Shooting .38 special through my 1894 Marlin this afternoon. Always brings a smile.
A closed chamber eliminates the risk of flame cutting, which enables one to do some things with a rifle or single-shot pistol such as a Contender that are risky when there's a cylinder gap.
I expect to end up with closed-chamber-only loads such as hot 110gr XTPs with H110/W296 for varmints, and will probably make up some 158gr flat-nose loads with heavy H110/W296 charges, while sticking with IMR 4227 for 158gr and 180gr HPs that can be shot in the spinny guns.
So sharing ammo is possible, but there can be some benefits to managing different ammo for revolver/rifle use.
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More ammunition choices—if you can find any.
https://www.federalpremium.com/hammerdown.html
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...mmerdown-ammo/
One of the industry’s premier ammo manufacturers, Federal Ammunition, has partnered with Henry Repeating Arms to research and develop rounds that are purpose-built for your classically Wild West-style rifles. Federal’s new HammerDown line is now shipping in five calibers: 44 Rem Magnum, 45-70 Government, 30-30 Win, 327 Federal Magnum, and 45 Colt. A sixth flavor, 357 Magnum, is slated to come on line soon as well.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
For me? I've never fired one, but am intrigued. Roughly .357 Magnum ballistics, with the capability of running .32 H & R magnum (vetted to work in the Henry), and potentially .32 S & W long, too.
In my mind, it's a potential age-in-place rifle/pistol combination with a good revolver, such as the SP-101.
If Ruger have any smart marketing folks, they are likely looking at one of the Marlin .357 offerings as a .327 crossover to tie in with an SP-101 or GP-100.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne