Pistol caliber rifles

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Do any of you have a carbine or rifle that shoots pistol calibers such as 9mm, .38 Sp/.357 Mag, or .44 Mag?

What do you like/dislike about them? Are they all lever-actions or are some bolt-actions? :confused:
 
Marlin camp 9. 9mm semiauto. Fun little gun. Groundhogs don't like it very well......
 
ya, marlin and Winchester have lever actions in 357 and 44 magnum. There are a lot of 9mm rifles( Calico, marlin camp 9, keltec sub2000, sten, and some on the ar-15 platform.
 
I have all 3. The 9mm is a hipoint carbine ,reliable, rough trigger, accuracy ok, heavy, it aint prutty but it shoots. The 38/357 is a marlin leveraction. 38's are a no kick round and .357's kick very little. Trigger is ok, accuracy is minute of deer out to about 100 yards with the .357 loads. I've killed a couple of deer with it not much meat damage. The 44 is also a marlin lever action. Plenty of umph for deer, accuracy is decent out to 100 yards, trigger is ok. Handy walking gun short and light with lots of rounds in the magazine.
 
Marlin 1894C in .357, IMI Timber Wolf (2) in .357. Zero recoil on any of them. Accurate, brings smiles to the faces of those that shoot them too!
 
After going through several different 9mm pistol caliber carbines, including an AR and the Beretta CX4, I finally settled on an MP5 clone.

Aside from being ridiculously expensive, it is by far the most fun to shoot.
 
ATI AT94 a (near) perfect clone of an H&K MP94 which is a variant of an MP5. Built on the same production line as new MP5's in Turkey, with machinery licensed from H&K. It's quite nice with a real roller locking action. I was lucky to find one new when a small run of them was being imported in to the U.S. I had a chance to buy the pistol/small model and didn't. Very bad decision.
But I heartily recommend one.
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I also have a Marlin 1895C in .357 mag that brings smiles to the faces of all who shoot her. I had a couple of Canadians visit some years ago who wanted to go shooting as one had never shot and the other had only fired a .22 rifle with his grandfather when he was very young. I figured an hour or so and we could go but they stayed until the sun started going down (we were at a private outdoor range) and then really didn't want to leave. They took all of their paper targets with them after I had signed, dated, and identified the caliber of the various holes.
 
Rossi model 92 in 357.
Works great shoots 38 with no kick.
Shoots 357's just fine at 1500 GPS 140 grain hard cast with very little kick.
I load my own rounds for about 16 cents each for the 38's.
The same as my revolvers.
That is cheaper than some 22lr.
I also use it for my close in woods deer rifle under 100 yards it is very affective.
It swings fast on target with open sights.
 
I have two HiPoint carbines, one in 9mm and one in .40S&W. Fun, accurate and reliable. I also have a Winchester Trapper carbine in .44 magnum. Also accurate, but it's a thumper with full-house loads.
 
I like my Kel-Tec Sub2000 in 9mm that takes glock mags (including the 33rd G18 mags). It's semi-auto, very light-weight, and conveniently folds in half for easy storage and transport. I'm still trying to find a reason not to like it.
 
I've had an LSI/Rossi Puma M92 .38/.357 for five years. It's been 100% from day one. The action has been smooth and it's more accurate than the Marlin I had.

I have the model with the 20" Octagon barrel.

The only advantage the Marlin has is if you want to mount a scope, which I do not.
 
I've got a Rossi 92 which I primarily use for my cowboy action shooting.

But now and then I take it out to the rifle range and lob some .357Mag rounds out to 100 and 200 yards. It actually does this quite neatly. But the bullets really start to drop when trying to go past 200. The handgun bullets just have too poor a BC value to reach out very far.
 
Rossi 92 in .38/.357. Absolute hoot to shoot. Handy little thing. Perfect truck gun.
 
Marlin 1894 .44 mag...

I love that it's a lever action, that it's lightweight, that it is so compact, and that it packs a big punch.

I don't like the accuracy. Compared to my other long guns, it comes in last as far as accuracy is concerned. However, within 100 yards, it's good enough for hunting... which is it's purpose.

It is my hiking long gun. :)
 
Only one at the present and that being an old Ruger 44 Carbine that is pictured in the foreground below:

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The bipods are just props. That 44 Magnum carbine was a great hunting rifle in West Virginia for deer and served me well for many years before I went with a 444 Marlin lever gun. It's short and handy as can be seen when compared in size to a Ruger 10/22.

Ron
 
I have a Ruger 77/357. Bolt action .357. No dislike. The inherent limitations are obvious...range.

Likes: Light weight. Compact size. Common ammo to find. Common ammo to handguns. My 77/357 is reminds me of nothing more than an M1 Carbine in size, weight, and ease of use...bolt action vs semi-auto not-withstanding.

I think the 77/357 is kind of unique. The vast majority of handgun caliber rifles are abviously going to be lever action or semi-auto.
 
I love a good pistol cartridge carbine. They tend to be lighter and handier than their rifle cartridge counterparts and don't need as much barrel to reach peak performance. Most cartridge peaking by ~18". With greatly reduced noise and recoil, they give up nothing to a rifle cartridge, within their effective range. Which is usually up to 150yds. There's a lot to like about them but invariably, some folks are hung up on energy figures and sell them short.
 
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