Going out to buy a Ruger MK II with 10" barrel today - Pics of yours?

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Posted: 12/26/2010 5:01:42 AM EDT

Local Cabelas is selling it. Excellent shape.

It is a Stainless, Target model with the box.

I got a $100 gift card towards it.

I always wanted one.

Do you own one? Pics? Accuracy?

Posted: 12/26/2010 5:10:20 AM EDT

[#1]

I've got a 10" blue, I like the accuracy, but it has always seemed a little unwieldy. With a scope and a good rest, it is capable of minute of a golfball accuracy out to 100 yards. Try the Valquartsen trigger kit, a little spendy but it makes a huge difference.

Posted: 12/26/2010 5:22:07 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
I've got a 10" blue, I like the accuracy, but it has always seemed a little unwieldy. With a scope and a good rest, it is capable of minute of a golfball accuracy out to 100 yards. Try the Valquartsen trigger kit, a little spendy but it makes a huge difference.

I have read that installing the target grips with the thumb rest makes all the difference.

Posted: 12/26/2010 8:34:43 AM EDT

[#3]

I have the much shorter barrel model, and the target grips make it shoot far better than i do.

Well, technically its always done that... But the grips have significantly improved the groupings. Yinz know what i mean :)

Posted: 12/26/2010 8:39:36 AM EDT

[#4]

5.5 inch bull bbl here. Grips are #1. The ruger MKII is so accurate that it is boring!!!! I have some huge old aimpoint on it and the kids call it the deathray.

Posted: 12/26/2010 8:39:39 AM EDT

[#5]

Here is mine, but it's not a 10" barrel.
Was passed on to me by my dad...It was given to him sometime in the 1970s... It is an absolute TACK DRIVER, and recoils like firing a cap gun.

EDIT TO ADD: Sorry... Mine is a MARK I, not a MARK II

Posted: 12/26/2010 8:40:53 AM EDT

[#6]

Cool. I have never handled one of those before.

Posted: 12/26/2010 9:35:35 AM EDT

[#7]

Waiting for pics.

Posted: 12/26/2010 9:39:24 AM EDT

[#8]

Excellent pistol.

I have the 5" barrel, polymer frame mkIII and I love it. I am very interested to see pics of a 10" barrel.

Posted: 12/26/2010 9:42:03 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Excellent pistol.

I have the 5" barrel, polymer frame mkIII and I love it. I am very interested to see pics of a 10" barrel.

I've owned 3 or 4 of them.

I just cant warm up to a plastic gun!

Posted: 12/26/2010 11:43:01 AM EDT

[#10]

I love mine;

Posted: 12/26/2010 11:49:50 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Excellent pistol.

I have the 5" barrel, polymer frame mkIII and I love it. I am very interested to see pics of a 10" barrel.

I've owned 3 or 4 of them.

I just cant warm up to a plastic gun!

I wanted to get a metal frame but the price was the deciding factor. I paid just over $300 for it when the all metal guns were $450 plus. Its not a show piece for me, I shoot the hell out of mine. At least a 500 round pack a month.

Posted: 12/26/2010 11:51:38 AM EDT

[#12]

PLEASE make a video - with sound - the first time you field strip it and post to youtube.

I have a 22/45 and love it but breaking the thing down and seeing how it works is a PhD level lesson in Rube Goldberg engineering.

Don't let that sway your decision. They are great little pistols and a lot of fun to shoot.

Posted: 12/26/2010 12:10:46 PM EDT

[#13]

I have 2 5.5" bull barrel MKII.. one stainless, one blued.. I had a 10" back in the early 90's but traded it as it was a pain in the ass to use anywhere other then the range.. It was pretty accurate for shooting silhouettes. but that all the experience I have with one with a barrel that long..

Posted: 12/26/2010 12:23:04 PM EDT

[#14]

Run don't hesitate and buy that pistol. I have been looking for one for the past 3 years, most people that have them will not part. Sad thing is many of these pistols have had their barrels cut to 8" or so, as the "experts" say that an 8 inch barrel is superior in accuracy.

A good friend had one and it was absolutely awesome, the long sight radius is what makes these guns so great. I own (3) MK 2's and they are all wonderful but none will shoot at distance like that 10 inch gun would. We would shoot it at 80 yards in a chert pit. He could hit beer cans all day with it at that distance. I later found out he traded it, I went to buy it from the dealer, it was already gone. If you decide you don't want to keep it e-mail me or IM.

Posted: 12/26/2010 12:28:14 PM EDT

[#15]

I slightly modified this to experiment with different muzzle devices. I threaded the barrel under sight so I unscrew the extension and replace it with the little threaded sleeve seen currently on the end of the extension to look stock again other than the color difference.

Posted: 12/26/2010 12:39:03 PM EDT

[#16]

Extremely accurate, extremely reliable, extremely fucking fun

Posted: 12/26/2010 12:56:53 PM EDT

[#17]

Here's mine,you just reminded me I have one Haven't shot it for awhile.

Accurate? yes Fun to shoot,eats anything I've fed it ,pain to clean I've been thinking of selling it actually. Just not that interested in it any more

Posted: 12/26/2010 1:13:18 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:

PLEASE make a video - with sound - the first time you field strip it and post to youtube.

I have a 22/45 and love it but breaking the thing down and seeing how it works is a PhD level lesson in Rube Goldberg engineering.

Don't let that sway your decision. They are great little pistols and a lot of fun to shoot.

What are you, a Buckmark plant??

Posted: 12/26/2010 1:21:04 PM EDT

[#19]

This is my son with the one I bought for him for Xmas. Fun and easy to shoot. It has the 6 7/8 barrel.

Posted: 12/26/2010 1:38:29 PM EDT

[#20]

Had a blued one 20 years ago & loved it! Used it mostly for bullfrogs & squirrel but traded it in. Now I have one blue & one stainless short tapered barrel models.

Posted: 12/26/2010 1:39:06 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Here's mine,you just reminded me I have one Haven't shot it for awhile.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/BillP63/12_26_0.jpg

Accurate? yes Fun to shoot,eats anything I've fed it ,pain to clean I've been thinking of selling it actually. Just not that interested in it any more

You sell that, you will regret it.

Patrick

Posted: 12/26/2010 1:53:50 PM EDT

[#22]

Doesn't the Mossad prefer the Mk II for close up brain surgery on Palestinians?

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:03:32 PM EDT

[#23]

TTIRTMI

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:10:56 PM EDT

[#24]

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:16:46 PM EDT

[#25]

Someone has a kit that you can install and the bolt removal and installation takes about 10 seconds using an allen wrench.

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:19:52 PM EDT

[#26]

[img]http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww313/ROCKDIVER338/IMG00010-20101205-1245.jpg[/img

Those 10" barrels are fantastic, would love to get my hands on one!

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:21:41 PM EDT

[#27]

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:24:28 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9035/20100725170106.jpg

I have those exact two pistols.

I had to check that I still had them.

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:28:32 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Here is mine, but it's not a 10" barrel.
Was passed on to me by my dad...It was given to him sometime in the 1970s... It is an absolute TACK DRIVER, and recoils like firing a cap gun.

EDIT TO ADD: Sorry... Mine is a MARK I, not a MARK II
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/madmedic/MK1.jpg?t=1293385011

DO WANT!!!

CMOS

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:30:07 PM EDT

[#30]

I don't have a Ruger, but do have one of these

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:32:28 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9035/20100725170106.jpg

I have those exact two pistols.

I had to check that I still had them.

I love the MKIIs.

I've decided I 'need' a MKII 22/45 also.

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:33:51 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
I don't have a Ruger, but do have one of these

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/timinky/SW002.jpg

Have I already commented you on the wood grips in a different thread?

By the time I bought one, they were only available with polymer grips.
Can't get the wood grips anywhere.

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:35:50 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Someone has a kit that you can install and the bolt removal and installation takes about 10 seconds using an allen wrench.

You can strip and reassemble in 10 seconds with out that, won't need an allen wrench, and not be out any money!

Quoted:

Quoted:

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9035/20100725170106.jpg

I have those exact two pistols.

I had to check that I still had them.

Me to!

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:40:58 PM EDT

[#34]

Crappy cell phone pic, but here is mine. Yes it shoots good enough to justify the Leupold. With the "good" ammo, it's a sub MOA pistol, and I normally shoot it at 100yds. I have however, spent quite a few hours and thrown several dollars worth of aftermarket parts at it, but it's a great platform from which to start from if you want to "work-up" a rimfire pistol.

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:42:29 PM EDT

[#35]

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:47:04 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

I don't have a Ruger, but do have one of these

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/timinky/SW002.jpg

have ya had good luck with it

every trailside we sold before we quit selling them had problems

Posted: 12/26/2010 2:54:53 PM EDT

[#37]

Love my MkII Government Model

Posted: 12/26/2010 3:19:09 PM EDT

[#38]

My mark III 22/45 with YHM Mite:

ETA: enroute to the deer lease in west Texas with this and a box of 333 rounds for it.

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Posted: 12/26/2010 3:40:07 PM EDT

[#39]

I love this gun. Very fun and cheap to shoot. I put a VQ trigger kit in it. I also took out the loaded chamber indicator and replaced it with a solid steel one I got from a guy on rimfirecentral.com.

Posted: 12/26/2010 5:37:28 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
Extremely accurate, extremely reliable, extremely fucking fun

http://www.thesuperhwy.com/~holidayinn/Hand/MKII.JPG

Very Nice!!

Posted: 12/26/2010 6:03:55 PM EDT

[#41]

One of the first handguns I ever bought was a 10" Ruger 22.

Not sure why I even got it, squirrel hunting I guess. I put a cheap red dot on it and it was a fun pistol. I got rid of it. I now have the 4" 22/45. LOVE this little pistol. Wish I could get a 17hmr in it. They are sweet.

Posted: 12/26/2010 6:25:48 PM EDT

[#42]

I bought myself a 22/45 MKIII 5.5 barrel this morning.

had to order it..so I'm waiting.

Posted: 12/26/2010 8:44:40 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
Love my MkII Government Model
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo360/fallfaster/ResizeofmkII.jpg

I used to have one of those. I still can't believe I traded it away for whatever I can't even remember...

I have the 5 inch Stainless bull barrel target Mark II now and I WILL NEVER LET IT GO but I would if I could get a government model again.

Patrick

Posted: 12/26/2010 10:56:32 PM EDT

[#44]

Posted: 12/26/2010 11:29:08 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Excellent pistol.

I have the 5" barrel, polymer frame mkIII and I love it. I am very interested to see pics of a 10" barrel.

I've owned 3 or 4 of them.

I just cant warm up to a plastic gun!

I wanted to get a metal frame but the price was the deciding factor. I paid just over $300 for it when the all metal guns were $450 plus. Its not a show piece for me, I shoot the hell out of mine. At least a 500 round pack a month.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll31/madman_jim/photo-1.jpg

I bought a Buckmark URX last month & it's all metal. Paid $319.00 out the door for it.

Posted: 12/27/2010 12:10:04 AM EDT

[#46]

I didn't know thy made the 5.5 Bull in the MK1 era. In any case I wish they had an ambi or at least a left handed saftey. I won the ILL-MO state pistol Bullseye season with a borrowed MK2 5.5 Bull by 130 pionts. This was after losing aprox 300 point due to faulty ammo. You could not replace duds and I had somewhere around 30

Quoted:
Here is mine, but it's not a 10" barrel.
Was passed on to me by my dad...It was given to him sometime in the 1970s... It is an absolute TACK DRIVER, and recoils like firing a cap gun.

EDIT TO ADD: Sorry... Mine is a MARK I, not a MARK II
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/madmedic/MK1.jpg?t=1293385011