I tried for years to get to “one rifle”. it has to be semi auto and it has to be accurate and durable. Those three things are HARD to get in one gun of any price. I tried everything including stoner sr-25 and mk11mod0 and an 18” AR with 1-8x NF
while I got pretty close, eventually I gave up for several reasons, the biggest was barrel life and degraded accuracy of semi autos when they heat up. So I moved to carrying two rifles, one precision and one an SBR.
then the pistol AR craze happened and I swapped the SBR for a pistol.
Then I got back into pistol cal carbines and sorted out a scorpion micro with Osprey.
If I had to walk out the door right now it would be hard for me to choose between (defiance in an MPA chassis with USO in 300 NM + cz scorpion micro) or (impact in sentinel chassis in 6.5x47L + 10.5” SBR with micro T1 and suppressor)
But none of those are THE “ultimate rifle”
while I got pretty close, eventually I gave up for several reasons, the biggest was barrel life and degraded accuracy of semi autos when they heat up. So I moved to carrying two rifles, one precision and one an SBR.
then the pistol AR craze happened and I swapped the SBR for a pistol.
Then I got back into pistol cal carbines and sorted out a scorpion micro with Osprey.
If I had to walk out the door right now it would be hard for me to choose between (defiance in an MPA chassis with USO in 300 NM + cz scorpion micro) or (impact in sentinel chassis in 6.5x47L + 10.5” SBR with micro T1 and suppressor)
But none of those are THE “ultimate rifle”