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Ruger Introduces new Mark IV Pistol...
shotgunshooter3
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...with a new easy takedown/field strip feature. It also looks like they eliminated the loaded chamber indicator.
I must say, Ruger has done an outstanding job lately listening to their customer base and figuring out what buyers want. One of these may find its way cozied up next to my "Ruger Standard Model" and my 22/45 Mark III Target.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/9/22/ruger-introduces-one-button-takedown-mark-iv-pistol/#.V-UIstvdG3g.facebook
I must say, Ruger has done an outstanding job lately listening to their customer base and figuring out what buyers want. One of these may find its way cozied up next to my "Ruger Standard Model" and my 22/45 Mark III Target.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/9/22/ruger-introduces-one-button-takedown-mark-iv-pistol/#.V-UIstvdG3g.facebook
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Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
I have a Nylon 66 that belonged to my Momma..............I haven't ventured into taking it apart yet.........probably won't. I need to take it out and shoot it and verify all is good. My youngest daughter wants it and used to shoot it up on Sand Mtn ALA where my folks lived.
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqbiyPMA7CE
Nice upgrade for those who feel the MkIII features don't do the job for them. Although I also think the taking apart process is a PITA, mine (Blued MkIII Target) is not being disassembled as often as to become an issue big enough to justify a Mk IV. Loaded chamber indicator, non-ejecting magazine, controls layout and magazine safety (No reference about this particular feature in the new model) doesn't bother me either at all, and with the Volquartsen sear replacing the original one, trigger has become exactly what I was looking for.
Excellent development anyway; hope they sell a trainload of them....Ruger is truly working to please its customers lately. Looking forward to see them down here as soon as possible.
....or the "guts" of the trigger assembly of a J.C. Higgins 31; stupid pins, levers and springs that will break just by looking and them and need a 3rd. hand to put them together....under a microscope!
Next time will use WD-40, a toothbrush and compressed air to remove all the grit, but take it apart....never!
Yes, you can learn to assemble/disassemble one, but the first time on a MKII I'll never forget and I was just reading the owners manual or trying from memory since the last time..........no body around to teach/show me, except me.
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Humpty Dumpty after I got carried away..............but it was put back together again.
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Me either. I sold mine and bought a S&W Victory
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Im so glad I admitted that.
I feel better now.
WORD.
I hope they make a blued, tapered bbl version.
Its more expensive from what I've seen, having abandoned Bill Ruger's original frame design in favor of a CNC milled version - should be a VERY nice handgun indeed. I'm one of about three people on the planet who actually like the LCI, so there's that!
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
Agreed 😸
I believe that one has been placed at the #3 slot on my shopping list.
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Agree.
OTOH, I don't see a need for a 22/45 version, esp what with the aluminum frame's availability. The 22/45 was more of an answer in search of a question as far as I'm concerned, but I'm partial to the Luger/Nambu ergonomics.
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
The Rugers appeal to me as a more reasonably-priced alternative.
With the number of new shooters buying .22's again with ammo being available again, I think Ruger had to simplify their MK line. A lot of shooters don't want to learn a complicated gun just to take it apart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjpqb0cZZk
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Perhaps, but the MK line was losing sales to the Victory and others. That and with the .22 ammo crunch I'm guessing they had to do something to boost numbers.
To me, since they were making a radical change anyway, they could have at least put the serial number on the frame so it would be easier to put a lighter barrel on it.