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I think I want a Ruger .22 pistol, but I'm having trouble figuring out which one I should want. I can get a new blued 22/45 with a 5.5" bull barrel and adjustable rear sight for $282.50 OTD. Or, I can buy a used blued MK III with a 5.5" tapered barrel and adjustable rear sight that's in pretty nice condition locally for $299 OTD. Which one should I buy and why?
To be perfectly honest, I find negatives with both that involve the grip. I'm not a 1911 lover and the grip on the 22/45 just doesn't feel right at all. Don't care much for the grip angle and find it entirely too thin. Unfortunately, the grip on it is molded into the plastic frame. so modifications are pretty limited and the ones that are available are pretty hokey. However, I really don't care much for the MK III's grip, either. I guess I'm not much of a Luger guy, either, but do I find myself leaning towards the MK III for some reason. Probably because it does have real grips and a metal reciever. Just wish it had a bull barrel.
The MK III may be a mute point, because I think it may be the gun Sidroski was talking about buying a while back and I'm not gonna buy it out from under him, if he still intends to pick it up. The reason I say that is he mentioned this one being a sort of weird MK III in that it has a metal frame and a loaded chamber indicator. I think it may have been one of the last ones made before the transition to plastic. I believe I read somewhere that there were very few made like that. Possibly why the shop thinks it's worth $299 and won't budge off the price.
Anyways, which would you buy and why? I've also got a couple of more options, but I don't know how viable they really are. I can pick up a fairly ragged out MK I for $250, but it looks kinda rough like it had been in the floorboard of someones truck. I also found a pair of Bill Ruger Commemorative MK II's that can be bought for $350 each. Both are in pristine and possibly unfired condition, but he doesn't have the boxes, paper work, or extra mags. Not sure they're worth quite that much considering what's missing, but he wasn't willing to budge on the price. I might have taken one of them for about $25 less. Told him I'd think about them, but I'm probably gonna pass on account of the price. They were kinda strange looking with white grips. I'd feel like a pimp taking them to the range. Those and the rolled engraving on the hood really didn't appeal to me.
To be perfectly honest, I find negatives with both that involve the grip. I'm not a 1911 lover and the grip on the 22/45 just doesn't feel right at all. Don't care much for the grip angle and find it entirely too thin. Unfortunately, the grip on it is molded into the plastic frame. so modifications are pretty limited and the ones that are available are pretty hokey. However, I really don't care much for the MK III's grip, either. I guess I'm not much of a Luger guy, either, but do I find myself leaning towards the MK III for some reason. Probably because it does have real grips and a metal reciever. Just wish it had a bull barrel.
The MK III may be a mute point, because I think it may be the gun Sidroski was talking about buying a while back and I'm not gonna buy it out from under him, if he still intends to pick it up. The reason I say that is he mentioned this one being a sort of weird MK III in that it has a metal frame and a loaded chamber indicator. I think it may have been one of the last ones made before the transition to plastic. I believe I read somewhere that there were very few made like that. Possibly why the shop thinks it's worth $299 and won't budge off the price.
Anyways, which would you buy and why? I've also got a couple of more options, but I don't know how viable they really are. I can pick up a fairly ragged out MK I for $250, but it looks kinda rough like it had been in the floorboard of someones truck. I also found a pair of Bill Ruger Commemorative MK II's that can be bought for $350 each. Both are in pristine and possibly unfired condition, but he doesn't have the boxes, paper work, or extra mags. Not sure they're worth quite that much considering what's missing, but he wasn't willing to budge on the price. I might have taken one of them for about $25 less. Told him I'd think about them, but I'm probably gonna pass on account of the price. They were kinda strange looking with white grips. I'd feel like a pimp taking them to the range. Those and the rolled engraving on the hood really didn't appeal to me.
From what I've seen and felt, this inferior trigger is gonna suit me just fine, stop or no stop. This trigger is so superior to Ruger triggers that no one has seen the need to built an expensive modification yet. IMHO, attacking this trigger is barking up the wrong tree, because I can't even see a reason to polish it. Besides that, it stops just fine at the end of it's long 1/16" pull. Breaks immediately and travels a very short distance. But, I'll be sure to avoid those Bullseye matches, because now I've been informed that this gun isn't up to the task.
