Ruger MkII Target with heavy barrel

[The Norseman]

No Bull

Congratulations! Great Story, Great purchase, and Great Iconic
Ruger Pistol. Thanks for the Picture too.

Most Reliable, Accurate 22lr Pistol I know of. Please give a Range
Report when you get a chance to shoot it.

I too have always liked that Ruger Configuration.

My only Bull.

 

[bgrafsr]

My .22/45 with Pachmayr grips. I put the gun in milling machine vise and milled the sides of the grip, drilled and tapped
the grip to accept the .45 grip bushings, and then glued the Ruger medallions into the Pachmayr grips.

Ruger with silencer:

 

[mtgianni]

I bought one a bout 6 weeks ago with 5 mags and a red dot sight. $300 and I was the only bidder. A new rear sight was $45 and the red dot went in the cabinet. What is not to like about these great shooters?

 

[PALADIN85020]

I have a number of Ruger target pistols, from the MkI on. I find this MkII to be the most accurate of the lot, and totally reliable. That's a two-handed 25-yard rapid fire group with Remington Golden Hi-speed cartridges.

I still favor the MkII models; everything you need and nothing you don't. I learned the takedown procedure years ago with the original Standard model, and it's no big deal.

John

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I have been fortunate to acquire a couple of Mk II's, as someone said, they shoot better than I do. I finally got the take down and reassemble procedure figured out to my satisfaction.

The 6 7/8" barreled one feels better in my hand, but I seem to shoot the 5 1/2" bull barrel better. I am finally seeing some improvement in my shooting, I shake a lot sometimes.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[Texas Star]

John-

Please translate your Latin suffix. I may know, but not sure. Would PM, but others will want to know.

As ever, a great photo. Your posts are always impressive.

 

[Texas Star]

Leon-

Wow, what a set of photos! Thanks!

My MK II Bull bbl. is like yours, but I bought Ruger walnut grips.

Have any of you seen the uncommon 5.25 inch barrel? In my article referenced above, I cited a South African who has one, or did. He's since died. John said a .22 was a bit puny on rock rabbits/dassies, but his Ruger .22 killed a fairly large puff adder okay. That snake, Bitis arietans, is very venomous. Kills a lot of people in Africa every year.

 

[Scharfschuetzer]

They are very good target and rabbit shooting guns. You did well to pick that one up at the shop before someone else did.

I won one as the match winner at a state level pistol match back in 1982 or so while on the PD's pistol team. Another agency's armorer replaced the trigger assembly for me for the best possible trigger release. I would be unable to tell you how many rounds have been through it, but it's been reliable and accurate.

 

[HEADKNOCKER]

I've had a handful of Ruger MKIIs myself
Currently don't own one
I have many goodies in my stash of parts like a Volquarten trigger kit & a set of Hogue grips just waiting for the next one to pop up
Maybe I should offer the parts etc up for sale in the classifieds

The Government Target model was my fave in 6 7/8", I had blued + stainless one & the tapered barrel too..
GR8 little plinkers

 

[PALADIN85020]

John-

Please translate your Latin suffix. I may know, but not sure. Would PM, but others will want to know.

As ever, a great photo. Your posts are always impressive.

"Cogito, ergo armatus sum" is Latin for "I think, therefore I'm armed."

All the best - hope your health issues are better.

John

 

[PALADIN85020]

The Ruger MkI bull barreled pistol illustrated here was purchased by me in 1968. I used it in bullseye competition for years and found it ideal for rapid fire, as it recovered from recoil very quickly. I modified it a bit with an external overtravel adjustment in the trigger guard. The MkI pistols do have an internal overtravel adjustment, but it's very hard to get to. I also smoothed up the release a lot just by extensive use. Right now it has the best trigger of any of my target guns.

It has also proved to be quite accurate, and I have used it as a field gun for small game quite a bit. On one outing, I spotted a crow in a tree about 50 yards away - barely a black speck at that distance. I thought I'd take the chance and fired one round carefully. Noticing that the crow did not fly away, and I could no longer see him, I trekked out to the tree. The crow was lying on the ground, shot through the head. He never knew what hit him.

The .45 was my personal pistol during my Army stint, and I had it accurized for competition then. I later upgraded some components. It's still as accurate as it was when it was first worked over by a very competent gunsmith.

John

 

[rbrbrb6]

I own the same gun as the OP but mine is currently getting a integrally suppressed upper built in about an 8" length. It will look just like a stock gun but once the paperwork is done and it comes home it will be much quieter to play with in the back yard.

 

[BigBill]

Sweet 22's.

 

[CLASSIC12]

Congratulations, great gun. I bought mine last year, a 1990 model.

I actually also bought a 1978
Mark I the same week

And an AMT Lightning recently

 

[Checkman]

Okay a few months later. This is one sweet pistol. I like the heavy barrel for bullseye shooting. It just holds the pistol right there. Not one hiccup. I mixed several different brands together and it fired everything. Very pleased. I really didn't expect any issues, but still very pleased. I also field stripped it and put it back together without any effort..........no that's a lie . Actually I had to take it to a my local gunstore and the proprietor got it back together for me. Then he asked me if I wanted to sell it!!! Anyway I have since taken it apart and reassembled it two more times. Still tricky (broke a sweat and dropped a few colorful words), but I believe I am starting to get the hang of it.

 

[eveled]

I have 7 Mark 2's. 2 stainless slab side. A 5 inch bull. A stainless and a blue heavy tapered target, an anniversary standard. They are all great. My favorite is the little 4" bull barrel. I bought the matching left handed target grips, so I could have a set of factory wood grips without the thumb rests.

 

[eveled]

The bull barrels are awesome. I'd really like to find a great 8.

 

[terry_tr6]

it's a MKI and been worked over by Clark. I added the red dot probably 20 years ago when i was shooting bullseye competition.

 

[Mike0251]

Wonderful pistols! My 1993 slab side. Thanks for starting this thread, its been years since I've had her out, we got a date now!