Ruger MKII
I’ve had one for ages. I like it just fine. It was under $200 when I bought it, and I have liked it just fine.
There’s a certain amount of trigger creep. I hope eventually to drop in a Volquartsen kit, but it shoots ok, which is to say it shoots better than I can. I’ve stripped it for cleaning before but never disassembled it completely, which I did tonight.
I’m not sure I understand what all the hooraw is about, I’ve had several people talk about how difficult it is to disassemble these, and it was the simplest thing.
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Disassembly isn’t hard, and re-assembly is easy once you know the trick. My gf has a MKI that she inherited from her dad, the serial number has it being manufactured in the 2nd year of production (1950). Sweet pistol.
My first new bought gun, evah, was a MkI. In ’77. Gone thru the whole series (I, II, III) and now have the 22/45 bull barrel with some big sights. Old eyes require them. THE best kit/backpack gun around. Short of a Bearcat.
That ‘mainspring housing/bolt pin’ part takes some gettin’ used to, but if you’ve got an eye for fiddly-bits the rest isn’t too bad.
Have MkI bull barrel bought new in 76.Best pistol I have ever owned. Also have MkII 10 inch bull bought in 83. Very accurate.This year my Dad gave me back the MkI 6 7/8ths Target model I bought him in 79 as he could no longer cock it. All are routinely disassembled and cleaned, no problems. But then I also assembled my FN-FAL parts kit rifle without instructions.
They are great pistols that only need a good trigger to be excellent. Re-assembly can be ‘interesting’ until you learn the secret of the pin.
The years that I ran my club’s winter rimfire league, the Ruger pistols were the most common pistol on the line. They would take the most abuse with little or no cleaning and keep on shooting.
The Volquartsen trigger kit is worth the bux.
SRSLY.
Yes Og but that myth has advantages as well. I got a MkI 5″ bull with all the mods: target trigger, fast lock hammer, assorted springs replaced to improve function, custom grips and quick release mag catch. I only paid $150 because it was malfunctioning, the gun shop that took it in trade didn’t know what was wrong and had already had it come back twice. I disassembled it, put the aftermarket spring that was installed upside down, rightside up and viola, sweet cheap pistol that shoots like a dream.
Guess I’ll have to buckle down and put in the Volq kit.
The MKIII’s can be a pain till you rip out the mag ‘safety’.
But yeah, I’ve given up trying to convince people that they aren’t impossible to field strip.
You’ll have to try my MkIII. Tactical Solutions upper with the volquartsen trigger (circa 2 lbs).
Sweet. When are we hitting the range again???
I found your next .380 too.