Posted: 9/4/2011 9:41:09 AM EDT
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Well my very first pistol period, was a .50 cal Muzzle loading pistol I built from a kit. I decided I needed a pistol for some cheap shooting. It was between browning buckmark and ruger. My dad has the buckmark camper stainless, and It's really nice, but I'm a sucker for blued steel.........
What's inside????? 
Ruger mark 3 Target! 
First and probably only mod will be some Hogue grips. After the mandatory frustrating first tear down and disassembly, I threw a can off my back porch and put a nice ragged hole in it with 20 rounds! 
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Good choice going with a 22 as the first pistol. Get some good grip instruction to start, and then shoot it a lot.
I went double that with my first handgun (a shiny S&W 629 44 mag), and learned to flinch with a handgun really well. Then I bought the 9mm 92F, because Bruce Willis used one in a movie, then a 1911 in 45ACP - 100 years.... Then finally a 22––which is what i should have bought first. I do everything backwards. |
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how much did you get it for The average 330 going price at FinFeatherFur in Ohio. Didnt have much time to shop around. Got a big shoot coming up. Down the Road from the Cheese Barn.  I worked very close to there. That's a big place. Very nice gun. Great purchase.
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If you look around the rimfire forums you can find a lot of info on improving the MkIII. I have several MkII pistols. The triggers on them were just OK- a little heavy with creep and a lot of over-travel. I have installed Volquartsen sears and triggers in them and the improvement is amazing. The MkIII takes a little more work due to the mag cut-off and loaded chamber indicator but a lot of people have these pistols and have made the trigger as smooth and crisp as my MkII pistol's triggers.
I shoot Federal bulk pack ammo in mine for plinking and for matches. In fact I shot a score of 835 in the rimfire stage of an NRA Bullseye Pistol match with that ammo. There is other ammo more accurate, but this is pretty good and is very reliable in my Rugers. I usually have one misfire in 1500 rounds- always from a dud primer. Jim |
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I have Hogues on 2 of my MkIIs and Volquartsen Volthane target grips on the others. The Hogues are actually pretty good grips.
If you want to save a little money while improving the trigger pull just buy the Volquartsen sear. My dad and I experimented with their sear, sear and hammer, and their sear with a hammer we drilled. None seemed to improve things much over just their sear. I have a Volquartsen target trigger shoe. It is wide and smooth. My dad really liked the Clark grooved trigger. It has more curve than I like, but you need to try several before you buy. Volquartsen makes a part for the MkII that used to be impossible to get. I saw that either Brownell's or Midway sells a Volquartsen titanium disconnector. After several thousand rounds the stock disconnector will stretch until it breaks. The only way we used to be able to get it repaired was to send it to Ruger, and they would remove all aftermarket parts installed. Jim |
