and it’s actually very uniquely available in a pretty large caliber, .45 ACP (although it sacrifices self-loading to achieve that, and has to be manually cycled)
saying like that’s sometimes not a bad thing lol. get some extra quiet ammo and a threaded barrel with a snubpressor on it and you got a fun quiet target-practicing toy to take out on the range that makes it easy for you to collect the brass for your after-range clean-up. If you were quick enough you might be able to make music with it by plinking different lengths of steel plate.
it definitely has its uses (and .45 ACP is actually inherently subsonic, as an added bonus, so you don’t even need to get separate specialized ammo), it’s just that the smaller the pistol gets, the harder it is to actually cycle it, especially under duress, since you just have less stuff to grip,
For the Semmerling specifically, official technique is actually to cycle it with your thumb, which is pretty peculiar (and the extra mass of a suppressor might make that somewhat less viable)
saying like that’s sometimes not a bad thing lol. get some extra quiet ammo and a threaded barrel with a snubpressor on it and you got a fun quiet target-practicing toy to take out on the range that makes it easy for you to collect the brass for your after-range clean-up. If you were quick enough you might be able to make music with it by plinking different lengths of steel plate.
it definitely has its uses (and .45 ACP is actually inherently subsonic, as an added bonus, so you don’t even need to get separate specialized ammo), it’s just that the smaller the pistol gets, the harder it is to actually cycle it, especially under duress, since you just have less stuff to grip,
For the Semmerling specifically, official technique is actually to cycle it with your thumb, which is pretty peculiar (and the extra mass of a suppressor might make that somewhat less viable)
honestly it seems sorta easy to slip up and have your thumb bit by the action if you’re not careful