A mid range Ar1r can be useful to 600. + m with practice
308 /7.62x51 give you more range and availability but if I wasn’t worried about ammo availability I’d go 300 Win mag— my old model 70 with a Leopold mark 3 was deadly as could be out to 800 yards so long as I did my part
Get a good 22 rifle.
A shotgun in 12 gauge
I don’t even own one but if I could only have one or two handguns I’d probably do glocks in 9mm—big difference in what I would carry for normal concealed carry, urban issues, or heading into the hinterlands
If you have the time a resources to master it a 357 (hwy patrolman/gp100) will do just about anything you could ever need but learning to shoot Ian’s reload as fast as a semiauto takes time and dedication—I’d say I burned 10k rounds and 3x a week practice getting to that level
I had a S&W 340PD and would practice with .357 all of the time. Got to be pretty good out to 9yds. Just thinking now the number of rounds isn't good enough and I've never done a speed load.