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My favorite pistol caliber carbine is a half-magazine saddle ring Winchester '92 38-40 made in 1910. Power is just under 10mm Colt. The combination holds 7 cartridges fully loaded and only weighs about 5 pounds. Trigger is perfect, action is slick. If I had to, I could loop a leather thong through the saddle ring and carry it under a long coat. Anything I can do with any pistol, I can do faster and more accurately with this little '92carbine, and the combination of 38-40 and '92 is virtually without recoil. With cast bullets it's cheap to shoot, and if the situation allows time to prepare I can flip up the ladder sight which converts into an aperture which gives stunning accuracy. This carbine is the one to carry on those days when I don't expect to need a rifle