I see the hand cannon as the space cowboy's go-to weapon, and I think what it needs is faster reload and firing times. I've watched my Guardian reload several weapons, sometimes requiring several steps all taken in quick succession. Reloading the hand cannon is slow to watch however; a few simple steps (open the chamber, empty the spent clip, replace it, then flip up the chamber) takes more time than it should, seeing how quickly other weapons were reloaded. Secondly, I think that the hand cannon should fire as fast as I can pull the trigger. I can already see the animation as I slowly pull back the trigger, but when I shoot, I have to wait before I can pull the trigger again. If you've ever seen some of the sharpshooters using revolvers and the speed at which they can fire, you'll know what I'm talking about. The hand cannon should feel like that - it fires as fast as you can pull the trigger, and reloads at a speed that makes relative sense to the speed at which you're able to reload everything else. It is possible that I have these opinions because I've only used low level hand cannons and I don't know what they feel like closer to end game, and I know the recoil is high and that may be why I can't fire as much as I would like, but I wanted to share my thoughts.