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- Ladies and gentleman,
welcome back to the
Hank Strange Situation.
What we have for you today is
the new and improved
22 Charger from Ruger.
There it goes.
This is the standard version.
There's two versions of these.
There's the Takedown and this one.
Now, Ruger actually
discontinued the 22 Charger,
I'm gonna say around a year,
year and a half ago, something like that.
And they did did some re-engineering,
re-designs to it and
they've just put it out.
This one I got from my friend Mr. YacYas
at Gainesville Target Range.
Thanks for that, YacYas.
He's gonna probably be mad at me
because he's not out here doing this,
shooting this gun with me,
but we'll give him a chance.
This is my first
impressions of this thing.
I got my hands on it last night
and I've already changed some stuff.
Basically, The AR style pistol grip
that came with this I'm
not a big fan of it.
Kind of cheap.
As a matter of fact, mine was
really loosey-goosey on there.
Now, I think that's
deliberate on Ruger's part
in terms of sending it
out with a cheaper version
of the pistol grip because
obviously you can change it,
and that's what I did with mine.
I have the ATI, Advanced
Technologies International,
Scorpion Grip.
I really like that, feels
really good in the hands,
fits perfectly.
These are also new so I'm actually getting
a chance to try this out.
Really easy to install, the
same way you would do on an AR,
you install it, so there you go.
Now, the new 22 Charger also comes with
a Picatinny rail up
here, that's very nice.
So on top of that Picatinny rail,
I've got a Vortex Spitfire
1x Prism Scope on there.
Also you know, I'm liking it.
I like the fact that you
could light up the reticles,
you know, put different colors on there.
So we've got that running
on top of the Charger.
Now the other thing that it comes with
is a threaded barrel, very nice.
So you know what, that's not too bad.
My initial impressions with
that is that you know what,
right there, threaded barrel,
that's something you don't
have to pay extra for.
You don't have to take it out
to a gunsmith or whatever,
get your barrel threaded or
buy a replacement barrel,
so that saves you some money.
Picatinny rail, good thing.
I like the fact that you can
change out the pistol grip.
You know what, it would be nice if we had
some kind of attachment here,
like a pistol buffer tube,
so that for those of us who
need a little extra bracing,
we could put, guess what,
wait for it, Sig Brace!
Yeah, that would be nice,
but you know what, Ruger hasn't done that.
Instead they've given us some stuff
that we've been probably
wanting for I don't know,
what, 20, 30 years?
That's how Ruger goes, you know.
This is what they call innovation.
Not me necessarily, but you know what,
it's welcome improvements.
I like the price point, you know,
this is below 300 bucks, so.
You know what, that's what
I got it for at retail,
you can't beat that.
Also comes with its own bipod.
It's not made by Ruger I don't think,
but it's pretty easy to install in there.
So, there you go.
That's it, look at that.
Check it out.
I really do like the wood.
Very nice job here on the wood.
I'm probably gonna wind up changing that.
This is one of the things that
when I go out to SHOT show,
I'm gonna be looking
to see whose got a kit
to replace the wood here.
I'd like to make it a little bit lighter.
Maybe add some other conveniences.
But the wood, very nicely done, Ruger.
I like that.
(gun cocks)
Enough talking, let's run
this thing, see how it runs.
(gunshots)
(gun cocks)
(gunshots)
So here's what comes in the
box with your Ruger Charger.
Obviously this is the AR
pistol grip it comes with.
Pretty much the same as
a lot of AR pistol grips
you'll find out there.
It comes with instruction manual,
which is for the old Charger.
It's not really for this Charger.
So, they've got an insert to tell you
what's different with this
Charger, there you go.
Basically, it's the pistol
grip and the Picatinny rail.
And now, it also comes with a BX-15, bam,
there you go, BX-15.
Comes with a soft carrying case.
I don't know if I'm gonna use it,
but you know, that's not bad.
Also, it comes with the
bipod, and you know,
UTG bipod, there you go.
Comes with that, so that's sweet.
And what did I add?
I added the Spitfire, okay, from Vortex,
and I added the Scorpion
Recoil Pistol Grip.
That's about it.
There's also a lock and some
other nonsense in there,
but well, you know, do we
really need to know about that?
I don't think so.
Okay, so I'm probably not
gonna always use this bipod,
but you know what, it's
a very convenient feature
to have on there.
Helps give you stability
when you have a table
like this to plant it on.
Let's keep running this
gun and see how it runs.
(gunshots)
There you go.
I like this lever here.
It makes it a lot easier
to get the magazine out.
(gun cocks)
Not bad, not bad at all.
Let's run it some more.
So, I'm gonna try to just give you an idea
of the reticle there.
That's a rough approximation
of what my reticle looks like.
Okay, so, you know what?
Let me just keep shooting this.
(gunshots)
Okay, we had a failure there, alright.
(gunshots)
That should be it.
So as everyone knows, the
Ruger 10/22, 10/22 Takedown,
Ruger Charger, been around for a while.
I've got no complaints about it.
It does what it's supposed to do.
They're fun guns.
You can use them for hunting, varminting,
lots of different purposes.
You could use it to defend
yourself if you had to.
Everyone likes them, there's
lots of accessories out there.
As a matter of fact,
that's one of the things
I'm going to be looking
for when I go to SHOT show,
to find out what kind of
accessories are available
for the new Charger, the
way it's set up right here.
So, I don't know what
you guys are interested
in seeing out at SHOT show,
you can always let me know,
but I know that's something
I'm gonna put on my list.
I like the BX-15, there's
tons of different magazines
for this and the 10/22,
not just from Ruger.
You can get a lot of stuff out there.
You know, obviously you guys have seen
that I've done some accessorizing myself,
with the, here, I'll show you the box.
This is, there you go, ATI, right?
AR-15 x2 Scorpion Pistol
Grip, there you go.
Put that on there, and we're rocking
the Vortex Spitfire 1x forward optic.
No problems with either one of those,
they were easy to install.
The ATI grip makes a huge difference.
Vortex makes it really easy
to aim with this thing.
You know, overall, I like it.
I really don't have a lot
of complaints about it.
It's a little bit heavy, but,
like I said there is kits
you could put on there,
that makes a difference.
If there was something,
if there was one accessory
I would really like to see,
or something I would really
like to see Ruger do with this,
Ruger, by now you should
know the Sig Brace exists.
Put something on here, some
kind of pistol buffer tube
so we could put a Sig Brace
on there, that would be nice.
That's just my thoughts,
I don't know what you
guys think about that.
Remember, if you want us
to look up certain stuff
for you while we're out at SHOT show,
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You're gonna see one running down here.
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If you click on it, it takes
you to my Twitter page,
and then you can start following me
and you can let me know what kind of stuff
you're looking for from SHOT show.
You know what?
I think enough said.
I'm just gonna go back
to shooting right now.
Peace out.
(gunshots)
(laughter)
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