If you had to pick one of each for a friends bugout bag?

This is in my go bag, Smith & Wesson Model 422 - Wikipedia
Maybe not the best choice but it has been very reliable and lightweight.

An exercise right? Compact, light, and fast to learn to operate? Only seen ARs, AKs, and scars in in skillbuilder classes. Seen many different semi autos but more glocks. I'm assuming your friend is not a shooting enthusiast and training will be "on the job"? So will build or buy two .556 ARs for the husband/wife. Will be under 7 pounds with a sling, red dot and buis; with the best components money can buy, lol. If your friends have handgun experience then a G19. Will leave it up to you on how many mags you want, type of chest rig and holster. Just imho.

I would pick up a couple of these Spikes pistols and lots of mags and ammo, maybe a couple H&k P30's.
The Spikes shoots like a dream I really like it.

11.5″ RARE BREED CRUSADER PISTOL - Spikes Tactical

Here is another thought, Chiappa Little Badger Rifle

I have been wondering if there is a Manufacturer that makes a .22 LR pistol with a stack mag holding 20 or more cartridges.

MWood said:

I have been wondering if there is a Manufacturer that makes a .22 LR pistol with a stack mag holding 20 or more cartridges.

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I don't know much about it, but it holds a lot of bullets in the magazine.

Thanks for the help.

Im confused: a pistol is a "sidearm"...anyway:

Any quality AR15 with at least 7 mags of M855 (BCM, Aero Precision, etc), quality optic (Trijicon ACOG or MRO; EoTech, etc),Surefire flashlight, 2 point sling

While I recommend a glock 17 for caliber and magazine availability, popularity, and interchangeability, I personally chose the FN FNX-45T. Cant go wrong with 15 rounds of 45ACP on an optic/suppressor ready platform.

If you're going all out: Level IV armor, Level III helmet with NODs, iR attachment for rifle.

Equally important: fire starter, emergency rations, and water purification.

"How many rounds" literally chuckled: As many as you can buy.

"for their family": Keep in mind, all able-bodied people need to be armed.

I wouldn't go pistol, rifle, sidearm cause a pistol is a sidearm.
I'd say you really would be better off with a shotgun for the 3rd choice, call it a compromise and go with something like a mossberg shockwave or remington Tac-14, a smaller format shotgun.
Shotguns are versatile in what loads you can use in them so they can serve for both defense and hunting

so that in mind.. an AR15 Rifle (can still hunt white tail, antelope, and wild pig with it), plus they're more modular and lightweight, so they can be kept up with replacable parts and carried without as much struggle. A Sig Sauer P-320/M17 similar reasons, modular, lightweight, good capacity, and torture tested by the US Military.. and for shotgun, I'd go with a Mossberg 500, 590, Maverick 88, any one of those, or the 590 shockwave if you desire compactness over stability of a stock.

all 3 basically being things adopted by the US military (except the shockwave format in particular) and torture tested for reliability and designed to be able to have parts that can be easily replaced and easy to maintain.

A couple of my friends have purchased .22lr conversions for the AR15's. Their thinking is it's great for plinking at small critters for food it necessary. Don't know if I agree with it, but an interesting idea.