call me stupid? but....why doesn't ruger make the mark series in bigger calibers? I have always wished that some company would make a nambu or luger remake in 9mm that would meet the firearm standards of today...and ruger makes the ideal gun, but only in 22...I could lose my mind thinking about how cool it would be to have one in 9.....or even 40......hell, 9mm, 9mm mak would be quite fine...oh well.......haha, if I ever get in the gun manufacturing/designing business.... I will get things my way...
I have a weird question...
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Mike1234567
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"I will get things my way"... nah, you won't.
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two things come to mind... workings of a 22lr blow back and then up to 9mm is a big leap on design...
besides that, start selling them in useful calibers and more folks would learn what a pain in the patootee these pistols are to take apart and clean...
compared to the Ruger P series pistols.... well, there is no comparison
besides that, start selling them in useful calibers and more folks would learn what a pain in the patootee these pistols are to take apart and clean...
compared to the Ruger P series pistols.... well, there is no comparison
wwace
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It seems to me that there are probably more mark series Ruger 22's than just about any other pistol around, they have been selling them for what 60+ years? I would guess a 9mm would have sold well also though.
45_auto
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Blowback Ruger MK scaled up to 9mm = Hi-Point.
Ruger already makes plenty of 9mm semi-autos, they're smart enough not to use a blowback mechanism like the MK.
Might want to learn a little bit about how guns work before investing too much into your gun manufacturing/designing business!
Ruger already makes plenty of 9mm semi-autos, they're smart enough not to use a blowback mechanism like the MK.
Might want to learn a little bit about how guns work before investing too much into your gun manufacturing/designing business!
Michael R.
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If you have a blowback 9mm, the slide will be very heavy, because it needs to contain the pressure of the round until it drops to a safe level. It would be a very heavy gun and you don't have a lot of rounds, aka hi point.
gpb
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"haha, if I ever get in the gun manufacturing/designing business.... I will get things my way... "
I think I'd pass on that IPO.
I think I'd pass on that IPO.
dannyr3_8
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it's tough the first time or two but once you've done it, it get's easier
Blowback does not work well for larger calibers. Hiram Maxim actually tried this back in the late 1800s with a .45 round. The pistol actually looked very much like a Mk II on steroids. In order to quickly vent the gases before the bolt completely opened he used small holes in the reciever that would vent the chamber as soon as the bolt started back. Everyone who fired this thing would only fire it once because the venting gases were so violent that they thought the gun had blown up and suffered burns on their hands. You need to delay opening the breech until the gases have finished expanding, preferably out the muzzle.
haha, getting into the business was a joke, I don't deal in that kinda stuff lol, not that I wouldn't like to if had the aptitude, but, I guess my confusion come from never really handling one of the marks for more than to look at in a gun store, see, i was under the impression that ruger used the same system as the nambu, well because that's what he made first was his own nambu, then instead of marketing it he reinvented and made the mk series, with the nambu and luger, it isn't lock breach or blowback, it is some of the elements of each, the nambu being simpler and surely more easily maintained but similar in looks and grip feel, I figured that design would be more the one I would like. the luger take the pressure of a nine ...as it should so, I would think the very similar mechanism of the nambu would be capable of the same......anywho.....lol....I still want one, and perhaps less elegant, but....so are battleships, you can still say they are beautiful, and....functional, two things I like in a gun.
Always thought the same thing: that Ruger's first centerfire auto should share SOME of the look/feel of the 22 autos that 'made' the comapny.
Apparently engineering such a beast is a bear.
Apparently engineering such a beast is a bear.
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