Pistol caliber carbines can share ammunition with the pistol.Still, let’s review a few of those arguments: Take a standard rifle-caliber carbine and change the design so that it uses pistol ammunition, to what end? A number of arguments have been made to positively answer this question, but I think they mostly serve to justify the concept, rather than the concept existing to fill a meaningful need. The fundamental problem of the pistol-caliber carbine is that it is a compromise with no payoff. At the end of the day, anyone reading this with an eye to buy must make their own decisions for their own situation, not based on what a so-called “expert” like me has to say! We might know a lot and can potentially be helpful in making decisions (though neither of those things are guaranteed), but ultimately we cannot account for every potential circumstance and situation. Ultimately, I don’t think people should tether their gun purchase decisions to what online “experts” like myself have to say. Also, none of the arguments I am making here address circumstantial reasons to own pistol caliber carbines, for example legal restrictions on standard caliber rifles, or lack of access to rifle-rated ranges. Third, for the purposes of this post I am not going to consider NFA pistol caliber long guns, that means anything I write here doesn’t necessarily apply to SBRs, suppressor hosts, or submachine guns.
Second, I am talking about the American market specifically I cannot speak to the Canadian or European markets, or any other market. Firstly, I am talking about pistol caliber carbines as defensive or working tools, not as range toys or fun guns. Now, wait, hold on: Before you get your pitchforks, you should know what I mean exactly. I know that I am not going to make any friends by writing this, but that never stopped me before, so why not? Here goes: Pistol caliber carbines don’t make a whole lot of sense for the American rifle buyer, or at least not most of the offerings on the market right now.
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