People relying on urban legends will call a .357 pistol good for carry, turn around and expect a carbine bullet to bounce off their windbreaker. Gotta call horse feathers on that.
The carbine is fully capable if doing what was intended for it, and doing it well. Would have no problem or reluctance with using it for similar purposes. Have owned a couple, both functioned properly and provided 5" groups at 100 yards.
Regarding the earlier comment about the carbine and M16 being crap?
2.5 years of combat, thousands of rounds fired w/o a jam would indicate otherwise. The problems had by the -16 early after its introduction in Nam where not the gun's fault, rather the brilliance of allowing bean counters to make decisions on ballistic issues.
