Consumer Safety Alert

dbmjr1 · #76 09-23-2016, 06:23 PM

I've got mine.

dbmjr1 · #77 09-23-2016, 06:41 PM

I've got mine.

Trigger pull measures at 5#6oz. Three try avarage with a digital gauge.
Already modified it, as we RFC'rs must, by removing the ambi safety.

Trigger breaks clean, but lot's of over travel. Will drill and tap the trigger on Monday for a screw.

Will shoot a box of Fed AM through it Sunday.

Popeye1959 · #78 09-23-2016, 06:53 PM

The target model would be more what I would "need" as far the shooting I do, but I really like the look of the fluted stainless barrel.

TJNA · #79 09-23-2016, 07:08 PM

Thanks for listening Ruger!
Would ya slab one please?
Would ya thread one please?

garystl · #80 09-23-2016, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TJNA

Would you give your opinion about the trigger please?

Little squishy, but I think better than my MK 3. My unscientific measurements indicate 5/32" of take up and 3/32" of creep.

garystl · #81 09-23-2016, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dbmjr1

Already modified it, as we RFC'rs must, by removing the ambi safety.

Trigger breaks clean, but lot's of over travel. Will drill and tap the trigger on Monday for a screw.

The right side safety hits my index finger joint in just the wrong place. It's got to go!

I hope there's a plan to eliminate the mag disconnect soon. And I'll be installing an exact edge extractor too.

**Brent** · #82 09-23-2016, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by dbmjr1

I've got mine.

SWEET!!!

I thought I had purchased my last gun for the year and then I saw an ad for the Mark IV. I guess I could call it my birthday present.

Brent

wookness · #83 09-23-2016, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JVStalin

YAWN ! ( Sez the guy with thirty High Standards and a couple of Colts )

Com'on JVS(!)

,- we do need really hope this newer iteration Ruger provides as much fun & accuracy as those older HS's and Colts we were able to acquire when they were semi-affordable.

Lookin' at the pics, it makes one wonder how it could NOT shoot and that it is more accessible for cleaning?? Methinks it is VERY attractive.. on multiple fronts. Heck, we haven't hardly let 'em open the gate, let alone seen how the cowboys may ride this new entry to a good score. Me? I'm hoping they all do.

dbmjr1 · #84 09-23-2016, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Popeye1959

The target model would be more what I would "need" as far the shooting I do, but I really like the look of the fluted stainless barrel.

Same here, and the wood grips are great too, on the Hunter. I had my choice, and the sights decided it for me, in the end. Hoping for some cool thumb rest after market grips soon.

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Originally Posted by garystl

The right side safety hits my index finger joint in just the wrong place. It's got to go!

I hope there's a plan to eliminate the mag disconnect soon. And I'll be installing an exact edge extractor too.

The grips hold in the safety, and the screw. Just take off the grip, remove the safety lever, reinstall the screw, then put the grip panel back on.

Mag disconnect doesn't bother me, as it's not a defensive weapon. If it improves the trigger, I'll do it, if not, I'll leave it alone. Mags shoot out under spring power.

downlow411 · #85 09-23-2016, 07:33 PM

Looks great, as long as the current sear and trigger upgrades will work.

dbmjr1 · #86 09-23-2016, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Brent

SWEET!!!

I thought I had purchased my last gun for the year and then I saw an ad for the Mark IV. I guess I could call it my birthday present.

Brent

I just wish they had serialized the lower, instead of the upper.

With no way to combine other Mk's it only made sense.
But, at least they got rid of the LCI and put the Lawyer Speak on the bottom of the barrel.

Bolt slingshots too.

**Brent** · #87 09-23-2016, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dbmjr1

I just wish they had serialized the lower, instead of the upper.

With no way to combine other Mk's it only made sense.
But, at least they got rid of the LCI and put the Lawyer Speak on the bottom of the barrel.

Bolt slingshots too.

My first handgun was a MKII 5.5" stainless. I paid $225 brand new for it. I was young and stupid, so I traded it and a Marlin 336T off at the same time.

Brent

Lastshot · #88 09-23-2016, 08:30 PM

Don? They didnt have the one with the fluted barrel?

dbmjr1 · #89 09-23-2016, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Lastshot

Don? They didnt have the one with the fluted barrel?

They did. It's cool, too. The walnut grips were very handsome as well.

I didn't like the sights. The balance felt a little better on the 'Target' too. Finally, it was considerably less expensive.

I'm hoping someone quickly makes some target grips with a thumb rest, and an improved trigger/sear.

jon p · #90 09-23-2016, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by gregbenner

Are there any real improvements other than easy to clean? That might be a big deal to someone buying their first 22 pistol, but other than that I didn't notice anything else. Perhaps because field stripping was so convoluted in the past, its a big deal to make it easy, like most other 22s? What am I missing?

to me, this new MK IV is Rugers answer to the easy takedown of the new S&W victory pistol. I have owned a MK I, MK II and I still have a GOLD LITE 22/45. the take down has ALWAYS been a royal PITA to me, AND a lot of other people. it IS the reason I don't own other ruger pistols, too much hassle. I have had my lite 5+ years, and I have NEVER taken it down, thank goodness for spray gun scrubber!this new MK IV may just make me buy another ruger! ruger has given us the ease of takedown that has been needed FOR YEARS!