I started this project years ago, but due to multiple frustrations, it kinda stagnated at about 95% done. Then P220 Smudge, in another thread, inspired me to finish it up. I took her to the range for the first time today. Here she is in her current glory:



She is a Kidd 10/22 receiver, with a 6 inch threaded barrel in a PMACA chassis with a folding brace, and a cheap Primary Arms red dot. At the moment, she's sporting a BX trigger, but I do have a Franklin binary trigger waiting in the wings. I don't remember the barrel manufacturer, I bought it so long ago. (ETA: I looked it up, it's a Whistle Pig threaded and fluted 6" barrel.)

I took her to the range today, and she ran like a staple gun, fun as all get out. One nice thing about the short barrel is that cheap .22 ammo was still subsonic in it, fairly quiet and reliable. The only issues I had were with some old 10 round magazines that don't run well on other guns, I should replace the springs on them and clean them again. But, new Ruger 15 rounders and Butler Creek 25 round mags ran just fine. In my experience with a suppressed 10/22, you need to clean the mags almost as regular as the gun, as they get dirty quick.

I like the length of the chassis, both in looks and function. It is helpful to be able to position your left hand as far forward as possible. Something a bit longer that went almost flush to the end of the suppressor would be ideal. But, this also looks cleaner than a short, barrel length chassis as well. If there's a negative to the ergonomics, it's almost too light, and the junction of the AR grip and the chassis is a little funky. But, I had no problem hitting 6 inch steel plates at 100 yards. I tried about a dozen shots at a steel silhouette at 200 yards, but that was a touch too far, and I managed only two satisfactory pings.





Now, on to the build saga, as I said it took quite a while. The first problem I had was that the Kidd receiver didn't quite fit in the chassis. I had to get the Dremel out and spend a couple hours carving out the chassis where the bottom front end of the receiver meets up with the chassis. Problem number two was getting a folding brace on it. This chassis has only the round buffer screw, but doesn't have the key below it that you use to index the buffer tube collar. So, the Picatinny mount took a bit of bubba gunsmithing to get secure.

Finally, and most annoying, a standard 10/22 bull barrel is 0.94 inches in diameter, but my skinniest can is 1.00 inches. This ended up important, as by default the can would not fit inside the chassis. I had to get the Dremel back out and bubba that pretty badly in order to get it to fit. Once painted and with the can mounted, it hides the worst of the mangling.



Finally, this was my first attempt at camo painting a gun. I got an assortment of the Brownells gun spray paint, but it didn't go well. I don't know if I did something wrong or if the colors were just not very distinct, but the contrast between the colors was negligible, to the point of being almost indistinguishable. I picked up some flat black automative paint today, and will see if I can improve the look.

Overall, insanely fun gun to shoot, I put several hundred rounds at steel this morning, and mostly quit because my thumbs got tired of refilling magazines.

Ok, that is a cool setup. Damn fine work with the fitting! I think the paint job looks pretty good, too!

I really do think a little Charger set up like this would be a lot of fun. I just may have to make one happen.

Thanks, Smudge! You need to do something along these lines, it is insane fun. If I had to do it again, I would not get the rear lugged Kidd receiver, as that really limits your chassis options. I'd also look at either a Enoch Industries Arcane or else a Gray Birch La Chassis (that latter one is $$). Both have picatinny rears already, and I believe the front chassis is wide enough for a can-- the Arcane product page shows this exact config.

Looks like a lot of fun. I'm glad you stuck with it.

Very nice! I’ve always wanted to build on a Kidd receiver and get all their goodies, but I’m looking at thinning the collection now.

I built this Ruger Charger several years ago. Ruger was only offering the black receiver/barrel with the black plastic stock and the stainless steel in the Green Mountain stock, so I bought one of each and switched the stocks, then sold the Green Mountain charger and had what I wanted.
I got a Copper Custom adapter and ACE folding hinge so I could put an Arm Brace and eventually put a stock on it, suppressor on it … but the trigger was still a Ruger trigger, it needed some pizzazz, and Franklin Armory had recently came out with their Binary Trigger for the 10-22. It’s far from a match trigger in semi-mode, but but better than the Ruger factory trigger and it’s awesome in binary and cheap to shoot in binary also.

If I purchase another firearm, an SBR 10/22 will be it.

I really like yours.

My full Kidd build will stay with me for life. Everyone who shoots it says it’s the best trigger they ever used.