I believe that it was Jesse James who carried two .44-40 Remington 1875's and a '73 Winchester in the same caliber. He said something to the effect that when the chips are down, you don't want to be trying to figure out which ammo goes where. There was also an account of a Texas Ranger accidentally jamming a .45LC round into his .44-40 Winchester during a gun battle. Being a Ranger, he unscrewed the sideplate from his rifle, pried the .45 round out, put the plate back on, reloaded and kept fighting.
A .357 revolver/rifle combination would still benefit from that ability, but not as much as it benefitted ol' Jesse. The thing is, this is all academic. My AK is an ideal weapon for driving off intruders. I would pin them down with awesome firepower from my several 30 rounders, or simply shoot through what ever they tried to hide behind.
But I would be crucified by the local DA for expending 87 rounds in a self defense shooting.
Switch to a Winchester. I shoot two or three rounds with my cowboy gun, versus the 87 from my machine gun. It would look better, eventhough the results would be the same.
Factor in that there are few criminals who are going to use suppressive fire and flanking manuvers against me when moving down my hallway.
One way in.
I am waiting for you to stick your head around the corner.
You hear the Tchkk-Tchkk as I chamber a round.
You know that I know you are there, so that means the cops are probably on the way.
Are you actually going to be stupid enough to step into my line of fire, banking on the fact that my 30-30 only holds six rounds and that I will not be able to reload before you do?
Hell no! You would be full of holes after three.
Logic says you cut and run.
The Lever-gun is plenty good enough.
A .357 revolver/rifle combination would still benefit from that ability, but not as much as it benefitted ol' Jesse. The thing is, this is all academic. My AK is an ideal weapon for driving off intruders. I would pin them down with awesome firepower from my several 30 rounders, or simply shoot through what ever they tried to hide behind.
But I would be crucified by the local DA for expending 87 rounds in a self defense shooting.
Switch to a Winchester. I shoot two or three rounds with my cowboy gun, versus the 87 from my machine gun. It would look better, eventhough the results would be the same.
Factor in that there are few criminals who are going to use suppressive fire and flanking manuvers against me when moving down my hallway.
One way in.
I am waiting for you to stick your head around the corner.
You hear the Tchkk-Tchkk as I chamber a round.
You know that I know you are there, so that means the cops are probably on the way.
Are you actually going to be stupid enough to step into my line of fire, banking on the fact that my 30-30 only holds six rounds and that I will not be able to reload before you do?
Hell no! You would be full of holes after three.
Logic says you cut and run.
The Lever-gun is plenty good enough.