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I like the concept of the Lawgiver and it's probably the closest that we'll see to a realistic depiction of a multi-use police weapon in fiction but it has some serious problems.
>The bullets have a maximum range of 5 kilometers
No. Just no. For a bullet to even go 3 miles (4828.032 m) it would need an initial velocity of 28,629 feet per second assuming it was fired from a height of 5ft and at no angle. And it would be at zero angle because…
>It aims through the bore to provide the Judge with an exact sight picture.
If you're aiming through the bore you're aiming through a soda straw and wouldn't be able to see the intended target if you wanted to use any significant angle for greater range.
And while we're on the subject of sights, aiming through the barrel is a dumb idea. It requires that the chamber be separate from the barrel and stay down when not firing. This is possible but offers not benefits. A computerized sight mounted to the exterior of the weapon would allow for a lower bore axis to focus the recoil force into the web of the hand instead of rotating the weapon about a pivot point above the hand, would allow for angled shots increasing the effective range without increasing the propellant load, and would allow for easy maintenance and upgrades over time.
I like the concept of the Lawgiver, just like I like the concept of the phaser, the jetpack, the transporter, reactionless warp drives, and a whole lot of other stuff. But that doesn't mean any of it is actually possible.
I've been toying around with a real-life Lawgiver in my spare time but even in CAD it's a beast to cram in so many features, and mine looks nothing like the original. Carbines and short-barreled shotguns make more sense than pistols for this type of weapon, but good luck selling police on carrying those as sidearms.