Ruger Mark IV .22 pistol?

[Pandaz3]

Well Kentucky Gun Co has more MK III's on sale

 

[spookshack]

True question is if they will make a 22/45 version.

I dig it. I wonder if they'll offer a version with a threaded barrel like some versions in that line. I like running .22 plinkers with a can.

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[Pandaz3]

Yes.....! 45/22 Lite MK4 with threaded barrel.

 

[Joe13]

Better dump those MK2's and MK3's before they are worth half what they are now...

 

[etrain16]

Better dump those MK2's and MK3's before they are worth half what they are now...

Collector's items now

I'm keeping my MKIII target, too nice a gun. I'l just have to add a nice stainless MKIV to the collection some day.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Still have my MK-1 and Mk-2, plan to keep them forever! Didn't see any reasons for a MK-3, but this new MK-4 looks like the Shiznit, gonna order a pair ( one for the Wife unit) just as soon as my LGS can get his mitts on them!!!

 

[Pandaz3]

I still have not shot the 22/45 Lite I bought 2 years ago ... but I do have more LR ammo on the way.....

 

[Alexx1401]

I still have not shot the 22/45 Lite I bought 2 years ago ... but I do have more LR ammo on the way.....

I have one of those Wife bought me a couple years ago. It became my hands down favorite. Now I see Ruger has decided to quit making them. This really shocked me. Even a couple years ago when I was wanting one they were hard to find. Wife ended up having to order one from J&G. Unless Ruger decides to come out with a MKIV version of it I see the price on these going up later. Tempted to buy one more myself in case they (Ruger) don't start making them again.

 

[Pandaz3]

Yes they are going to have a 22/45 Lite MK-IV I just saw a preview of it on Gunblast from post #42 in this thread.

 

[spookshack]

Yes they are going to have a 22/45 Lite MK-IV I just saw a preview of it on Gunblast from post #42 in this thread.

 

[mjbskwim]

So I have to ask y'all who say they have a "mark 1"
Does it actually have that stamped on the gun?
Now go check,cause my understanding is they made very few "mark 1"s. Most were just a Ruger 22.
I know most call their early rugers "mark 1"s but that's not necessarily so.

 

[Alexx1401]

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Thanks. I had meant to go back and watch that and forgot. Nice to see Ruger is going to make the LITE again. After the dust settles I will be temped to buy one. The MKIII version is kind of a PITA to take down and put back together.

 

[Pandaz3]

So I have to ask y'all who say they have a "mark 1"
Does it actually have that stamped on the gun?
Now go check,cause my understanding is they made very few "mark 1"s. Most were just a Ruger 22.
I know most call their early rugers "mark 1"s but that's not necessarily so.

Mines a Mark nothing, I do sometimes refer to it as a Mark 1 though just to make sure people know it's the old one (No Red Eagle though) to my knowledge it has never been stripped down, but Grandad was a mechanic and tinkerer so maybe.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Mine is a MK nothing as well and lost it's factory grips long before I got it! The MK-2 I bought Bland new in 1984 and it's 100% un altered! Like posted above, I just refer to it as a MK-1 to differentiate it from others!

 

[jbett98]

I've always wanted one of these pistols, but I ended up buying a couple of Standard models that are unfired mint in box collectibles, so I guess I'll never have to worry about taking it apart.

 

[Alexx1401]

Mine is a MK nothing as well and lost it's factory grips long before I got it! The MK-2 I bought Bland new in 1984 and it's 100% un altered! Like posted above, I just refer to it as a MK-1 to differentiate it from others!

One of the "guns I wish I could have back" is an original Ruger 22. The old tapered barrel, fixed sights. Bought it WELL used as a kid. Shot the crap out of it. I mean it had to have barrels of .22 ammo run though it. someone talked me out of it long ago. It was still working like a champ. Would love still have it just for the nostalgia. I always refereed to it as a MKI. Don't remember it having any marking on it like that. Just that it was the original design.

 

[Kruel J]

I'm stoked for the new offerings personally. Might get me back into shooting .22lr again!

 

[Alexx1401]

I'm stoked for the new offerings personally. Might get me back into shooting .22lr again!

I finally learned to not sell mine, at least not all of them. Many times over the years I would sell them because I just got tired of shooting the .22. Every time I did it would not be long till I wanted one again. I still sell one now and then but learned to make sure I always have a few on hand. They are just too much cheap fun. They also work great for teaching someone new or someone who was taught wrong and can't get on paper.

 

[mjbskwim]

Thanks,I was wondering cause I think I have seen only 1 actual "mark 1" at any shows or shops. Most being a "ruger 22",I believe the model is.
I wanted to know if there was a lot more out there than I was told
I got the lesson at a show when I asked the guy if it was a "mark 1"

 

[jbett98]

The original Ruger was called a Standard Model.