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Originally Posted by Polydamas
That is not an issue to a gadgeteer, who can design something in 9x19 mm Parabellum, .45 ACP, or one of the similar cartridges which are no longer popular
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Heck, a gadgeteer could do something a little crazy, like making a pistol that fired rifle cartridges. The short barrel length of a pistol would mean not getting as much out of it as a proper rifle, and the weapon would probably be both markedly heavier and have more recoil (higher MinST) than a typical pistol of the day, but it seems like it would be doable. It would either need to be a revolver or have the magazine attach somewhere other than the grip, however (the length of typical rifle rounds of the day was I believe a bit too much to comfortably wrap one's hands around). Revolver is probably the better bet - I'd imagine holstering and carrying around a pistol with a magazine extending out the side/top wouldn't be terribly pleasant.
EDIT: Of course, the
real answer is a custom, full-sized pistol chambered in
2mm Kolibri. It should work well so long as you're good enough to hit the eyes (and what self-respecting, gun-toting GURPS character
isn't, really?), and you could carry
so much ammunition in the magazine of such a weapon.