New Ruger Coming

[straight-shooter]

Will it still have the hated magazine disconnect?

And all this after I've finally mastered the takedown and reassembly of my MKIII.

No magazine disconnect or the loaded chamber indicator.

 

[pudly]

And all this after I've finally mastered the takedown and reassembly of my MKIII.

In my day...

 

[hopper68]

No loaded chamber indicator.

FIFY

Still has a magazine disconnect. Pg 16 of the manual.

 

[straight-shooter]

FIFY

Still has a magazine disconnect. Pg 16 of the manual.

Yes sir, you are correct. My bad... ohwell, i'm sure it can be rectified.

 

[Hookeye]

I had a bunch of customers bring in their Ruger MK's for me to put back together.
Only ones that gave me fits were the MK3's that had been jammed.
The other stuff is just flick flip snap and done.
Really honked off some customers, how fast/easy I did it.

If somebody hammers their gun, so it has to go back to Ruger for fixing...............they shouldn't be messing with guns in the first place.

I do agree, it can/could be trouble for some people for a variety of reasons.........shoot the thing til it gets super dirty, take it to a shop that offers a cleaning service. $20 bucks once or twice a yr. Big deal.

My guess is those that flub the reassembly will be of the type that lose parts, and probably OCD enough to tear the gun down past basic sub assemblies.

I've done way to many "gun in a bag" assembly jobs.

P*sses me off so much, the general stupidity and dishonesty of people, I refuse to help anybody with such endeavors.
Was at LGS Friday and shop guy asked me to help a customer with an assembly issue. Nope.

 

[ChalupaCabras]

Nobody can say Ruger doesn't listen to the market.

The internet has been spreading the myth of difficult MK series take down for so long, they redesigned one of there most successful products just to please snivelers on the Youtube / gun boards!

 

[pudly]

The disassembly/reassembly process was always the part that kept me from giving it a 100% recommendation for buyers. If they fixed that, then everyone looking for a new .22 should have one.

+1 on the ease of disassembly. Both of mine take a hammer to separate and reassemble.

ive had my mark 1 for 20 years, my mark 3 for a month, and I've finally learned how to take it apart and put it back together(easily)

It's about time they make the darn thing easier to take apart. They should have done it back in 2005 when they introduced the MKIII, but late is better than never.

What is the biggest complaint of the Mk I, II, and III?

Disassembly. Ruger has finally addressed this. It is the manufacturer responding to a demand. It is exactly what they should be doing.

Talk with a dealer and see how many Marks they have sent to Ruger because the owners damaged them hammering them apart or together. My LGS was happy to see the change.

I had a bunch of customers bring in their Ruger MK's for me to put back together.

The internet has been spreading the myth of difficult MK series take down for so long, they redesigned one of there most successful products just to please snivelers on the Youtube / gun boards!

Yup. Total myth.

 

[Bfish]

I played with on in my local shop on Friday. It's pretty cool for sure! Take down is everything you could hope for... I'll take it over my mkIII any day. When I can get a lite version I'll buy I'm sure.

 

[hopper68]

I think those saying Ruger did not need to update the Mark series pistol must have stock in Majestic Arms.

Speed Strip Kit

 

[gmcttr]

Nobody can say Ruger doesn't listen to the market....

And it only took them about 65 years.

For those thinking it is only a matter of technique to disassemble and reassemble the Rugers, that is not the case with all of them. My MK I always took effort to take apart but it could (and still can) be done by hand. My MK III took a punch and hammer to remove the bolt stop pin and heavy hammering to separate the upper receiver and the frame when I got it. After careful removal of metal at the front and rear of the frame where it contacts the receiver, one wack with a light plastic faced hammer will separate and reassemble them. Care must still be taken with the MK III to have the rotational alignment of the receiver and frame 'bolt stop pin' holes correct, just as when it was new. QC ain't what it used to be.

 

[hopper68]

Yes it is that easy!!

[video=youtube;PsBA8jck5vg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsBA8jck5vg[/video]

And if the button does not want to push in it means the safety is off. (Yes it was unloaded at the time).

 

[nipprdog]

A guy on RFC said his didn't come with a scope rail. Wonder why they chose not to include one, like with the MKIIIs?

 

[cosermann]

The MKII is still the sweet spot for me. Pure MK with no lawyer crap in the way.

If you can't follow directions and/or figure out the quirky field strip procedure for classic MK series, Majestic Arms [1] figured out that "problem" for you many years ago.

[1] - Speed Strip Kit
Majestic Arms Speed Strip Kit Ruger Mark I II 22/45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDcwDg2aTs8

 

[pudly]

Best description of the Ruger Mk IV update:

[Ruger] finally figured out that the perfect handgun for beginners shouldn’t be the firearms equivalent of Rubik’s Cube.

 

[oldpink]

The MKII is still the sweet spot for me. Pure MK with no lawyer crap in the way.

If you can't follow directions and/or figure out the quirky field strip procedure for classic MK series, Majestic Arms [1] figured out that "problem" for you many years ago.

[1] - Speed Strip Kit
Majestic Arms Speed Strip Kit Ruger Mark I II 22/45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDcwDg2aTs8

Call me crazy, but I think I'd be far happier dealing with "lawyer crap" than having to get a $45 kit just to make it much easier to be able to field strip a gun for cleaning.

 

[pudly]

Call me crazy, but I think I'd be far happier dealing with "lawyer crap" than having to get a $45 kit just to make it much easier to be able to field strip a gun for cleaning.

They already got rid of the loaded chamber indicator. The remaining "lawyer crap" is the mag release safety. That is only significant if you plan on using your Ruger Mk-X for self defense applications.

 

[oldpink]

They already got rid of the loaded chamber indicator. The remaining "lawyer crap" is the mag release safety. That is only significant if you plan on using your Ruger Mk-X for self defense applications.

The numbers of those who need to use their Mk-X for self-defense must be in the millions.

 

[blue2golf]

You behave.

What was your favorite German tank from WWII? Was it a . . . Mark IV???

Yup. Great choice. The German's Sherman.

 

[aturk]

The numbers of those who need to use their Mk-X for self-defense must be in the millions.

I'd love to use my 22/45 for self defense if I could get a decent round for it. 12 rounds basically anywhere I want at 10yards.

 

[oldpink]

I'd love to use my 22/45 for self defense if I could get a decent round for it. 12 rounds basically anywhere I want at 10yards.

Mighty tough to overcome the inherent qualities of the .22LR cartridge, but probably the best two choices if push came to shove would be either the CCI Velocitor or CCI Stinger.
There's another issue with the .22LR that many people don't think about, which is the fact that it uses a heel type bullet, which in turn has been known to cause feeding issues in some guns, to the point that the ammo manufacturers long ago actually felt motivated to create the much derided .25 ACP to allow a comparable performance cartridge with centerfire ignition with a conventional bullet to enhance both feeding and ignition reliability.