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What'southward a backpack gun? It's a gun yous keep in a backpack.

And why would you keep a gun in a haversack, y'all ask? For shooting things that might need to exist shot while wearing a backpack.

The Ruger 10/22 Charger might very well be a gun you can stuff in your favorite pack…just does it actually work every bit a haversack gun?

Well, nosotros're here to find out. I was able to take the Ruger x/22 Charger out for some fun on the range recently, and then let'due south break downwardly the specs and features and so talk almost how it shoots.

By the end, you lot should accept a good idea of whether you want to add this to your collection.

Check out the full video review beneath if you'd rather skip the words.

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Pros & Cons

If you tin't wait, here's a summary of the pros and cons.

+ Compact, lightweight, at but 17 inches overall and 5lbs
+ Has congenital-in bipod lug upfront
+ Easy to manage with about NO recoil
+ Suppressed .22 makes this gun very SILENT

– Additional accessories makes drawing from a pack tricky
– Does not come with any atomic number 26 sights
– Had a few jams when we ran a few hundred rounds

Why the Ruger x/22 Charger?

I consider myself a reasonably experienced outdoorsman — hiking at a local mountain range for pretty much my entire life.

I'm quite comfortable living out of a ruck and sleeping in holes for days at a time.

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However, it'southward also worth noting that I don't hunt — and even on longer treks and fifty-fifty in situations where I might want to be armed in the wilderness, a .22 is probably the last cartridge I'd want to exist packing.

All that said, I recognize some folks venture into the wilderness with a varmint gun — either for pest control reasons or to accept pocket-sized game.

If you lot've got a burning demand to clap squirrels with a minuscule gun that'south deployable at a moment'south notice, Ruger's x/22 Charger family might be right up your aisle.

Specs & Features

Coming in at just 17 inches overall, the minuscule Charger is full of just plenty features to make it worth considering over "survival rifles" on the marketplace.

It comes with the added benefit of not needing to be broken down to comport comfortably in a ruck or daypack.

The 8-inch barrel features 1/2×28 threads to which we've mounted a Silencer Key Banish .22.

While I'm not a .22 guy, I will say that if yous've never fired a suppressed .22, they're essentially whisper-quiet. And that's a novel enough experience to make fifty-fifty my curmudgeonly self grin like an idiot.

The Charger'south got a built-in bipod lug right upwardly forepart, which can be used to attach the included UTG Harris-style Bipod knockoff.

But I kind of question the utility or necessity of having a bipod on a .22 LR backpack gun.

Maybe you're using it to take resting shots from prone, maybe not.

Plain, the addition of accessories to the gun makes quickly drawing information technology from a pack a bit trickier. We wouldn't want y'all to let that 5-betoken trophy groundhog go away, would nosotros?

Accessories

We mounted a Primary Artillery SLX MD-25 on the Charger'south included Picatinny rail.

Information technology gave the states a ii MOA dot that felt well suited for the platform — fifty-fifty if perhaps the SLX housing itself might be a bit chunky insufficiently.

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In the future, it'd make more sense to go with something on the smaller side.

Regardless, y'all're going to want to get some kind of optic configuration figured out, as the Charger doesn't come with whatever sort of irons. Information technology'southward just that high-speed.

For some of our x/22 optics recommendations, check out our article on the Best ten/22 Scopes.

Nosotros've gone ahead and added a 25-round magazine, upgraded BX-25 trigger, and Tandemkross Extended Mag Release.

But the more basic model comes with a 15-round magazine and stock mag release and trigger pack that works merely fine likewise.

The Charger'south pistol grip is AR compatible. This means if you've got some specific preferences with regards to what exact grip you demand on your .22, you'll be able to swap them with no result.

We establish the stock pistol grip to exist just fine. Again, you probably don't want annihilation super fancy with this gun.

Interestingly, at that place's a flake of Picatinny space that runs vertically at the rear of the receiver, so we mounted an SB Tactical side-folding pistol brace.

The side-folding brace is squeamish, comfy, and fits in a medium-sized pocketbook snugly. It likewise adds a third point of contact when you lot need the utmost precision in eliminating small-scale mammals with extreme prejudice.

With all the specs and features out of the way, let's go downward to range performance.

At the Range

Nosotros ran a few hundred rounds through the charger, and while it by and large worked, we ran into a few snags.

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We had a few random jams, which comes with the territory when you're running a suppressed .22 since all that powder gets thrown right back into your chamber. But that'south zero game-breaking.

However, the Tandemkross Extended Magazine Release, while initially overnice and functional, suddenly…went missing. Patently, the pin that holds it in place ejected without our say.

Unfortunately, finding a small silver pin in the mud and grass of Texas Shooting University proved to exist a little too challenging. So, we finished our range time with the magazine release knub equally the only way to drop the magazine.

Not really sure what the upshot was or why exactly that piece was loose enough to gratuitous-fall out of the gun just keep that in listen if you air current upward going a like route. You may want to Loctite that bad male child down.

Too, this might be kind of nitpicky — and didn't bear upon part as far every bit we could tell — simply the spray coating Ruger used was messily over-sprayed inside the mag well and receiver area.

Information technology's unclear this area was intended to be coated and ended upwardly half-finished or if it was intended to be raw and was hastily sprayed. Either way, information technology didn't cause any issues and is, again, a nitpicky complaint.

That aside, the Charger ran well for the duration of our fourth dimension with information technology.

The aftermarket trigger pack combined with the fact that .22 has no recoil whatever means you can dump those magazines apace.

Even with the caryatid folded, the Charger is absurdly piece of cake to manage. If, for whatever reason, you need to deploy it just don't have fourth dimension to flip that bad boy out, you should still be able to land hits on whatever you lot're shooting at with reasonable ease.

By the Numbers

Reliability: iv/five

We ran into a few jams largely due to the suppressor + .22 LR combo. It wasn't surprising and is well within what you might look when adding a can to a rimfire rifle.

Accuracy: 4/v

It ran well during range fourth dimension and pinged targets easily. In short, I had fun with this ane.

Ergonomics: four/5

The Charger works well out of the box, but y'all tin can always tweak it to suit your body type — whether that's calculation a different pistol grip or stock.

Customization: 5/5

It's a Ruger .22, which inherently means it'south got a ton of upgrades and accessories. In fact, there are so many nosotros take an entire article dedicated to Ruger 10/22 parts.

Value: five/five

For under $400, the Ruger is an affordable option for those looking to start small and stay small or build on with accessories.

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Overall: 4/5

The Ruger x/22 Charger may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for those who want something to take on the trails, this model is certainly worth looking into.

Conclusion

If you're expressionless-attack something minuscule you can toss in a ruck; it'd be hard to find something equally modest, lightweight, and inexpensive as the Ruger 10/22 Charger.

Coming in at simply $380 for the base model, it'south besides not going to kill your wallet if y'all want something just to play around with – although the accessories and suppressor can easily push button that $1,000+ if you go that route.

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All told, I had a reasonable corporeality of fun with the Ruger Charger, and yous likely will as well.

Again, feel free to check out the video below to meet it on the range.

What practice yous think of the Ruger Charger? Let usa know in the comments below. For more than Ruger 10/22 models, head over to our Best ten/22 Models.