When I first bought my charger I wasn't at all impressed with the accuracy. I use my rimfire rifles for squirrel hunting and although it's not paper at the range I want my shots to be precise head shots out of respect for the game I am hunting.
My charger shot huge groups when I first got it. I have shot it in the original stock and a rifle stock and after about 1000 rounds it shoots around 3/8" at 50 yards. That pretty good I think. I'm going to go ahead and apply for a sbr stamp for it so I can use it in a rifle stock with a can.
I already have the can. I have a wood stock charger. I thought about cutting the wood stock and adding the pistol brace but I have an ati folding, adjustable stock that i like so with an sbr stamp I can use the ati stock or any other stock with it.
I have shot it in the original stock and a rifle stock and after about 1000 rounds it shoots around 3/8" at 50 yards. That pretty good I think. I'm going to go ahead and apply for a sbr stamp for it so I can use it in a rifle stock with a can.
I have shot it in the original stock and a rifle stock and after about 1000 rounds it shoots around 3/8" at 50 yards. That pretty good I think. I'm going to go ahead and apply for a sbr stamp for it so I can use it in a rifle stock with a can.
Spend the stamp money on an SBX barrel with can shield. I listed a link in my 1st post. With that barrel you can install the Charger in a rifle stock and still be only 16.5" with the can installed.
Just to be clear, the charger is in it's original pistol stock. I bought the gun in the hope that it would be accurate enough to consistently do head shots on squirrels out to about 50 yards. When I first got it I tried it in the ati stock and the groups at 25 yards were around 2". The gun went back to the pistol stock and I pretty much just shot 1000 rounds at the dirt. Once I got the charger broke in I tried the ati stock again and that is when I started this thread. Less than 3/8" at 50 yards, I think I'll keep it.
As far as all the other stuff to buy just so I don't have to file for a sbr stamp, add it all up and it's more than the cost of the sbr stamp and who knows how accurate the barrel will be..
Do I want to get a sbr stamp? No. Did I want to get a can stamp? Again no. Paying an extra $400 to have a comfortable, quite gun to carry is ridiculous in my opinion but ya got to pay to play.
I do like all the adaptors and the barrel though.
Personally if you want to use the ATI stock just get a standard 10-22 rifle with a threaded barrel and get a can. If you want it shorter get the SBX barrel if it fits in your stock. I braced my Charger and it works fine. I use SV or SS ammo with the can and it is accurate enough for head shots on squirrels at 50 yard. Whether I am accurate enough is another question.
I have already been using the ati stock with a regular 10/22 with a 16 1/2" barrel and can. And it works way better for me than a regular stock 10/22.
Have you used the sx barrel?
Bracing the charger eliminated the necessity of getting the SBX but that has not stopped me from working on a Promag folder I have. If I get it modified to where I like it I will buy the SBX barrel and put it on a carbine.
Well it's done.....waiting on the stamp in the mail I guess. It would be real nice if it came back before hunting season is over. I waited 13 months on can stamp.
As far as rugers new charger with the rail on the back, who makes anything to go on it?
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