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Posted: 8/9/2005 4:17:20 PM EDT
| I want a Ruger Mark II without all of the new safeties, so I have been on the lookout for a like new used. I found one with the long heavy tapered target barrel for $175. Is this a good price? I can get a new with all the safeties for $279 at Academy Sports. I really don't like the longer barrel, so if I buy this one, I will be looking for advice for a 5 3/8 blued heavy barrel. Thanks for the replies. |
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Excuse my confusion, but do you mean the Mark II cal .22 pistol? The new safeties are a small point compared to the improved mag release and safety, IMHO. Consider getting a short, bull bbl .22-45 in stainless. It will also be useful as a trainer should you currently own, or plan to get a 1911-style pistol. FWIW, I'd go stainless. Can't answer your price question, though, sorry. The Ruger Mark I and II barrels are pressed into the receiver, so changing the bbl is not as easy as with a threaded bbl. |
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$175 is about average price, I'd say. Neither you nor the seller gets screwed, nothing wrong with that, IMO. However, for about $50 more, you could get a NIB Browning Buckmark if you shop a bit. I'd take the Browning over the Ruger any day of the week, IMO. My .o2 |
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