Hm, I thought that all new 10/22 and variants were being made with the new plastic housings, not metal inject. molding. I think that the first runs of the Charger had Al. housings, but the last three that I handled did indeed have plastic housings.
JJ
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Nick, looking at those pictures though, I think that I would have to a gree with you that that one doesn't look like it is one of the plastic ones. I think that the plastic ones also come with a plastic trigger, and that looks like the trigger that would have come in a metal trigger guard.
JJ