[Mark8252]

Does anyone target shoot with a Ruger Mark II?
Mine is a Model KMK512
(5 1/2 inch Stainless Bull Barrell, drilled and tapped)

[HSMITH]

I had the same gun with the slab sided barrel, government model IIRC. It shot well but cycling was never 100%. I sold it and went back to my Buckmark. I do agree that 22's are maybe the best part of handgunning.

[Khornet]

with a blue MkII 6 7/8" barrel bought new in 1983. No malfunctions. Great accuracy. One of the smartest buys I ever made.

[tok]

Love that pistol. I have the 5.5 bull barrel blued version. Not tapped, but I like shooting it with iron sights.

[admar2]

I love my MK2, I've got the 6 7/8" bull barreled version. It's damn accurate and so far 100% reliable.

I was at the range last weekend and using it to make pop cans dance all over the place at 50meters with no problems whatsoever.

[HiWayMan]

Got the 50th anniversery model Mark II. Shoots good but still jams about once every 50 rounds. Changing ammo helped, but it still occurs. Then again I only have about 2000 rounds thru it so I don't consider it broke in yet. Just took my CCW test with it this weekend. Got some laughs until I started shooting. One test was to put 6 shots on a paper plate from the hip at 15'. You just had to get 6 shots on. Didn't matter how many shots it took. I put my 6 on in 7 shots. Pissed some of the big caliber boys off though.

[Standing Wolf]

I keep trying to use my Mark II as a bullseye gun, but have encountered a series of disappointments. The Clark barrel is tip-top. The Fung stocks are excellent. The Volquartsen guts are okay, but the trigger has lately developed creep. The gun is easy to take apart for cleaning, but reassembly is from the far end of hell's furnace room. Most recently, the scope base worked itself loose.

I bought it because a.) I saved $90 over the cost of the gun in my local sporting goods store, and b.) I was hoping to retire my best High Standards, which are still the best shooters, but not getting any younger. I figured I'd shoot the Ruger most of the time and save the High Standards for matches.

If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't buy the Ruger: it's accurate when all's well, but too needful of attention.

[Mr. Mysterious]

What range is that Standing Wolf?

[Majic]

Rugers are great plinkers, but not target pistols (though they do try to look the part). Strip it down to the frame and receiver and rebuild it with the aftermarket parts and you will end up with a much better pistol for target shooting. It may wear the Ruger name, but what really counts in making it work comes from the aftermarket industries not the factory. That's exactly why there is a thriving market for aftermarket Ruger parts. They make a decent, affordable base to build on for making a much better firearm.

[Khornet]

you're both right and wrong. I shot excellent scores with my unaltered MKII and watched many others do even better. That pistol is as accurate as any "match" gun on the market.

That said, what really distinguishes "match" guns from the Ruger is the many added features which make it easier to shoot them up to their accuracy potential, e.g. ergonomic stocks, barrel weights, better sights (though the Ruger's are just fine) and adjustable triggers.

The smith at my club took my Ruger and did a trigger job--NO replaced parts, just a trigger job-- and added an externally accessible screw which can adjust sear engagement as desired. That improved the only real weak point of the gun: the typically stiff Ruger trigger. And I put on some Pachmayr neoprene grips. Shoots like a house afire. I can honestly say that I can shoot it as well as my $1200 Walther match air pistol with all the bells and whistles.

[Khornet]

the nice scores referenced above were fired with the unaltered gun. Shortly after the trigger job I got the Mod. 41 I'd always wanted, and went on with that--though not with all that much better scores.

[RUT]

>>Shortly after the trigger job I got the Mod. 41 I'd always wanted, and went on with that--though not with all that much better scores.<<

Sounds like my case exactly. I got rid of my Ruger "slabside" in favor of a "41" and don't regret the move. It's a much higher quality pistol, and a breeze to take down and clean, but my scores haven't improved much, if any!
:)

[yzguy]

The Rugers are not hard to take down!!!

30 seconds apart and back together!!!! :)
(movies at the top of this page)
http://www.1bad69.com/ruger/field_strip.htm

I love mine.

[Standing Wolf]

What range is that Standing Wolf?

That was six five-shot strings of timed fire at 25 meters. I'm still having trouble keeping them all in the black, but am at least persisting.

[Ala Dan]

I use to shoot target's with a Ruger KMK-512 myself. It
was a very accurate gun; but you had too keep it clean!
It didn't like lead fouling around the breech; so I always
packed an old toothbrush in my range bag. Sold it, but
wish I had it back.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[bountyhunter]

you're both right and wrong. I shot excellent scores with my unaltered MKII and watched many others do even better. That pistol is as accurate as any "match" gun on the market. Amen. My Mk II slabside (all stock components) with a red dot will shoot under 3/4" groups of ten rounds from rest and I often shoot perfect scores (30 rounds in the "10" ring) in my bullseye league at 25 yards (B-8 target).