Ruger Mark IV...Can't stop giggling.

I've had a Mark IV Hunter for a week and cleaned it three times now and get a giggle out of the fantastically easy takedown every time....not an Anderson Cooper giggle, but at least a chagrined chuckle or two. A chuckle because I think of the first time I disassembled a Mark III and had to bring it to a friend to put back together. Another chuckle when I think of the entire day that I set aside with a Mark III and a 22/45 just to repeatedly disassemble and reassemble until I could do each smoothly and in under an hour. Chagrined because I can't imagine why Ruger didn't redesign this thing for easier cleaning way before introducing the Mark II, let alone the Mark III.

If they'd done this years ago, there would be no Beretta Neos, maybe no Buckmark, and the Colts and Hi Standards would have been discontinued earlier. Ruger would rule the 22lr pistol autoloader market.

Tremendous finishing quality to the Mark IV, and more accurate than I am. I may switch out the rear sight someday for a target sight, but for now I've been content just to switch the Hi-Viz front to a white dot so that it blends with the rear marker. The trigger is okay for now, but the simple trigger pivot pin, or whatever it is called, is just begging for me to switch to a decent drop-in trigger whenever one is available.

Kudos Ruger.

200Apples, I'd post one for proof but I figured there were enough pics of the gun available and don't want you to ruin your keyboard/phone drooling.

I cleaned my Mark III and 22/45 about every 5th year myself, whether they needed it or not. But the easy takedown of the Mark IV has me treating it like the centerfires; cleaning every time I shoot. Yeah it's a little OCD.

my mark 3 22/45, with vq sear, etc, is the most accurate gun i've ever seen.
it will do a 7/8'' group at 25 yards, using wolf.
can the 4s do that or not?

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I don't know yet. I don't have a Ransom or other handgun rest. I know that I'm not capable of 7/8's offhand...and doubt anyone else is other than an Olympian with a tricked out gun.

nly thing I'm not crazy about is the magazine safety. That's a feature I got rid of on my Mark III when I put in the Mark II style trigger kit from Volquartsen. Anybody know if there's a way to disable that on the Mark IV?

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This video addresses removing the mag disconnect, but the video starts with a disassembled Mark IV and mixes reassembly with a Mark II Volquartsen set, so I'm not sure what part of the video is applicable.