Nice clean Ruger Standard Auto, with a surprise.

sigp220.45 · Jun 18, 2018

I saw this nice Ruger Standard Auto at a local place, dithered around until I was sure it would be gone, then went and got it. Asking 250, got it for 220.

Circa 1972, very very clean. Screws unbuggered, grips still sharp.

Then the counter guy said the magic words: I'll go get the box. I love when that happens.

Serial number grease penciled on the box. Manual inside.

The guy noted there was a partial box of .22s, "from the 1930s". Kids these days.

I couldn't be happier. I love the pre-warning Rugers, and I doubt this one fired very many more rounds than the 20 missing from the box.

This will make a very nice shooter.

gwpercle · Jun 18, 2018

You need to pray for some forgiveness...stealing is a sin !
Nice score !
Gary

Jebus35745 · Jun 18, 2018

Very nice gun, that was the first handgun I purchased. It was 42.00. Couldn’t afford the 5” heavy bbl target at 55.00 which is the one I wanted. Enjoy your new prize, need a range report. Larry

bigmtnman · Jun 18, 2018

The best value in a .22 semi EVER !!

loc n load · Jun 18, 2018

Great pistol, great deal. That whole package is like a time capsule. I bought mine in the mid 70’s and have shot tens of thousands of WW super X through mine over the decades. I installed the Clarke trigger, this is one of the most accurate 22 pistols I own. I have shot this alongside shooters using all the “high dollar” auto pistols and it has always held it’s own. Hope you get as much enjoyment from your’s as I have mine. Have no idea why the photo posted upside down.

italiansport · Jun 18, 2018

That one looks to be in essentially brand new condition. Nice find for that price!
Jim

OLDSTER · Jun 18, 2018

Beautiful Ruger and great ste..l; I mean purchase

. How many forum members own or have owned one or more of these. I've owned and enjoyed numerous MK's I, II, and III over the years. This MKIII is ten years old and has provided MANY thousands of rounds of pure enjoyment

TomkinsSP · Jun 18, 2018

Beautiful find. Love the taper barrel ones.

arjay · Jun 18, 2018

Has to be one of the best balanced handguns made

Erich · Jun 19, 2018

I'm always happy when a good fella finds a good gun at a good price. Use it in good health!

Wyo · Jun 19, 2018

Nice! The first .22 auto I owned was one of those. Bought it in 1972, used it for a few years, then sold it cheap to my brother. He sold it a few years later when he moved to Alaska. Contrary to the Code of the West, he didn’t offer me first refusal when he did that. We both wish he hadn’t sold it. Picked up a 1970 5” Target model at a store in Cheyenne about a year ago under circumstances much like yours. Got it for $275 and have enjoyed it ever since. It’s hard to beat a good .22 pistol for sheer fun. I expect many a tin can will fall to yours.

merl67 · Jun 19, 2018

Wow that is amazing. I am not one for buying guns that I don't shoot, but that one would make me think twice.

Joe Kent · Jun 19, 2018

A very neat find and a heck of a great buy! Sigp220.45 , you did good. All my best, Joe.

CAJUNLAWYER · Jun 19, 2018

I've got my dad's which dates back to 1951. Has a good bit more wear on it but it will shoot as well as anything else out there. Love those little Rugers

sigp220.45 · Jun 19, 2018

It shoots!

I tried it with some subsonic stuff I was using in a problematic little Model 63 and it choked once. When I switched to the cheap Wal Mart bulk pack high velocity stuff, it perked along without a hitch for 100 rounds.

D Brown · Jun 19, 2018

Ruger Standard Auto.

I love my 50th Anniversary Model that I bought very slightly used back in October of 2016. At that point it was a 17 year old gun; but it looked like a brand new one and it sure does shoot great!

Ruger 50th Anniversary Standard Auto.

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6518John · Jun 19, 2018

Both targets above are minute of snake head! Excellent shooting.

kraynky · Jun 19, 2018

That was my first handgun too! Bought if used for $15, had to sell it a few years later, during the Carter era, couldn't figure out how to eat it. LOL! That one is a beauty! Congratulations!

S&WIowegan · Jun 19, 2018

That is a beautiful Ruger and it is now also a good shooter. I wonder if the magazine(s) hold nine rounds or 10?

I'm another guy whose first handgun is a Ruger Standard with 9 round mags. Mine was bought thoroughly used in late 1964. I was working at a steady job and had to scratch that handgun itch. Cost was $25.00 with one mag, no box etc. I'd get off work and shoot tin cans off fence posts. Then Uncle Sam invited me to join his Army so the Ruger got wrapped in an oily rag, placed in a 50cal ammo can and retrieved many years later. It's still used and useful.

silentflyer · Jun 19, 2018

One of those is my first hand gun purchase, had just turned 18.
Paid 41$ at the hometown hardware store, owner was a hunting buddy of Dad's, paid 20$ down and 5$ a month for the balance. Some years later I ask him was he ever worried about getting his 41$ for the gun. His response was "No, one word to your father and he would have dealt with you in short order", no truer words ever spoken..
Still have the gun, thousands of rounds run through it.

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