Recreational shooting and other stuff
Despite ammo availability issues, the Ruger 22 Charger isn’t gathering any dust on dealer’s shelves. And for good reasons too. This pistol, based on the 10/22 rifle, is still inexpensive to buy and shoot. The model in this review has an MSRP of $349. Even at today’s ammo prices, it’s still affordable to spend an … Read more
My quest to continue improving my trio of Ruger Mark pistols lead me to the Volquartsen Bolt Tune-Up Kit. This $38 kit contains a firing pin and extractor for the MKI, MKII, MKIII, MK IV, and 22/45 models. While I’ve been able to shoot most ammo without issue, once I added a suppressor, reliability became … Read more
The first Ruger 10/22 chassis I bought came from PMACA. Since then, I’ve added a few more from them as well as other manufacturers. Last count, I had about nine in total. So I feel like I’ve got a good enough sampling from which to share my opinions. There are a lot of considerations that … Read more
This is part two of my upgrades for the Ruger 10/22 series. A little while ago, I wrote this article, on common 10/22 upgrades. Nearly every item listed was less than $20. This underscores one of the reasons that the 10/22 is so popular. Not only are there plenty of aftermarket options, but they are … Read more
Matt from S&P Outfitters recently reached out to me about their Charger folding brace kit. It’s popular, but there were no instructions to make the install easy. So he sent me a kit, and I got busy with a few tools and a camera, and here’s the entire instructions. As much as I wanted to … Read more
Both the Ruger PC Carbine and PC Charger are compatible with the Security 9 magazines. Since I have both of the PC variants, I figured I should try out the Security 9, as it seems like the ideal companion sidearm. For those not familiar, the PC Carbine is a 9mm Takedown rifle which can use … Read more