My wife gave me a lockbox so I could put my Ruger Mark 1 in for safekeeping. She gave me this beautiful gun over 50 years ago, and it is my favorite gun. I opened the box after several months of storage, and found that my most treasured handgun was BADLY RUSTED. It seems that the cushioning material was plastic, and it contained some type of material which was out gassing Chlorine. You do not have to be a metallurgist to know what Chlorine will do to metal. I was horrified. I tried to get the rust off, but it was too late. So I sent the pistol back to Ruger for refurbishing..........
I just got it back, and I cannot tell that it is not brand new. They reblued it, they replaced ALL the springs, even the magazine spring, they replaced the rear sight, and it is as good as, or even better than, new. They also test fired 36 rounds of Winchester Super X through it to make sure it functioned perfectly.
And all this for $110.00 complete.
As I understand it, they will do this for any of their pistols/revolvers, so if you find a beat up Ruger Mark series, and you get it inexpensively, spend $110.00 and send it back to Ruger, and you will have a new pistol of which you can be very proud.
There may be better pistols/revolvers out there than Ruger, but I have not found them yet, and I have to believe that no other company offers the service Ruger has.
I just got it back, and I cannot tell that it is not brand new. They reblued it, they replaced ALL the springs, even the magazine spring, they replaced the rear sight, and it is as good as, or even better than, new. They also test fired 36 rounds of Winchester Super X through it to make sure it functioned perfectly.
And all this for $110.00 complete.
As I understand it, they will do this for any of their pistols/revolvers, so if you find a beat up Ruger Mark series, and you get it inexpensively, spend $110.00 and send it back to Ruger, and you will have a new pistol of which you can be very proud.
There may be better pistols/revolvers out there than Ruger, but I have not found them yet, and I have to believe that no other company offers the service Ruger has.