Um.... no it would not be simpler. A 10-22 is a non-restricted firearm. Fitting the action into an accessory chassis kit of this shape would be both shortening the rifle to under the 26 inch minimum length and at the same time converting it to a handgun. Both are big no-no's.
On the good news side of the design process the size might just work out well for it being a .45acp. Forget the gas operation of the DEagle. Instead look at that huge lump of a thing which is the Hi Point direct blowback in .45acp. It's a big heavy lump of a thing because it needs that weight for the slide so it'll work as a direct blowback. In that way it's the same as any direct blowback pistol caliber carbine which all have massively heavy bolts for the same reason.
If this Halo Magnum were done as a simple to make direct blowback design the size would work FOR using it in .45acp instead of against it. And direct blowback SHOULD reduce the design and development/testing costs.
While I'm having ideas I think that a lower spur extending out of the front strap of the frame just below the trigger could serve as a lower trigger guard. It would need to jut out and end at or pretty close to the front "hand guard" to prevent even smaller fingers slipping through or getting pinched. But it WOULD form a closed loop proper trigger guard to avoid a lot of potential safety issues.
On the good news side of the design process the size might just work out well for it being a .45acp. Forget the gas operation of the DEagle. Instead look at that huge lump of a thing which is the Hi Point direct blowback in .45acp. It's a big heavy lump of a thing because it needs that weight for the slide so it'll work as a direct blowback. In that way it's the same as any direct blowback pistol caliber carbine which all have massively heavy bolts for the same reason.
If this Halo Magnum were done as a simple to make direct blowback design the size would work FOR using it in .45acp instead of against it. And direct blowback SHOULD reduce the design and development/testing costs.
While I'm having ideas I think that a lower spur extending out of the front strap of the frame just below the trigger could serve as a lower trigger guard. It would need to jut out and end at or pretty close to the front "hand guard" to prevent even smaller fingers slipping through or getting pinched. But it WOULD form a closed loop proper trigger guard to avoid a lot of potential safety issues.
