New Ruger

[Cosmoline guy]

Recently picked up a new Ruger MkIII target pistol. I can't wait to get out to test it out.

[redspoon]

Cosmo that is one fine looking pistol Congrats

[Dan4good]

sweet pistol love the grips especially

[bunkysdad]

Be still my beating heart! Dayum that is some serious eye candy. Close to 500.00 bucks too if my memory serves me correctly. I spied one of them with those sexy grips the other day at Gander Mountain. Oh yeah, you got it going on now!8-)8-)8-):P

[Junk Yard Dog]

[cjsimoh]

I have a couple of Rugers... love 'em!

[Mike]

Vary nice!

[Cosmoline guy]

Be still my beating heart! Dayum that is some serious eye candy. Close to 500.00 bucks too if my memory serves me correctly. I spied one of them with those sexy grips the other day at Gander Mountain. Oh yeah, you got it going on now!8-)8-)8-):P

Actually, MSRP is $509 on the Ruger website. I got it at a LGS for $409 + tax. No complaints on that price.

[Cosmoline guy]

Went to the range today, put 500+ rounds through it of varying brands.
Only had one feed issue and a grip screw fell out. Put the screw back
in when I got home and added some Loctite and checked the others.
The feed issue just squished the head of the bullet and put about 95%
of the round in the chamber. Ejected it and fired it later with no problems.
All in all, I was very happy with the performance of it!

Now for a good cleaning.

[Cosmoline guy]

Here's the first 100 rounds at about 20 feet, before adjusting the sights.

[bunkysdad]

It sounds like you had my kind of fun. Back when I was just barely old enough to buy a pistol I bought a Ruger MkII and there is no telling how many bricks of 22's I ran through it. I could buy a brick for about 10.00 back then.

[atomic]

I was thinking about getting one of these, too.

[ponycarman]

Wow thats a gorgeous pistol. I would love to get one someday to try out. Is it steel framed? The mk3 I saw in academy had a polymer frame. I would prefer steel myself. Looks great with the grips too

[Longcolt44]

Very nice. I have a MK 11 that I have had for many years. It hates any of the popular ammo. It loves Blazer and Eley.

[bunkysdad]

Oh yeah Pony, this beauty is the steel frame model.

[Cosmoline guy]

The Mk III 22/45 is the same action/barrels but has the polymer frame. The regular Mk III has a metal frame along with a few other differences.
There are lots of variations of both models. I really wanted something that would go through any ammo that you could think to feed it and this
is the best choice that I found. I also thought about the Ruger SR22 but I liked the larger size of this one.

[ponycarman]

She sure is a beauty!

[Fred_G]

Nice gun, love the grips! Love the Ruger MarkII III or 22/45 pistols. A bit awkward to clean, but great shooters.

[bunkysdad]

Since I started out on a Mark II thirty years ago or a little more I get a sense of nostalgia when I shoot one. That is why I was excited when my friend offered me his wife's granddad's early 60's Standard Pistol. It dates before the MkI and MkII upgrades, and has a few outdated features, namely only a 9 rd mag and no bolt hold-open on last shot, but dang it shoots so good. It was made in 62.