Need to identify Ruger "Mk"-style pistol

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yankytrash

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I have a friend that wants me to sell his Ruger target pistol for him. I have only seen it briefly, before he said he wanted to sell it. I was hoping you could ID the model for me.

I know, for a fact, that it is of the 22cal "Mk"-style variety. It has no model name on it that I could find. It's got the standard, tapered-looking, 5 1/2"-6" barrel. The front sight does not have the ring around the barrel, like I've seen on some models. I wish now that I had looked at the serial number prefix.

It looks like a Mk I, but I want to be sure. Is there any way of distinguishing the Mk I from other models? If it's not a Mk I, how can I tell what other model it could be?


I will be receiving the gun this weekend. If I get no response from this thread by then, I'll scan the pistol then and post it here.

I will probably end up buying it from him, rather than sell it. I had a Ruger Mk IV that I gave to a family friend that helped me out greatly with an inheritance fiasco. I think this would be a fine replacement for that ol' Mk IV.
 
I will probably end up buying it from him, rather than sell it.
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Sounds like a plan to me. ;) One can never have too many Ruger 22 pistols.
 
The Mk I models don't have slide lock levers, hence the bolt doesn't lock open on an empty mag. The Mk II series do have slide locks..



Rick
 
The easiest way to tell visually is that the MkI receiver is straight all the way down the side. The MkII has flat bevel cuts on the rear sides of the receiver just in front of he bolt 'ears'.
 
Could be an AMT made clone. Is it stainless?
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I saw where it said 'Ruger' on it, just no model name. It had the Ruger emblem on the grips too.
It was blued, not shiny like stainless pistols usually are. The only thing I wonder about though - it's been sitting, untouched, in the back of a closet for over 15 years, in a custom leather holster. Here in Va, it's a little humid; seems it should've been a little flash rusted, but it wasn't. Seems odd.
How can I tell if it's an 'AMT' clone?


The easiest way to tell visually is that the MkI receiver is straight all the way down the side.
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If that is correct, and my memory is correct, then it must be a Mk I like I suspected.
 
If the gun is at least 15 years old then it is a MkI. I don't have any of my reference material here, but I don't think the MkII was introduced until 1990, maybe real late 80's.
 
Another way to tell..........

There is also differant version's of the Mark 1 Pistols...... Mark 1's made after 1972 have the "easy Load" knob on the magazine on the left hand side as viewing the gun from the Back. these are a-100 Models and are alot easier to find parts and Grips for. (most Mark 2 grips will fit them)

If the gun was made prior to 1972 you will have a A54 Frame Pistol, the magazine knob is on the left hand side and you will notice the left grip panel has a notch cut out of it. Numrich gun parts sells walnut and plastic grips for this model and most Mark 2 parts interchange with the mark 1 parts.

Here is a Picture of an a54 Frame Mark 1 Target... this is in my collection and was manufactured in 1961.

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Really......

I think you mean to say that the transition to the Mark 2 was 1974.....

Yanky Trash, take the magazine out and tell me what side the button is on (runs along side the magazine and makes loading easier). if it is on the right hand side you have a pre-1972 A54 Frame Mark 1 or a Ruger Standard Pistol.

I personally think you have a A100 Frame Mark 1 Pistol because the medallion is on the wrong grip panel to be an A54 Frame Pistol.

It is definatly not a Mark 2 because the mark 2's have the reciever scalloped right where the wings of the bolt are to facilitate Manipulating the bolt.

They are good guns, I am currently going to have mine Parkerized and then a Matte Green Teflon Coating over top of it.... should look pretty radical. I buy my guns to shoot, not to look pretty. ;)
 
The 'easy-load button' is on the left. I was just talking to the original owner. She said she got it between 72 and 75, and she thought it was used when she got it.

I believe the lack of the notches at the back of the receiver makes this a Ruger Standard, doesn't it? Or is your Mk1 like that? The reason I suspect it is a Standard is because of this same thread I put over at Harley's Institute (on this same forum). I got a picture of a 1961 Ruger Standard (straight from the original manual) from a guy, and the grip emblem is the same as this one.
 
No! The pistol shown was made in 1974 based on the serial number and it's a Mark 1 because the Mark 2 came in around 80 or 81.
 
In the blue book, here are the characteristics I am given the following choices and characteristics:

STANDARD MODEL - .22 LR cal., 9 shot, 4¾ in. or 6 in. barrel, blue, fixed sights, checkered wood
or rubber grips. Mfg. 1951-1982.

MARK I TARGET - similar to Standard, except has 5½ in. heavy barrel, 5¼ tapered (scarce) barrel, or
6 7/8 heavy tapered barrel, adj. rear sights, target sight. Mfg. 1951-1982.


The characteristics of mine are 6" tapered barrel. So, would the correct model for this gun be called a "Standard", or "Mk 1 Target", or "Mk1 Standard"? I just want to be sure.
 
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