[Trailerpark Badass]

So, for all the added complexity, with the resultant possibility of malfunctions, you get a whopping total of 1.170 more barrel length? Or, put another way, 1.170 or so less slide length? The handle is what's hard to conceal on a handgun, not the slide.

Also, the energy contained in the cartridge will now have to do double duty, in that it has to extract/eject the fired case, but it also now has to "extract" the next round from the magazine.

[mamelukesabre]

Huh?

What the heck do you think extracts the next round in a conventional pistol?

[mamelukesabre]

When you pistol only has 2.9 inches of barrel length, an addtional 1.2 inches IS A BIG DEAL.