Well, being OAL shorter, it could be handier in tight quarters, where triggers and accuracy doesn't much matter.
You could learn to deal wiht the balance either better or worse, but only running a couple thousand rounds through one could answer the question for each person.
Beyond that, I dunno, I never was after polished chrome wrenches. Don't even care if the wrench has a bit of rust as long as its solid and works right.
Can't say if this is chrome or not. I'd say its mostly a chrome thing IMHO.
