Mouse rifle

[barrytheprof]

Got a new toy today. I was gonna call it Sex, but I think Mickey may be better for a mouse rifle. It's a Chiappa Little Badger in 22mag. I ordered a pistol grip and a laser for it. More pics in about a week.

[smokeless joe]

Cool. I don't think I've seen one of those before.

[zburkett]

Cool, but I still want mini with a 16" barrel and a folding stock.

[Mn lefty]

I also want mini with 16" barrel and folding stock. Would be fun and unique.

[top dog]

Barry,
That looks really nice. Very compact.

Let us know how it does on the range.

                                                              Top Dog

[Gog]

I've never seen one either. That is very cool!

[barrytheprof]

Cool, but I still want mini with a 16" barrel and a folding stock.

I'm in! With both feet!

[OV-1D]

  Great survival weapon . Small ,light , compact easy to find ammo which compliments the rifle also .

[barrytheprof]

Speaking of easy to find ammo, there's a guy on youtube that also has the 22mag version who's shot hundreds of rounds of 22lr out of it. He says the shells expanded after firing but did not split, or get stuck in the chamber. He let's his kids shoot 22lr out of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-EJVPDmMzE&t=28s

I'm thinking of trying some aguila colibri 22lr quiet rounds, and some 22lr snake shot in it. I have 22mag snake shot, but I could see wanting to shoot something less powerful, if I'm concerned about damage to a house or something. What do you think?

[Ruger]

  Great survival weapon . Small ,light , compact easy to find ammo which compliments the rifle also .

Fun to own, I agree, but if one is in a survival situation in the woods, bears and things don't have ammo; and if in a human survival situation, 9mm might be stumbled upon more often.  For survival, carry your own, depend on no one.

[OV-1D]

  I'm not a big fan of 22mag. but I guess it has its place like head shots on deer close up . Long rifle just seems to be enough in most situations if not all when game shooting . I can't figure why the magnum made its way other than , heck I can't think of any reasons . All I can say is they made these magnums because they could but longer range maybe the answer but again why for most game .

[pietro]

Cool, but I still want mini with a 16" barrel and a folding stock.

I also want mini with 16" barrel and folding stock. Would be fun and unique.

When I approached NAA about building one like this one, I was told that they were "less than interested"........

Too bad, so sad.


   

[barrytheprof]

If you make it from a break-top, the rifle is not fireable when folded. That makes it a rifle rather than a handgun.

One of the reasons I bought the Little Badger is that there are about 12 states for which I don't have a carry permit. Most of them are neighbor states to my own (NY). When I'm camping or hiking in these states, the Little Badger can keep me legal.

Now that NAA has a break-top, this could be a way to get into the mouse rifle market. I think it's an idea with legs.

[Canoeal]

The little Badger would not keep me legal coming from PA to NY...go figure...

[barrytheprof]

It's a rifle. Why not?

[Canoeal]

It's a rifle. Why not?

AFAIK NY will not allow me to transport a rifle into the state. Legally I can transport under federal law, but my van has no locked space not available to the driver or passenger. Once I get to a destination in NY , it is a crapshoot whether I am violating local or state laws...My other vehicle is a Subaru Forester same problem, no lockable space.

[barrytheprof]

Hmmm, I wonder if the reverse is also illegal. I don't even know where to start to find out.

[LHB]

As I remember the origins of the 22 WMR, it first came out as a rifle round, to be used as a more economical varmint round than the 22 hornet and other centerfires.  Knew several farmers who bought one for ground hogs, they wouldn't spend the money on a hornet, and nobody reloaded in that neighborhood, so rimfire worked.

[Biff]

Silver is 22WMR, red is 17HMR.

https://flic.kr/p/Fzx78T

[barrytheprof]

Nice job! I really like the aluminum channel.
Now I see that you can use paracord to hide the threads when you extend the stock. I wondered why so many people used paracord on their stocks.

What's the piece sticking out of the mini rail behind the trigger of the silver one?

[Canoeal]

Wing nut...

[pietro]

Wing nut...

No - it's a gun nut ................................

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[smokeless joe]

Wing nut...

No - it's a gun nut ................................

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[Biff]

The bolt is used on aircraft to hold the avionics displays to the pedestals and panels.  Only bolt that I had where the threads match.  And it went with the silver theme.  Gives me a little something to grip. 

The hole in the stock is for an optional grip/cleaning kit. 

[barrytheprof]

I've been working on my Little Badger. The Paracord makes it easier to hold. The pistol grip helps a lot. It's 3D printed, and I found it on eBay. I put a green laser on the side, and a red/green dot site on top. I think it's done.

I found that it no longer fits in the original case, but I found one with a good fit, Elite 20x10.

I think I'm done now. Can't wait to try it out. I had a hard time with it in its natural state. My eyes couldn't focus on the sights, and it was hard to find a good hold on it.

[Biff]

Nice setup, Barry.  Let us know how it works out for you.   

[MR_22]

I want one of those little badgers, too. I checked them out at the SHOW Show in Vegas. I just wished they folded a little bit tighter. The position folded seems a little bigger than it should be.

[Biff]

You could go this route with a quick disconnect...

[Boisesteve]

I have seen an interesting idea that isn't folding but makes a small and quite inexpensive packable rifle.  Crickett rifle makes their little single shot beginner rifles in both 22LR and (not commonly seen, but available) 22mag, and they can be made into takedown rifles by the simple replacement of the single screw that holds the barreled action to the stock with a threaded rod clamping knob. Search it on line too, folks have done it.
Steve in Boise

[ray]

i picked up the double badger 410 22lr i like it it folds like the badger

[Biff]

I held the Double Badger, but didn't like the length behind the trigger to the end of the grip.   Maybe I would like it more if I actually shot it.

[pietro]

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I've been hunting a folding .410/.22Mag Double Badger for about 4 years now, and found it to be much more shootable than any of the myriad Savage/Stevens Model 24's I've had over the past 45-odd years since my first one.



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[ray]

pietro like  you had the savage 410 22  20 222 never used them like the bager 2 triggers @ pip sight do you like the fiber pip sights

[pietro]

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I like the Chiappa's DT's much better than either the earlier barrel side selector slide or the pivoting hammer nose that followed on the Savage/Stevens O/U's.

The Chiappa's folding feature makes it much easier to transport, too.

I've been a fan of fiber-optic sights ever since they were first introduced, and have learned how/when to use them.

It did, however need a little work after I received it (I had ordered it sight unseen through my FFL), as the barrel hinge & the trigger pull had more grit in there than a beach.
A flushing, followed by a lubing session, made it skookum, however.

The only drawback when hunting the DB is that the TG/opening lever snaps back loudly against the lower tang when the gun's opened for a reload.
An application of a small piece of moleskin on the tang, where the lever impacts, cured that.




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[Ruger]

Hey, I enjoy my fold-up, too!