You're thinking about stubweapons, which are 20th century tech. Autoguns are a lot more advanced and have lots of specialized munitions like bolters.
Shit, I meant non-relative to modern weapons, in that modern tech would be shitty by 40K standards also. Sorry, that was a typo. But the point is, you'll be better off with Lasguns.
in some cases. a drogonbreath handcannon is pretty good as a sidearm . But yes, las is in general a better choice of weapon
Found another weird thing. I actually like alternate history things, its just so fun and interesting to think about.
I thought the term "blunt" was universally accepted. Well would you like at the time, off 2 le 4chan 2 spem dank maymays.