Really I think it is about the testosterone and adrenaline interplay that is the big draw. T comes on bigly with the thought of winning. One, I suspect, is far more likely to feel they could annihilate whatever is the threat, then with a 22 hand gun, and thus win whatever imagined conflict. Up goes the T, up goes the adrenaline. The rush is the draw to this gun, and it follows also the sound, vibration, the heat emitted, the smell. It's a favorite because there's a rush that makes you feel manlier to have and fire. That's my opinion.