The advantage of using your pistol on game is that it gives you the perspective of terminal effect on a similar size/weight living organism that has utterly no concept of what being shot means.
Having seen the handgun used in both roles, I am inclined to believe the service pistol load that proves a reliable deer stopper, is also going to do well in a anti-personnel role even under less than ideal circumstances.
Direct Impingement is the Fart Joke of military rifle operating systems. ⓒ
