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I get that the abbreviation can generate a sense of realism, it seems odd (to me) when used from the perspective of a third person narrator. I could see a character saying it to safe time in the heat of battle or during a briefing though.

As far as I'm aware from reading the wikis and the lexicanum, 'Hot-Shot-' and 'Hellguns' are one and the same: more expensive and powerful LasGuns, while the latter seems like more informal term or slang. Admittedly, I haven't read any of the novels, so I might have missed something.