Ruger Mark II NRA Endowment 22?

[Doug S]

Anyone have one of the Ruger Mark II NRA Endowment Pistols? I went to the gun shop last night to pick up a Springfield GI model 45 & somehow ended up with one of the Ruger NRA 22's. Seems like a nicely made gun. I’m just wondering if those of you who have the Special Edition pistols use them as shooters, or if you limit their range time. I’m bought the gun as a shooter, but looking it over & seeing how nicely it’s made, I’m wondering if I should buy another Plain Jane for the range.

 

[Doug S]

Endowment Pistol Range Report

Took the new Ruger to the range today, & I’m very happy with it. The pistol is accurate, reliable, & feels very good in the hand. It did have two malfunctions in 250 rounds. Both were failures to feed. On the first, the round was only about a quarter of the way into the chamber. The second malfunction was similar, but the round was almost completely in the chamber except for the last 1/8 of an inch or so. Otherwise it was perfect with no misfires, or failures to eject/extract. I took my wife along. This was only her second trip to the range, but she now wants a Ruger 22 of her own. Judging by her performance today, I’ll admit that with a little practice, I think she’ll easily out shoot me (but I’ll never admit it to her). I do think I like the plain 4in tapered barrel better than the 51/2 Bull Barrel that I had on my last Ruger Mark II. It seems to balance nicer. I assume the 2 malfunctions were a fluke as the gun was so perfect otherwise, but if anyone has opinions as to the cause of these stoppages I’d appreciate feedback. I would highly recommend the Mark II, & the endowment pistol is also kinda neat to look at.