Mark IV .22 shooting question?

[If1HitU]

I'm taken my Ruger Mark IV .22 Hunter and 22/45 to the range for a first time shooting. How many rounds is a good first time shooting at the range? Can't take my Standard till after Christmas my daughter gave me.

 

[BigBlue 94]

The gun will handle more than you. That said, if it's never been shot, clean the barrel after one mag full.

 

[340PD]

Maybe I don't understand your question but if you are asking how many rounds should you fire per range session, you will tire and your groups will get bigger. Then it is time to go home.

 

[Wishoot]

Shoot until your fingers get too tired, you run out of ammo, or the range closes.

The MKIV will outlast you.

 

[sparkyv]

your groups will get bigger. Then it is time to go home

Exactly.

 

[1KPerDay]

Take a brick and an ultimate cliploader. You can go through a brick pretty easily.

 

[1911art]

I shot a Ruger 22/45 MK III in a lot of bullseye matches. 500 rounds of CCI Standard velocity then bronze brush with Shooters Choice , in and out at least 10 times , solvent, patches, to finish.

A side note since I have gun problem; that Ruger is a MK III retroed back to a MK II , no Mag disco, every part Volquartsen makes, 2 lb trigger, steel rail with steel Leupold PRW rings, UltraDot. I shot an 869 indoors with that stupid Ruger and I’ve got some tricked out 1911’s Marvel 22 top, 2 lb roll trigger and they never shot that good. Stupid Ruger.

 

[340PD]

Take a brick and an ultimate cliploader. You can go through a brick pretty easily.

Great avatar.

 

[doubleh]

Shoot it as much as you wish. If you eventually wear something out (it's going to take a long time) they are easy to fix.

 

[whatnickname]

Rugers are just about indestructible. If you can wear one out by shooting it that’s news to me. That said normal maintenance is still required as without basic, periodic maintenance things are bound to get so gummed up that your pistol will eventually stop running. I generally pull the bolt on my MKII and MKIII pistols after each trip to the range and clean the barrels, breech face and receiver. Use mil-spec powder solvent and Q-Tips on the receiver and breech face. About every 2000 rounds or so I separate the upper receiver / barrel unit from the grip frame and hose the bottom half out with a healthy dose of arisol gun cleaner like Gun Scrubber. I try to limit separating the upper and lower halfs as I’ve seen several that were lose to the point that they rattle a bit from what I assume to be excessive separation of the upper and lower halfs. Although this problem can be corrected a couple of ways as well. Sent one in this condition to Clark Custom Guns about 15 years ago for their full-blown custom conversion. They told me they stuck the lower half in a vice and squeezed the ears together on the top portion of the bottom unit until the play was eliminated...not something I want to attempt myself for fear of going too far and trashing the frame completely. That’s about the extent of it. The Ruger 22 Automatic pistol ( Standard, MKII & MKIII ) are some of the best 22 pistols ever made for my money. I suspect that the MKIV will take its place along side of the other three. There are better 22 pistols out of the box but they are few and far in between and much more expensive IMO.

 

[SGW Gunsmith]

Must be at least 20 years since I ran a bronze brush through a .22 rimfire barrel. With the solvents formulated these days, there's really no need to scrub a rimfire bore. With rifling to bore height running around 0.0020 to 0.0025 of an inch, a soaked patch or one of these hard felt plugs, soaked with solvent ( Shooter's Choice ) and then pulled through the bore using 'weed-trimmer' line, will remove fouling quite easily if left to soak for 10 to 15 minutes. After the wait, I then pull another hard felt plug through the bore followed by another plug holding a few drops of EEZOX to coat the bore and seal the pores in the metal. The use of EEZOX will make bore cleaning that much more easier next time, as it leaves a synthetic film coating in the bore that not much can stick to.
If I think any sort of brush is necessary, I'll use a hard bristle nylon brush, but mostly in the chamber to prevent the dreaded 'carbon ring'.