Smallest light weight NR .22lr for a pack rifle?
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It wasn't for me, but im not exactly made of money. Honestly I find all guns to be overpriced lately. Actually, I find everything overpriced these days.
But if I were looking for a small lightweight pack gun, I'd definitely consider it. Seemed well built and durable, was very lightweight and super small.
I'd buy one of those before an AR7 or anything single shot, I can tell you that. I'm a big fan of the papoose too, except I don't trust it's durability that much. I had one and the mag feed tabs broke off just by bumping the bottom of the mag on the bench at the range. Not even that hard.
A gun that is put out of commission by a minor bump on the bottom is too fragile for me to consider anything but a novelty. I prefer all metal internals. Which is something I liked about the RR, it's metal and wood, small and light, and a repeater. Can also shoot both .22l and 22mag from the same gun if you get the mag cylinder.
I'd be worried about brush getting stuck around the cylinder on a rough rider carbine, but I carry my lightweight 22 strapped to the side of my pack where it's constantly getting hit with stuff I'm pushing through.
It's also over 4lb.
It's also over 4lb.
I haven't read 'all' 123 posts but I just weighed (three times to be sure) my Armalite AR-7 and it's only 2.2#. On Henry's website theirs is listed as 3.5#, but that includes 3-mags instead of 1 and probably a thicker and stronger stock. The AR-7s are not as 'quick-to-hand' as some take downs, taking about 2-min to assemble the stock to action and the barrel to the action. My Sav-64 in synthetic is just a hair over 5# and is Not the take-down but only needs the safety flicked off.
At that weight I'd buy one! 2.2lb is lighter than my rascal.
I'd take the Rascal over an AR-7 any day even if it's a tiny bit heavier.
Besides having to assemble it, the AR-7 stock is crazy bulky/fat and accuracy of a rascal is a whole lot better.
I have owned 3 ar-7's from various makers and none of them was accurate. I really tried to like em'...
FatCatsDad
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The Crickett of a kids gun so the coming the bolt after closing it in a live round is extra built in safety for kids, same as the 5 pound trigger pull.
The Rascal is a piece of crap compared to the Crickett
why would you not include a link, or at minimum a model name?
Not sure about that one, but on Cooey's it's very easy to modify the bolts to be #### On Close with a file.
FatCatsDad
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They haven't had them in stock for over four years
That’s wild, your the first person I’ve ever hear say the cricket is better than a rascal. That’s after months of going through reviews, in the end I just bought both as well as the henry single shot to form my own opinion. I still own the rascal, the crickets trigger is god awful, the savage is no high end piece but side by side the rascal wins out in every possible way. Having both in hand there was no way I was able to bring myself to give my daughter the cricket .
You say extra built in safety, I say older/####tier design at the same or higher price, using safety as an excuse for their antiquated design. YMMV.
If I wanted my kids to deal with a cocking knob I'd give em the cooey.
" That’s wild, your the first person I’ve ever hear say the cricket is better than a rascal. ..."
I think the 'better' is that it's more like a 'real' rifle for training kids, instead of the 'Tinkertoy' look of the rascal. the rascal is better for being a pack-rifle.
I think the 'better' is that it's more like a 'real' rifle for training kids, instead of the 'Tinkertoy' look of the rascal. the rascal is better for being a pack-rifle.
Last I looked the weight listed on the Takedown is higher than the regular model. Seems odd, makes me wonder if that includes the storage tube or something. Chiappas website is having issues so I can't give the exact numbers.
