16" barrel vs a 3" to 5" barrel.
A PCC with a 16" barrel can be...
a) as short as an SBR, but doesn't carry the extra risk of running contrary to the NFA laws involving interstate travel (a real concern for those of us on the road every day)
b) a shoulder fired weapon that should provide a higher degree of accuracy at longer ranges and at speed than from a typical handgun
c) less investment than a rifle for a platform that will be a travel gun (as opposed to a dedicated HD weapon)
d) in some cases (Kel-Tec Sub 2000) folds in half and will fit into an incredibly small space while remaining fast to deploy
e) if it provides magazine interchangability with your CCW handgun, you now have greater redundancy and higher ammo reserves for either platform
f) some of us don't like braced-equiped handguns, for multiple reasons
These carbines are not intended to take the place of an AR15, AK47, 300 Blackout, etc. They are intended to augment a CCW handgun and offer a little more accuracy at distance while being easily transported. These aren't immedate action active response guns. They are travel guns to have with you when on the road, should something happen that might require you to remain away from home for an extended time.
My EDC gun is a G26. I practice and train with it frequently, but A-zone hits at speed at 50 yards is not an easy task. It's doable, but I need to work at it. Those same hits out of an S2K are far simpler and must faster.
A Glock 34 MOS gen 4 with RDS might meet most if not all of the above criteria, and would be even more portable and more reliable, but would also cost easily twice what a PCC might cost.
It's not always about ballistics.