Spoons asked me this, and I am pleased to report, the answer is “wow”.

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The fact of the matter is, like all nice pistols, this sucker outshoots me by miles.

At ten yards, I got all the hits inside the 5 ring, and by supporting my wrist, was able to get 8 out of ten in the X ring. The X ring on these targets is 1/2″ diameter.

The Mark II is possibly one of the finest shooting out of the box 22s I’ve ever shot, and I shot a lot before deciding on this. There are a lot of folks who would say, the Browning Buckmark is more pistol, nicer, etc., and they’d be right. The Buckmark is a great pistol! It’s also a LOT more money, in a heavy barrel version. Almost $100 more than I paid for this.

Here’s the tradeoff: the Ruger is about half stamped steel, pound for pound, where the Browning is an all machined pistol (though machined from an investment casting, IIRC. ) The critical parts of the Ruger are all finely machined, and look as though they’ve been lapped in place; the bolt is such a good fit it feels like it has bearings, I spent a couple minutes LOOKING for bearings. They aren’t there, it’s just that smooth. By the way, the same is true of the Ruger 22/45. The critical parts are all machined, and the grip/etc, is plastic, a good low cost compromise, a nice entry level 22.

The trigger breaks like glass. Ruger has always made nice pistols out of the box, and it’s made in the USA. Nuff Said.