The main reasons combo guns aren't real popular in the US have been mentioned, and are about right, as far as I can see.
We don't hunt the way Europeans hunt, generally.
High end combo guns range from expensive to very expensive.
Budget combo guns are just that, budget. Cheap, and usually good enough, but less efficient and more difficult to use well.
Having a combo gun (and a use for it) also makes it tough to justify having other guns.
As a youth, there were three of us that spent a lot of time afield together. Jim had a .22 Browning semi auto and a Mossberg bolt action 16ga. I had a Winchester .22, and a Winchester Model 12 (12ga). Dave had a Savage 24, .22LR / 20ga.
I got a good amount of experience with, and around that gun. While Dave had the "advantage" of always using the same gun, it simply wasn't as good as a rifle or as shotgun, compared to single caliber guns.
I think the biggest reason combo guns are not popular (besides the cost of the good ones) is essentially, "while you can eat it, tis neither fish, nor fowl, nor good red meat!"
We don't hunt the way Europeans hunt, generally.
High end combo guns range from expensive to very expensive.
Budget combo guns are just that, budget. Cheap, and usually good enough, but less efficient and more difficult to use well.
Having a combo gun (and a use for it) also makes it tough to justify having other guns.
As a youth, there were three of us that spent a lot of time afield together. Jim had a .22 Browning semi auto and a Mossberg bolt action 16ga. I had a Winchester .22, and a Winchester Model 12 (12ga). Dave had a Savage 24, .22LR / 20ga.
I got a good amount of experience with, and around that gun. While Dave had the "advantage" of always using the same gun, it simply wasn't as good as a rifle or as shotgun, compared to single caliber guns.
I think the biggest reason combo guns are not popular (besides the cost of the good ones) is essentially, "while you can eat it, tis neither fish, nor fowl, nor good red meat!"