Ruger is my favorite. They are always smooth operating. I pick up my first on in 91or 92 it was a ruger p90 and I still enjoy getting it out and shooting it.
For the rifle I would go with remington 700, but I think that would be over your budget so I would go with an 870 wingmaster if you could find one. I think that's the best one remington makes. Or there are auto loaders to think about too..
Good to know they have started to get some guns in. I was there two or three months ago. They were still working on their ffl. Glad they got that done, and they did have a lot of gear.
That was a bad deal. I had never made it into see him had just found out about the place a week or two before it happened. Wish the best for the family.
I think it is the Af 2011. I went to a gun show a couple of weeks ago. They had one in a glass box so you could look but not touch. And it looked nice.