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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:21:03 PM EDT
Based on many negative comments re the Walther P22 I decided to go for a Ruger instead. This will be for plinking, target practice & having fun. I'm in the MEDIEVAL Commonwealth of MASS, so the guns which I may purchase is severly limited.
However the following Rugers just became available for legal sale here. Based on that which would you choose & why? Ruger P45GCMKIII 22LR  Ruger P4MKIII 22LR 4  Ruger MKIII6 22LR  KMKIII678H 22LR  Ruger MKIII678 22LR  Ruger KP512MKIII 22LR  Ruger KMKIII678GC 22LR  Ruger 512MKIII 22LR 
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:24:48 PM EDT
[#1]
Ruger MKIII678 22LR
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:26:20 PM EDT
[#2]
Agreed. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:26:44 PM EDT
[#3]
Why buy a Ruger at all?
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:26:47 PM EDT
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I have the KMK678GC and the 5.5 inch blued bull barrel
I find the 678GC is more accurate. It has the target crown and the trigger is lighter. The 5.5 bull balaces a little better and does not have the thumbrest which lefties don;t like. If I had to buy just one for pure target shooting it would be the KMK678GC |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:27:50 PM EDT
[#5]
+1 |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:28:04 PM EDT
[#6]
My choices are severly limited. I'm in MASS. Only place worse is komiefornia. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:29:02 PM EDT
[#7]
Hey your last pic is incorrect. Thats a 22/45 not a mkIII
I prefer MKIIs also. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:29:15 PM EDT
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PS - Can anyon e comments re the WHY?
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:30:03 PM EDT
[#9]
Ruger KMKIII678GC 22LR
HH |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:30:39 PM EDT
[#10]
Thanks I pulled from another a local dealers website. I must have screwed up the images. I got em from right click > view source, then weeded through the HTML. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:30:45 PM EDT
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I didn;t know your choices were limited. Out of those get the 6 7/8" slabside.
Low weight but has a thumbrest and its pretty. Also has a better trigger than the others. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:31:19 PM EDT
[#12]
Because it is a great pistola. Quite accurate. Fun to shoot. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:32:14 PM EDT
[#13]
any the stainless steel ones would be my choice
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:33:26 PM EDT
[#14]
Ruger KP512MKIII 22LR
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:35:19 PM EDT
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I have shot both the 4" & 5-1/2" 22-45 and I like the balance of the 4" that's what I will buy when I'm ready.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:36:24 PM EDT
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The other day my buddy and I joined a local gun club. I'm a long time MASS resident, but's he's a transplant from the south. Only here two years. The club president said, "Why the hell did you move here!? We're all trying to get out." |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:36:41 PM EDT
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Ruger MKIII6 22LR
Unless you can get the same gun in 4". The newer guns seem to have really bad triggers but that can be cured. I never liked the Ruger autos until my daughter shot one. It was the first auto pistol she ever shot. She lectured me all the way home that she never wanted to shoot a gun "you had to cock with your thumb" again. I bought a used 4" from a guy at work. Since then I shoot it more than anybody else and really enjoy it. I bought a used 6" one the other day and it is dead on. So is the 4" for that matter. Both are older first models. Around here short is good, light is good. A 6" gun is good on the range but no good in the field for a companion gun. YMMV |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:39:03 PM EDT
[#18]
It looks nice but I prefer blued because it has more of a subdued appearance. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:40:20 PM EDT
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Yeah I bought my first one for my GF. I loved it so much I bought a few more. Steel plates + lots of mags + lots of ammo = 
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:41:11 PM EDT
[#20]
+1 |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:41:31 PM EDT
[#21]
A few years ago I too, was interested in a Ruger. Another member of this board posted a couple of .jpg's, which I found to be rather interesting. So, I opted to go along the same route, a couple of mods later and I have this abomination:
 Ruger's are excellent little pea shooters. I have well over 45K through it and it is still very accurate. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:45:12 PM EDT
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Why...affordable...reliable. Dont get me wrong, Bill was a sellout...but... My personal why: When I was a kid, at Christmas, my grandpa would take me out to shoot missletoe out of trees for grandma to decorate the house with. We used his ruger .22 pistol and a walther .22 rifle....The rifle proved more capable, but I always loved shooting that pistol. -HS |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:45:55 PM EDT
[#23]
Gun PORN!!!!!
 My GF's arsenal. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:46:46 PM EDT
[#24]
It's one of the best .22LR pistols on the market.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:50:47 PM EDT
[#25]
if the ruger slabside is in your list of possibilitys.
may i suggest a S&W model 41  or the izh 35M?  IME both are capable of shooting circles around the slabside. Id be willing to bet that their both permited in your state too. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 4:53:38 PM EDT
[#26]
+2  |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:00:50 PM EDT
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Ruger 512MKIII 22LR
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:01:59 PM EDT
[#28]
I went to purchase a Mark II 678, and ended up leaving with a Browning Buckmark. Just felt much more comfortable in my hand. Not sure if you are set on the Ruger expressly, but if not, you may want to look at one.
I've heard a lot of good about the Rugers, and almost nothing bad. About the only negative comment I hear is that reassembly is a bitch after tearing it down! ETA: I'm really eyeballing the MKIII512 for my next .22 pistol. I gotta admit, they are a good-looking pistol! |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:02:51 PM EDT
[#29]
Wondered how long this would take. Bill was a sellout but Colt wasn't? Funny, ALL milspec parts fit MY AR15, how about your Colt? |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:03:27 PM EDT
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They are not hard to field strip. You just have to know what you are doing. I will agree the grip is a little different. So hold one before you decide. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:13:22 PM EDT
[#31]
10/22 FA trigger pack.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:14:44 PM EDT
[#32]
I have a 41 too, both barrels, one with a red-dot. It seems I usually shoot one of the 2 Ruger slabsides I have more. Never seriously tested either with dozens of different brands of ammo to see which would group best. But with bulk-box ammo, the Rugers shoot just as good as the 41, for me. ymmv  |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:15:32 PM EDT
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What they said, if you must buy Ruger. Does Taxxachusetts not allow Browning Buckmarks? I like my Ruger' (bought before I got edumacated on Bill's politics) , But love my Buckmark's. Mags for the Browning cost more, about $28 vs. about $18 for the Ruger MKII's. Don't know if the MkIII's use the same mag's or not. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:18:47 PM EDT
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IMHO, Browning Buckmark Bullseye. You wont want ot shoot another ruger again.
CH |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:21:16 PM EDT
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Don't think so. I'll ask. This state SUCKS! My senior senator is an alcoholic drunk driving murderer and my junior senator is an effing kommie who gave mouth-to-mouth to a hampster. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:37:37 PM EDT
[#36]
Ruger MKIII678 22LR
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:42:31 PM EDT
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+3 I had a MKII like it and got rid of it... I don't know why I loved the pistol. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:48:13 PM EDT
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KMKIII678H 22LR... Rugers are very good pistols.......You will be happy with your purchase.. WarDawg
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Posted: 8/14/2005 5:55:16 PM EDT
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"No honest person needs no more than a 10 round magazine" I wonder who said that just to get better sales for his mini-14. Dont get a Ruger.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 6:18:51 PM EDT
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I have a 22/45 with 4" bull barrel (round, not the "slab side"), target model with adjustable sights. It's perfect for all around use, suprisingly accurate even though it's a 4" barrel. MUST use CCI mini-mag ammo though, otherwise it will stovepipe every now and then. I've got 1000's of mini-mag rounds through it and never had a single misfeed, stovepipe, etc.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 6:28:35 PM EDT
[#41]
Ruger KMKIII678GC 22LR
just 'cause it looks the nicest. ~Dg84 |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 6:41:52 PM EDT
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I can +1 the Ruger KMKIII678GC 22LR - sweet shooting, very accurate out of the box, but a bit heavy.
If you want to work one over you can get very, very good performance without spending too much. If I were to do that, I'd go with the 4 to 5 1/2 in. barrels. Length is really unecessary to obtain good accuracy with the right barrel and trigger combo... Try here for more info: Rimfire Central Whatever you do, don't look at the 10/22 pics! |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 8:37:43 PM EDT
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My Ruger, late 80's vintage:
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Posted: 8/14/2005 8:58:14 PM EDT
[#44]
+1 Buckmark.
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Posted: 8/14/2005 10:39:26 PM EDT
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If I was to be in the market for a 22 pistol and I couldn't talk my brother out of his High Standard, and if I got a Ruger I'ld look at the ones that match up the 1911 handle geometry. I happen to like that over the more angled pistol handle geometry.
I would get the Ruger P45GCMKIII 22LR, preferrably a stainless version if they made it, but that's because I have access to a really nice High Standard if I wanted to do some serious targetting, if I wanted it for the equivalent of a kit gun to throw in my fishing bag or day pack or ?? this one has the less snaggy sights etc. |
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Posted: 8/14/2005 10:49:20 PM EDT
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Do they make any without the magazine disconnects? MkIII series?
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Posted: 8/14/2005 10:52:09 PM EDT
[#47]
Ruger KMKIII678GC 22LR
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Posted: 8/14/2005 10:52:40 PM EDT
[#48]
MKII do not have it. You can still get them. |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 12:55:54 AM EDT
[#49]
+2 |
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Posted: 8/15/2005 11:18:49 AM EDT
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I had a KMKII678H 22LR.
A couple of points about the rugers: Bitch to takedown and clean (not that .22 needs a huge amount of that). The holes for the grip screws are extremely easy to strip. They really should have been reinforced. It sure is one heavy pistol. I have a Sig Trailside (I got before they dropped the hammer) that I love, one of the few in MA. I've been considering awarding ruger a few dollars for coming up with an MA compliant version though. Might try that fluted version. BTW, you can get new S&W Model 41s now here legally too. |
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