What is the appeal of the Ruger Charger?

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I love Ruger. I love rimfire rifles and pistols but it seems to me that this thing is just impractical. I saw one of these sitting on the counter at the Gun Room in Conyers yesterday and my first thought is that it's a cool looking little rig. Then I picked it up and my second thought is what the hell and I supposed to do with this?

I thought I wanted get one to mess around with, but now I'm not so sure. I've never shot one, so someone tell me what they like about it.

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Willy Leadwell said:
I love Ruger. I love rimfire rifles and pistols but it seems to me that this thing is just impractical. I saw one of these sitting on the counter at the Gun Room in Conyers yesterday and my first thought is that it's a cool looking little rig. Then I picked it up and my second thought is what the hell and I supposed to do with this?

I thought I wanted get one to mess around with, but now I'm not so sure. I've never shot one, so someone tell me what they like about it.

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They are impractical. Just traded mine away. Shot great and dead balls accurate but not good for much but plinking.
 
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My only appeal, other than it's a Ruger, put a bipod & scope on it and it's a great bench plinker! Not sure of a practical side!
 
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I like that it's compact easy to pack. They are a lightweight alternative to the full stock. Still a great prone or bench shooter it's a little tough to hold zero past 50 yds withoutout bipod is my only negative. It's a fun gun that's sumthin different than the norm and you can't loose with 22's.
 
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great varmint setup when driving the property in a truck or suv.

if you see an armadillo or other undesired critter, this thing deploys out of a window pretty quickly.
 
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Lokidogg said:
If you read my prior post , I had a charger takedown. I liked the platform until I got it. At 60yrds I was drilling hole in hole but it just felt impractical.
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I read it. It is what it is. It's a short barreled rifle with no stock. I guess you disagree with the comparison to an AR pistol and that's ok. To each his own.
 
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I don't get it personally. I've shot one and it was nice but if I'm gonna have a "pistol" that is that big I'd like a Thompson Contender with easily swappable barrels so that I'm not limited to one caliber. @00formula6spd @Speednut and myself were shooting balloons at 300 yards with @Speednut's Contender .357.
 
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As for carrying yes the charger is great when broken down. But if you don't have the takedown the ar when taken down doesn't take up that much more room.
 
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_Jake_ said:
I don't get it personally. I've shot one and it was nice but if I'm gonna have a "pistol" that is that big I'd like a Thompson Contender with easily swappable barrels so that I'm not limited to one caliber. @00formula6spd @Speednut and myself were shooting balloons at 300 yards with @Speednut's Contender .357.
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I am in process of building other caliber uppers for mine. With the ar platform you have several good choices.
 
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