Pretty much anything you get in the $1k range should be good to go. Where you want to be careful is at the $500-$750 range, I think, unless you just want an AR platform to shoot at the range here and there. $1000 should get you a really good rifle. I would avoid punisher skulls, "badass" quotes, or any other cute statements, especially on an AR since it's an extremely deadly and terrifying weapon of war that no one other than the government should own.
LOL! Great video! Ruger makes some nice beefy wheelguns. I love my super blackhawk hunter in .44 mag.
Nick, are you still loving on the G45?
I just made my first striker fire purchase with a M&P 2.0 compact. Looked at various Glocks, but decided on the M&P because it was quite a bit less.
What, I don't even get a golf clap for my double pun?