A query right up my alley --- I have an older SS Contender frame and two barrels, a .223 Super 14 with the factory "muzzle tamer" brake, and another, similar, in .30-30. Both Super 14s wear Aimpoint 7000/9000 red dots, 2x/2MOA dots. Both shoot under 2MOA (@ 100 yards) with a 2 MOA dot. This is superb accuracy, for a "handgun" and even though the Super 14 rigs are fairly long, they still fit into an over-the-shoulder scabbard, and are much easier to carry than any carbine. I use the .223 for AZ's handgun javelina hunts, the .30-30 when calling mountain lions (if I'm gonna shoot another lion, there's gonna be some extra challenge involved, and the single-shot pistol introduces a bunch of extra challenge...) I'd say, try one, I'll bet you'll like it...