wayupnorth
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What would be your Testing Criteria for Take Down, back pack, hiking and survival 22 cal rifles?
I ask because i picked up a Little Badger a couple years back and ive been intreged with these little "pack 22's" since then.
so much so that with a bit of extra cash laying around and a desire to play this long cold winter i started taking steps towards securing a couple more of them in different brands.
now while i wont be able to get every 'pack 22' on the market i thought id pick up 4 at the very least and run them through some tests to see which one if any stands out of the pack as being better and why.
so my question is this:
what would you like to see done to some of these pack 22's to test them out?
here is what i have so far.
im picking up 4 of them.
1) Chiappa Little Badger (already have)
2) Henry AR7 (ordered earlier this week)
3) Ruger Take Down - base model (plan to order one in the morning when i get to work)
4) Marlin 70PSS 'Papoose' (still waiting for one to come on sale - hope is boxing day??)
what im going to be testing (my list so far)
1) going to tare them right down and go over construction - design and build material. can do this in my shop over winter and take my time. maybe comparing weight and size and compactness and such.
2) shooting - i thought id season each gun by picking up a brick of CCI blazer and hammering out 500 rounds through each one. not in one sitting of course but take one out and spend a afternoon hammering out 500 rounds and cycle through each one till they all go through 500 rounds. that should give a good introduction to each gun and bring forth any errors if any.
3) from there i dont know what else to do.....
im kinda leaning towards some mild torture testing????
water test?
im kinda thinking maybe a cold weather element test??
into a rubbermaid tub full of snow over night (-30) and then straight out into firing to see if anything messes up?
maybe doing a little mud and dirt testing? same as above, introduce gun to mud and then see if it will run?
my thinking was to see if the guns would actually hold up for what they are marketed for, hiking and survival and such.
ive seen a couple videos and read some articles on all these guns but i havnt seen anything that has pointed me towards one and not the others.
all the articles i have digested all kind of hinge on stuff that isnt important too me.
magazine size, how pretty they are, if they are threaded barreled and other such silliness.
i dont know, anyone have anything they think would be interesting to see?
anything that youve been wanting compared between them to help you buy one if you are or where in the market for a pack 22??
at the end of this test all 4 guns will be kept and used for specific areas in my life so its not like im dropping $1500 just for boredom's sake.... but i kinda am, haha!
no really though, i have the little badger for my Quad when im out trail riding and hunting - its my plinker.
i want a AR7 for my boat as i spend a lot of my summer out on remote lakes and rivers in northern alberta and NWT and such.
my ruger/papoose is where i was torn up because i wanted a big bigger take down gun than my lil' badger and i was really leaning towards the Ruger as im a 10/22 fan boy but i am also the kinda guy that likes to get the best tool for the job - so my dilemma that im at now and have been for the last year - ruger or marlin.
so why not have some fun and test them both out and chuck the 2 others into the mix!
anyways, long post - post if you can think of anything i can or should test while looking at these 4 guns over the next couple months.
Chiappa Little Badger
Henry US Survival AR7 Rifle - Base Model Black
Ruger 10/22 Take Down Base Model - stainless all weather
Marlin 70PSS all weather stainless
I ask because i picked up a Little Badger a couple years back and ive been intreged with these little "pack 22's" since then.
so much so that with a bit of extra cash laying around and a desire to play this long cold winter i started taking steps towards securing a couple more of them in different brands.
now while i wont be able to get every 'pack 22' on the market i thought id pick up 4 at the very least and run them through some tests to see which one if any stands out of the pack as being better and why.
so my question is this:
what would you like to see done to some of these pack 22's to test them out?
here is what i have so far.
im picking up 4 of them.
1) Chiappa Little Badger (already have)
2) Henry AR7 (ordered earlier this week)
3) Ruger Take Down - base model (plan to order one in the morning when i get to work)
4) Marlin 70PSS 'Papoose' (still waiting for one to come on sale - hope is boxing day??)
what im going to be testing (my list so far)
1) going to tare them right down and go over construction - design and build material. can do this in my shop over winter and take my time. maybe comparing weight and size and compactness and such.
2) shooting - i thought id season each gun by picking up a brick of CCI blazer and hammering out 500 rounds through each one. not in one sitting of course but take one out and spend a afternoon hammering out 500 rounds and cycle through each one till they all go through 500 rounds. that should give a good introduction to each gun and bring forth any errors if any.
3) from there i dont know what else to do.....
im kinda leaning towards some mild torture testing????
water test?
im kinda thinking maybe a cold weather element test??
into a rubbermaid tub full of snow over night (-30) and then straight out into firing to see if anything messes up?
maybe doing a little mud and dirt testing? same as above, introduce gun to mud and then see if it will run?
my thinking was to see if the guns would actually hold up for what they are marketed for, hiking and survival and such.
ive seen a couple videos and read some articles on all these guns but i havnt seen anything that has pointed me towards one and not the others.
all the articles i have digested all kind of hinge on stuff that isnt important too me.
magazine size, how pretty they are, if they are threaded barreled and other such silliness.
i dont know, anyone have anything they think would be interesting to see?
anything that youve been wanting compared between them to help you buy one if you are or where in the market for a pack 22??
at the end of this test all 4 guns will be kept and used for specific areas in my life so its not like im dropping $1500 just for boredom's sake.... but i kinda am, haha!
no really though, i have the little badger for my Quad when im out trail riding and hunting - its my plinker.
i want a AR7 for my boat as i spend a lot of my summer out on remote lakes and rivers in northern alberta and NWT and such.
my ruger/papoose is where i was torn up because i wanted a big bigger take down gun than my lil' badger and i was really leaning towards the Ruger as im a 10/22 fan boy but i am also the kinda guy that likes to get the best tool for the job - so my dilemma that im at now and have been for the last year - ruger or marlin.
so why not have some fun and test them both out and chuck the 2 others into the mix!
anyways, long post - post if you can think of anything i can or should test while looking at these 4 guns over the next couple months.
Chiappa Little Badger
Henry US Survival AR7 Rifle - Base Model Black
Ruger 10/22 Take Down Base Model - stainless all weather
Marlin 70PSS all weather stainless
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