Ruger "The Reward"

[Jeremiah]

As a reward for several months of hard work I bought myself a terrific .22 pistol the other day. It cost me about $600 in real terms*--a Ruger Mark III 22/45:

(This morning I saw a chocolate bar in the drug store named 'Ruger " The Reward"' so I figured it deserved a place in the picture.)

I had heard horror stories about how complicated it is to disassemble a Ruger .22, but the take-down was quite easy:

Just take out (what I think is the mainspring housing and the rest of the gun basically drops into it's major pieces. Because of the magazine disconnect safety, there CAN be some fiddling with the magazine while you try to get the trigger/hammer in the right position.

The gun is terrific fun. I can blast away with it for an hour or more and find out I've spent about $5 on ammunition. The heavy bull barrel means that there's almost no recoil and absolutely no barrel flip.

*That's:
Me: I'll buy this gun for $300.
Wife: Oh, yeah? Well, I'll buy $300 worth of random stuff from Amazon....

 

[taz-2005]

Congrats-Rugers are great guns. Like you said once you field strip it a couple of times it is a snap.

 

[FPrice]

How's the candy bar?

 

[dreppucci007]

Congrats on the Ruger, Jeremiah...$600 well spent

 

[C-pher]

Nice looking. I've been thinking about one...but I think that I want a 7" Model 41 instead.

 

[dwarven1]

I had heard horror stories about how complicated it is to disassemble a Ruger .22, but the take-down was quite easy:

Jeremiah, it's not the takedown that's hard... it's the reassembly!

 

[Cross-X]

Unless you get one of those gee-whiz aftermarket kits that make disassembly a snap.

The 22/45 I bought recently has it, and takedown involves nothing tougher than loosening an allen bolt.

Sweet!

 

[matt]

*That's:
Me: I'll buy this gun for $300.
Wife: Oh, yeah? Well, I'll buy $300 worth of random stuff from Amazon....

I love my MkII for the same reasons. Great guns.

 

[Jeremiah]

How's the candy bar?

The money is better spent on ammunition, or Twix...

 

[Jeremiah]

Nice looking. I've been thinking about one...but I think that I want a 7" Model 41 instead.

The Ruger 'Hunter' model is basically the same gun with a 7" fluted barrel and fiber-optic sights. It's about $50 - $100 more. The fluting looks pretty cool.

 

[dreppucci007]

I looked into the Hunter model of the Mark III when I was going to buy a .22 target pistol. I'm just not a fan of the grip on the Rugers, and for a .22, I couldn't justify spending that extra $$$ I get bored pretty easily shooting .22s.

 

[JimB]

CPHER, i suggest you take a trip out to S&W and shoot the 5" and the 7"
and compare. If your going to shoot bullseye you don't need more thatn a
5" barrel.

my2c

JimB

 

[drgrant]

Unless you get one of those gee-whiz aftermarket kits that make disassembly a snap.

The 22/45 I bought recently has it, and takedown involves nothing tougher than loosening an allen bolt.

Sweet!

URL/Linkage? Takedown is the only reason these guns are a huge turn off
for me. If I can fix that, then its a whole different ballgame. It's annoying
to have to use a HAMMER to clean a gun. I'm surprised ruger hasnt
done something about that from the factory.... My friend's MKIII has
never come apart and gone back together inside of an hour, I'll tell you
that much.

-Mike

 

[cdkayak]

URL/Linkage? Takedown is the only reason these guns are a huge turn off
for me. If I can fix that, then its a whole different ballgame. It's annoying
to have to use a HAMMER to clean a gun. I'm surprised ruger hasnt
done something about that from the factory.... My friend's MKIII has
never come apart and gone back together inside of an hour, I'll tell you
that much.

-Mike

I've never had to take a hammer to mine. Very smooth disassemble and a quick reassembly once you get the proper angle down.

 

[Cross-X]

URL/Linkage? Takedown is the only reason these guns are a huge turn off
for me....
-Mike

Mike,

Google is your friend. Have you tried to do a search yet?

C-X

If you just want the answer, try this link: http://www.majesticarms.com/