IF I was going to build a combination weapon the shotgun tube would be 28 guage.This under appreciated shell will print as well as a 20 or 12 gauge with far less recoil.
The rifle cartridge would be the .30 US aka .30-40 Krag. This round falls in the lower pressure group but can load the potent 220 grain roundnose ( it's original loading.) for moose & bear.
The .30 Krag is also well known for 'squib load' friendly loading.
The problem, is that today's gunmakers will build actions around cartridges. One of the reasons the litle C 6 went out of production was in fact receiver issues with the .22 Hornet.
Buyers will want familiar cartridges like the .308 and 20-12 gauge. And even if the industry builds what they ask for, a fickle buyer will fail to buy in profitable numbers.
I have a synthetic stocked NEF handi rifle rechambered to 30-40.
6.5lbs with a williams receiver sight.
220g round nose at 2100 fps, 150g at 2700 fps, or 170 grain
cast at 1700 fps.
Remove one screw and replace with 12 gauge
barrel then it's 5 lbs.
Or replace with 223 barrel open
sights youth model, 5.5 lbs.
Sometimes I carry an extra barrel in my pack if I have the
possibility of seeing both mammal and fowl when hunting.
I made a wool sleeve it fits in.
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