Hypothetically speaking: if you were able to have only ONE pistol and ONE rifle, and they both had to be chambered in the SAME caliber, what would you choose?
I get the interest, and the concept... but, if i'm carrying a rifle, i got no use for a handgun... if i'm carrying a handgun, it's because i'm somewhere that a rifle would be unhandy or out of place...
If i just gotta pick a pair to shoot the same ammo, they'll be .22 LRs...
but if i were limited to owning one rifle and one handgun of my choice, the rifle would be my remington 581 .22... make the handgun my 1911 .45...
I get what you're saying, but you never need something till ya do. It's all in the context of the question I guess.
Both threads didn't really specify the circumstances of WHY you're only going to have two guns in the same caliber and HOW you're going to use them. I think that's why there's so many different responses. Besides just personal preference anyway.
