Ruger Competition Slab or Target Bull Barrel

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George

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Have the chance to purchase a new Ruger Competition Slab Side stainless for $300 or Target Bull Barrel for $250. What one of the two would any of you out there get and why? I am left handed so I know I would need to replace the grips on the competition. Any grip recommendations?

I need to decide quickly

Thanks
 
If you think you might want to mount optics on your pistol someday the Competition Model might be the way to go. If not , the 50 bucks you will save can buy a lot of 22 ammo! Is the Target Bull barrel model a stainless pistol also?

I currently have a blued steel 5.5" MKII Target with the bull barrel. The gun is very accurate and I even had a Competition Model scope base installed. Had a Clark trigger job performed also. Have fired this gun more than any other gun I have owned.

Owned the Competition Model before - again a very accurate pistol. Ended up selling it but I kept the wood grips and they are now on my blued MKII.

One advantage of the stainless gun - you will never have to worry about bluing wearing off like it is doing on certain areas of the grip frame on my MKII.
 
I just bought a slab-side Competition model. I would say, get the bull barrel model. The longer slab barrel is a bit muzzle-heavy. You'll have to replace the grips, so those aren't an advantage (Ruger and Hogue both make left-handed thumbrest grips, get some, they're great). The included scope mount & rings on the Competition model is... well not quite worthless, but close. Chances are, if you're going to put optics on your Ruger it's going to be a red dot, and 95% of the red dots out there are either 30mm or have integral "rings", but the Ruger mount&rings are 1", and proprietary at that. I've got a Simmons red dot here that I'm thinking of putting on the Ruger, but if I do I'll need a new mount (looking at a Wiegand Combat mount).
 
nyetter, you're right about the muzzle-heavy nature of the slabside, but the value of the scope mount isn't in the rings--it's in the drilling and tapping. you'd need a smith to do it for you if you didn't get the slabside.
 
If the Competition Model is new Ruger will change out the grips free of charge. If the Ruger rings are still in the little plastic bag they put them in they will replace them for the 30mm ones free also. The pistol can be used but as long as the rings aren't your ok. This is exactly what Ruger told me. I just have not changed out my rings yet.
Millet makes a nice 1" red dot scope by the way.

I have the Competition model and in the begining I felt it was a little muzzle heavy but got used to it. On the other hand after shooting about 3-400 rounds through it in one day, it will start getting heavy again. When that happens I will usually shoot another pistol (a lighter one) and go back to that one.

I like the fact that its drilled and tapped and also like the looks of the slab-side barrel.

Both will serve you very well...
 
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