And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Hi Jeff!!, "10-4!!" AND!!!!!... a "1908 Stevens 'Junior' .22 cal. rifle!!" "IF!!!!!" you can find one!!!!.... Remember when "RITZ Cracker's" had that picture of one big cracker on the back of the box??? I took that and put it on my copier and made many!! Spray some contact cement on the back an stick it to a piece of cardboard... "Instant Target!!!" I can put one at the 60 foot mark at the range and pepper the center with my 6" barrel MK II!!!!!!! No problem!!!
Great pistols. A lot of fun for plinkers and great for small game hunting if your locale allows it. Great tool for initiating the new shooter (or was until ammunition went unobtanium).
No experiences with the Mk IIIs and IVs, all of mine has been with MKII models. purchased way back when those were the new.
Probably the most comfortable gun I have ever owned and stupidly sold about 40 years ago. Been looking for another one for a year and they are either not available or way too costly. But then, that's pretty much true with all things gun these days. The beginning of the communist takeover.
Great pistols, but my latest was a Mark III, got so frustrated with field stripping for cleaning, that I traded it for a Walther PPQ, in .22LR of course. Maybe that particular Ruger was especially tight but it was a rear bear to get apart. Ruger finally fixed it with the Mark IV so may try one of those if I can find one. Used to use a looped piece of cord to hook around the lever in the grip back to pull it out for takedown.
Bought my first one in 1969, only slightly used, in Texas from a fellow airman for the huge sum of $38, including a box of ammo. Standard 4 inch, 9 shot, Mark I, the only one Ruger made at the time I think. Regret that I sold it later.
I love My Mark lV Hunter. It has the same upper barrel assembly as the top one and the handle assembly as the lower one only it's all Stainless. Accurate as any handgun I ever owned. It is a sweet little gun.
You are inciting jealousy with your lavish display of ammunition. Don't you know that the whole country is starved of ammo? You should be ashamed. Honk.
Love my Mark IV, it is a great gun. I have a 1960s era Hi Standard Sport King that I find to be more accurate, at least in my hands. The Sport King is weighty, however.
I have one with a bull barrel, wrap around grips, a rail and an AimPoint red dot sight. My sons call it "the mistake amplifier" because it puts the bullet exactly where you tell it to. I tends to show you that you pointed it wrongly.
The solution to the takedown problem for the MkIII is way down in the comment thread here: https://filthiestbox.blogspot.com/2021/01/chimp-out-in-reclusium.html Also here: https://www.eabco.com/Ruger_Mk_III_Speed_Strip.html
Bought my Standard 4" barrel MKI new in Roseville, CA in 1977. Still have it.
ReplyDeleteThe best possible accessory for this is a 10 year old boy or girl...
ReplyDeleteHi Jeff!!,
Delete"10-4!!" AND!!!!!... a "1908 Stevens 'Junior' .22 cal. rifle!!" "IF!!!!!" you can find one!!!!....
Remember when "RITZ Cracker's" had that picture of one big cracker on the back of the box??? I took that and put it on my copier and made many!! Spray some contact cement on the back an stick it to a piece of cardboard... "Instant Target!!!"
I can put one at the 60 foot mark at the range and pepper the center with my 6" barrel MK II!!!!!!! No problem!!!
Audentes, Fortuna, Iuvat!!!,
skybill
The S&W Victory ain't chopped liver either.
ReplyDeleteMy buddy just bought one recently and loves it. Can't really beat the price on the base model.....
DeleteLaughs in S&W 622. 32 years old and she still runs like a champ.
DeleteI out-shot two flights during our gun club’s annual turkey shoot; brought home two birds. Love my Buckmark!
ReplyDeleteGreat pistols. A lot of fun for plinkers and great for small game hunting if your locale allows it. Great tool for initiating the new shooter (or was until ammunition went unobtanium).
ReplyDeleteNo experiences with the Mk IIIs and IVs, all of mine has been with MKII models. purchased way back when those were the new.
Probably the most comfortable gun I have ever owned and stupidly sold about 40 years ago. Been looking for another one for a year and they are either not available or way too costly. But then, that's pretty much true with all things gun these days. The beginning of the communist takeover.
ReplyDeleteGreat pistols, but my latest was a Mark III, got so frustrated with field stripping for cleaning, that I traded it for a Walther PPQ, in .22LR of course. Maybe that particular Ruger was especially tight but it was a rear bear to get apart. Ruger finally fixed it with the Mark IV so may try one of those if I can find one. Used to use a looped piece of cord to hook around the lever in the grip back to pull it out for takedown.
ReplyDeleteBought my first one in 1969, only slightly used, in Texas from a fellow airman for the huge sum of $38, including a box of ammo. Standard 4 inch, 9 shot, Mark I, the only one Ruger made at the time I think. Regret that I sold it later.
That's about a gazillion dollars worth of ammo in that bucket.
ReplyDeleteI read recently that Roger was reverse engineering the Japanese Nambu when he designed the Mark I, which is why it’s so overcomplex and finicky.
ReplyDeleteWould love to have one of those. Sweetest shooting pistol I have ever shot!
ReplyDeleteI love My Mark lV Hunter. It has the same upper barrel assembly as the top one and the handle assembly as the lower one only it's all Stainless. Accurate as any handgun I ever owned. It is a sweet little gun.
ReplyDeleteYou are inciting jealousy with your lavish display of ammunition. Don't you know that the whole country is starved of ammo? You should be ashamed. Honk.
ReplyDeleteLove my Mark IV, it is a great gun. I have a 1960s era Hi Standard Sport King that I find to be more accurate, at least in my hands. The Sport King is weighty, however.
ReplyDeleteI have one with a bull barrel, wrap around grips, a rail and an AimPoint red dot sight. My sons call it "the mistake amplifier" because it puts the bullet exactly where you tell it to. I tends to show you that you pointed it wrongly.
ReplyDeleteThe solution to the takedown problem for the MkIII is way down in the comment thread here: https://filthiestbox.blogspot.com/2021/01/chimp-out-in-reclusium.html
ReplyDeleteAlso here: https://www.eabco.com/Ruger_Mk_III_Speed_Strip.html