It would be interesting to have been privy to the Navy's internal discussions as they developed the request for this gun. From what I understand, a .44 would have been more powerful than the .36s they were normally using. The 6.75 inch barrel wouldn't have been as accurate as the 8 inch NMA barrels. The recoil would have been fierce.I'd love to shoot something like this just to say I'd done it, but it seems impractical. It is rather cool though.