- .22 LR, either a heavy barreled target pistol, or a rifle; accuracy being the key here. This one is for most of your meat harvesting.
- an accurized bolt rifle in some variant of a .308 caliber (.308 Win., .30-06, .300 Win. Mag.).
- a semi auto rifle of carbine length in .223, preferably an AR.
- a shotgun, preferably in 12 gauge.
- a large caliber pistol, either semi-auto or revolver, in either .45 ACP or .44 mag/.44 Special.
I would consider this to be a
minimum for an arsenal, but not a
great arsenal. However this is not a minimum for survival. My survival list would be one pistol and one rifle. Caliber .4+ for the pistol, and .30+ for the rifle.
Fortunately for me, I have way more toys than that.