>>64218383 (OP)
Yes functionally inferior to a sawn off double barrel shotgun in the amout of lead it delivers down range quickly to bit a moving target which dumps 18 8.64 balls in one go and with better parrerning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Pollard_(intelligence_officer)
"As the Allied armies advanced into Germany, Pollard was sent to Thuringia with the forces of General Patton, in technical intelligence on small arms. Here, Pollard removed many weapons before the Russians occupied the area. Later on, he became o.c. Intelligence, Technical, in Vienna where, he had to deal with many looters. Pollard wrote, βin three weeks I stopped all the nonsense...with sawn-off shotguns.β