Recreational shooting and other stuff
Back in September, I shared my Midwest Industries chassis project. As a 10/22-based Charger build, it was a fun project. I even went through the trouble of having the 10″ KIDD steel .920″ barrel threaded. That helped a bit with the AR theme. As much as I liked it though, it was quite heavy for … Read more
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