Traditional handguns, such as revolvers, are much easier to shoot offhand than the modern handgun (specialty pistol).
I missed a deer one time because I came up on a doe while I was on my way to a stand. For some strange reason I couldn't hold my 6.25 lb specialty pistol steady enough to connect on a 60yd shot.
If I had a more traditional handgun, I'd not had that problem.
These modern handguns (specialty pistols) are as much handgun as traditional handguns are. Just as a traditional lever gun is a rifle just as much as a heavy barreled bench gun, varmint gun or long range rig is a rifle. No one ever seems to have issue with the diverse types of rifles, from semiauto AR's to full blown bench guns and everything in between. They're still all referred to as rifles.
