Not Sails related, but two different requests led to a common development project for both...

1. A cop buddy has a daughter who's just reaching the age where he needs to start teaching her about weapons safety, and he thought a complete lightweight range kit in a briefcase-size package would be good for starting her on "if you wanna shoot it, you clean it, you maintain it and you schlep it."
2. My gal is a fan of classic spy movies, so I thought it might be fun to modernize the basic concept of 007's briefcase in From Russia With Love and turn it into an "everything you need for a variety of situations and a complete range-day in a briefcase," then see if I can find or have a couple of rangemaster buddies design her a series of stages to let her play "Bond Girl For A Day."

The AR7 aircrew survival rifle was compact and a big deal in 1963, but now is rather dated... and it frankly just feels kinda "blah," doesn't have that Q Branch "it factor." So we're looking to the Ruger 10/22 family in the same caliber, specifically the Charger Takedown pistol model--since TD's are designed to split in half where the barrel meets the receiver, it occurred to me that that quick-detach capability can be used to build a switch-hitter to go from pistol to rifle barrel lengths and back, just like established precedent with Thompson/Center Contenders and AR15s that start as pistols. Similarly, the Charger has a rail on its rear that can be used to mount a forearm brace when set up as a large-frame pistol... or, as with the AR or Contender once a legal-length barrel is on, a rifle stock assembly. Net result: a platform that can be set up as a plinker pistol for games on the range, a large-frame pistol for starting a smaller-statured person on their first shoot, or a fullsize .22 rifle for rifle matches... or all three setups can be used to quickly and economically present a variety of "Range Day... At the Movies" events.

The case:
https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in-...ase-69318.html
Interior is pluck-foam, looks like it can be tailored to fit the components without needing clamps, clips or tiedowns. Shoulder strap is kinda cheap and crappy, so it got upgraded with this from a camera-supply store.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...for_NANUK.html
Cheap, cheerful, comfortable and helps disguise it as a camera case... and with the addition of QD sling swivels, one less piece of the system that needs storage space inside the case since it can double as the rifle's sling.

The weapon:
Basically, the core of the project starts with a "Homebrew Edition" version of a Ruger 4935.
https://ruger.com/products/22Charger...eets/4935.html
Main differences are a folding grip cribbed from the USAF's new ejection-seat-kit aircrew survival rifle, and that the factory handguard is getting removed from the 10" barrel, installed onto the new 6" and replaced with this.
https://www.midwestindustriesinc.com...mi-1022-8h.htm
More room for mounting accessories, allows more "support hand" position options, AND looks a lot more "spy movie." Rifle barrel assembly will use a similar handguard, just 5" longer.
Also, for cases where we don't need a scope but DO need an iron sight, the OEM scope rail is getting replaced with this.

Leave bare for a short pistol, slap on a red-dot for a long pistol or a QD-mounted scope for rifle stages.

Additional accessories: Cleaning and assembly/disassembly tools and gear to quickly load and unload magazines.

Differences between the two are that for my buddy and his daughter I'd recommend that all modules not relevant to the day's planned itinerary be removed to save weight, along with reducing the ammo and magazine load.