I agree that hand cannons should be made back into secondary weapons. Maybe if I had some insight into why Bungie changed it in the first place I'd be more inclined to agree with its current position, but as of now I feel that it has very little right to be a primary weapon. For me, it just screams special weapon. While it doesn't have the range requirements of a shotgun, the range capabilities of a sniper rifle, or the charge time of a fusion rifle, it does fit in with the other specials in that it requires careful thought (or at least a degree of skill) before using proficiently. It's not like the primary rifles that have their bulkier clips and spam-ability. This gun has a clip of 6 and damage that really only shines through with headshots (I know headshots improve your damage with even primary weapons, but none of those are really so dependent on that damage as handcannon). Like you said, it's a high risk/ high reward gun. I don't understand why they moved it to the primary slot, but obviously they had a good enough reason to justify it. I just wish I knew what it was! It's not even like I don't like the handcannon. I love that gun. It's really freakin' cool and pretty effective when I want to blow up a stronger enemy with 6 quick headshots. The only problem is that I can't bring myself to realistically use it over the scout or auto rifles. I can, however, see it being used as a viable in-between of the sniper and shotgun specials with a quickdraw factor that the fusion rifle lacks. On a side note, what do you guys think of sniper as a heavy weapon? I keep hearing more and more about it and while I can't say that I'm 100% for it, the movement of handcannon into the special slot would give me the precise option I crave and would leave me okay with sniper being heavy.