.22LR and .44 Magnum are my only ones. The only other handgun calibers I see ever getting carbines for are 9mm and .357 Magnum, with the .357 being far more likely (I love my Marlin 1894 so much I think it needs its little brother :yup
.22 short only, pistol and rifle
.22 long rifle, pistol, revolver, and rifle (The revolver and rifle will also shoot 22 short, but the ones above are short only)
.22 magnum, revolver and lever rifle
.357 magnum, revolvers and lever rifle
.38 special, snubbie revolvers and the .357 revolvers and lever rifle above will also shoot 38 spcl
Have done this in .357mag and .44mag, a few times over ... with a revolver and a lever-action rifle. Pretty good combination. Haven't ever done it with .22LR, .45colt. Figured .357 and .44 would cover whatever I had to do.
Technically a carbine is a short(er) barreled (as opposed to full sized) long gun, but I've always called any long gun that shoots pistol cartridges a "carbine" (even when they have full sized barrels). Winchester was the first one to really sell them in numbers to cowboys and anyone traveling long distances so the could carry more ammo of one particular caliber.
Only 22 at this point. My next rifle/handgun combo will be something that could be hand loaded with black powder in case smokeless powder gets any harder to get. Black powder could be made at local levels.
I have handguns in 8 different calibers. The only shared caliber with long gun is .22. I do at some point want to pick up a .38/.357 lever action rifle.
I have revolver/lever-action rifle combinations in .22 magnum and .44 magnum. I am looking for a Winchester lever-action in .45 Colt to go with my second generation (1959) Colt SAA in .45 Colt.
Only the .22 Long Rifle and the .32-20 may currently be used in both rifles and handguns on hand. Would like to add a couple more rifles that use handgun cartridges kept on hand.
I have handguns/long guns in both .22 and 9mm. The 9mm combo conveniently takes the same magazines as well.
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