Ruger Mark IV 22 pistol

just to be clear, my daughter isn't planning to arm herself. In CT, you can't even buy shotgun shells without a permit. The CT pistol permit allows you to do everything, including open carry. I got a carry permit about eighteen months ago and put it in a safe place (where my wife wouldn't discover it), but now I can't find it 🙄.

I gave my daughter a sweet little Beretta Silver Pigeon 20 ga for Christmas three years ago and I would get each of us one of these Rugers. I need to check whether suppressors are legal in CT (probably not). She lives in MA, which is just as oppressive.

When I took the NRA training, I found that my aim was better with a full-size .45, but the ammo is so damm expensive!

I doubt the suppressor is legal in most of the NE. That said, my Ruger Mark II along with my CZ75 and Ruger GP100 are the most accurate handguns I own, including my 1911. Plus, a suppressor makes a pistol tough to carry, except in one's hand. Hopefully they have improved the method of breaking down that particular pistol for cleaning. A bear !

Hopefully they have improved the method of breaking down that particular pistol for cleaning. A bear !

watch that video, Pequa. the owner can break it down and clean it in less than a minute! nobody (but an assassin) would carry that with a suppressor. even without the suppressor it's not exactly carry-size. but the gun is so quiet that you barely need ear protection. you can practice the hell out of that gun with the 22 ammo so cheap

My Mark II is a p i t a to clean. I had to get on my shooting websites and ask for advice to put it back together ! A pleasure to shoot, pita to clean. Noise is a funny thing. (Of course I have worn hearing aids except while shooting or hunting for four years now, not sure if shooting or being Field Artillery or just plain getting old did me in.) When I let go with a 12 gauge on my deer nuisance permit I don't feel recoil, I don't hear much but oh boy does the heart start racing, my hands start shaking and my breath comes in ragged bunches LOL ! As for the cost of ammo, I bought almost all of mine pre- Obummer and when I sell some off I make a profit charging less than what is out there now. Everybody wins.

my hearing is my most precious asset, so I'm very protective of it. with a suppressor, that Mark IV sounds like a silenced gun in a James Bond movie!

was an occifer in the Artillery. Had to be able to hear the cannon bunnies and make sure commands on time fuze, quadrant and deflection were accurately applied. But I was also on my high school and college rifle teams in the 60s and 70s and just used those little plastic plugs.

I was also on my high school and college rifle teams in the 60s and 70s and just used those little plastic plugs.

yah, the military is suing 3M (I believe) for supplying sub-standard noise suppression. unfortunately, unless manufacturing of the suppressors didn't conform to the Mil-Specs provided, the suit won't find traction

we had even less usable plastic plugs in the years I served. But now everybody sues for everything. The family of the grandfather who dropped his grandchild over the side of a cruise ship in PR last week is suing.

this YouTube video intrigued me for a number of reasons. First, my daughter wants to get a carry permit and she'll need a pistol. Second, this gun can be operated without ear protection. Third, the gun/suppressor combo is cheap. Fourth, ammo is dirt-cheap - which makes practice more affordable. Fifth, the Mark IV version of this gun solves a host of break-down issues.

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I’m planning on picking one up soon

.......love my little Ruger MKII with the Bull Barrel...it's 26 yrs old ..best plinker on the market......

I bet you know how to break it down, too!

knowing how vs. doing it with the older ones--- had to use a block of wood and a brass hammer on mine the first time to force that cantilever thing back into the grip !

Great gun
I had the local gun smith add a quick breakdown kit to mine ( about 4 years old) I think ruger May have incorporated that into newer models
And added a target trigger
Love it

the original trigger on my older one (circa 2004) is light and crisp, would not want to change it at all.

the gun had a decent trigger
I’ve found most of the Mark 22s to have good triggers
I just wanted a more “ target “ trigger
With a little set before the actual break

I was thinking of getting back into competitive target shooting and was using it to ease my way back into the game before looking for higher end European target pistols I was shooting back in my youth

Never happened and the ruger hardly comes out either

I don't shoot mine that much either, usually sticking to a 1911 and a CZ75 when I go to Mitchel. Oddly enough, I usually shoot .22s out of one of our Henrys...