Anyway, when I got a box that looked like this in the mail, I figured I just had to share....
What it contained was essentially an aluminum replacement stock for a Ruger 10/22 - either ‘rifle’ or ‘pistol’ (“Charger”) version. It is the ’Odin Chassis’ by Enoch Industries...
My son and I have been discussing the ideal 22 LR chambered firearm to take when out in the back woods for an extended period, where there was a centerfire rifle for some large game hunt, but it seemed prudent to have a handgun for small game for food or even potentially defense against predators of the two legged type.
My recent project has been a Ruger PC-9 pistol as a ‘house gun’ to replace the 300 Blk AR pistol as an easier-to-use more ear-friendly firearm. The advantage of the Ruger versus an ordinary 9mm Glock or my Taurus PT-92 is that with an arm brace it is much easier to use with the added front-end weight of a suppressor.
That got me thinking that when out in the woods, instead of a Contender pistol in 22 LR, which would certainly be an accurate firearm for obtaining dinner, there would be the consideration of a semiautomatic in terms of a stripped down Ruger Charger. The potential to use an arm brace due to the 1913 rail on this stock was intriguing. Here is the PC-9 next to the Charger - note I had already replaced the blued factory barrel with a heavy stainless barrel threaded for my suppressor...
Here are some photos of what you get, and you add whatever AR-15 style grip you would like. Some of the grips that have in-grip storage for extra cartridges or whatever might be useful in a survival situation. The front of the aluminum receiver has plenty of M-lock holes for addition of optics or sling-swivels or bipod mounts or whatever sort of gimcrackery you want to add.
Here is the firearm with the arm brace extended to balance the suppressor, although in the backwoods you likely wouldn’t need the suppressor.
Not sure yet what kind of optic I will put on the Charger. It has been really accurate (5 shots in 1/2” at 40 yards off the bench with 16x scope), and I actually had an infrared scope on it for whacking rabbits at night at one point, but I will probably put a lower power optic on it, although a red dot would be a reasonable option as well.
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