Issue with weapon sizing for Thugs - pistols

[biostem]

I ran into this odd issue while creating a character, and switching between different ATs;  The pistols that Thugs MMs get seem a lot bigger than those that defenders, corruptors, or blasters get:

 

 

[Six-Six]

I get that sometimes. But there are other times that the pistols display normal.

on a different note, the pistol attacks are kinda meh on an MM (both stats and animation). IMHO not worth taking.