All I need is to keep the bears at bay when I'm out with my telescope. I'll stick with my trusty old Super Black Hawk .44 mag. :)
I recently built an ITM Arms Co. Mk 99 pistol: gas-operated, 7.62x39mm, 12.5" barrel, weighs approximately 6 pounds (basically a 100% legal version of the Hungarian AMD-65). Magazine capacity varies from 5-100 rounds (your option in free States ;>). Kind of a poor-man's semi-auto TC Contender with an attitude. I guess I got it put together correctly, because it 'runs like a top' - now I just have to figure out what to do with it. Ain't [post-ban] life grand?
;>)