I never use hand cannons either. But Hawkmoon was my first good hand cannon and i fell in love with the weapon type because of it. It aggravates me when people say thorn is better (matter of opinion). Sure, thorn is a great gun but hawkmoon is better in pretty much every way imo. The only thing thorn has on hawkmoon is fire rate and damage over time. Hawkmoon hits hard and has a solid fire rate plus bullets that deal more damage. Take it from me, i have over 14,000 kills with hawkmoon, it is an amazing weapon!