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I actually thought you were being sarcastic earlier, Bozos.

I can see your point about bullet disfigurement with un-jacketed or hollow point pistol rounds, but bare in mind it's velocity rather than bullet size, shape or design that does the damage. In reality, the most powerful handguns in the world fall into the same power bracket as the lowest of the high powered rifles. And that's at close range. Beyond 50m or so (assuming one can hit a target beyond 50 with a pistol without a whole lotta luck) the pistol rounds lose velocity fast whereas rifles are good for ten times that distance and more.

In video games, where balanced gameplay seems more important than any bearing on reality, assault rifles are often toned down so that pistols retain some of their effectiveness.