How can I tell the difference?

Ampersand

February 21, 2003 17:56

I have been told that the Ruger Standard .22 auto pistol Mark I uses different grips than the Mark II. How can I tell which one I have? Will they both be marked or will only the Mark II be marked? Thanks for your help.

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  Alleno

  February 21, 2003 18:08

  I am not sure, but I think the MK 1 grips will have a hole in them on the left side for the magazine release. The MK II's have the heel clip release so there is no hole. Hope that helps
  
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  ATF

  February 21, 2003 18:57

  The Mark 1 grips have no cut out for the slide release.The Mark 2 has a slide release the Mark 1 has none.The mag.release is the same on both guns unless they changed them recently.
  
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  ATF

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  rordog

  February 21, 2003 19:24

  ATF is right, I have both models.

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  Ampersand

  February 22, 2003 03:57

  So I guess the Mark II has a slide lock? Mine doesn't so it is a Mark I, right?
  
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  gunnut505

  February 22, 2003 04:34

  here's hoping you have the gun in question- the mkll has scalloped area on back of receiver tube, serrations on the rear of the bolt, and it says mkll on the barrel
  
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  JudgeColt

  February 22, 2003 05:25

  I am certainly no Ruger expert, but the Mark I is the early target model introduced in about 1951. I bought one with the 5.25-inch barrel in the early 1950s. The Ruger Standard is the more common version, and was NOT called the Mark I. The early pistols, both Mark I and Standard, had the magazine loading button on the opposite side from current production, and both had a butt magazine latch. (That is why current Standard magazines have slots on both sides so the button can be moved from side to side to allow use in the very early pistols.)
  
  The stocks are therefore different on the early pistols from later production when the magazine loading button was moved to the other side, and I am reasonably sure the stocks do not interchange between the earlier pistols and the later pistols. NO Ruger pistols have a side button magazine release until one gets to the 22/45. All except the 22/45 have the butt magazine release.
  
  The Mark II designation was used when the pistols were redesigned in the early 1980s to add the bolt hold open feature, but the magazine latch remained on the bottom until the 22/45 was introduced. The Mark II stocks are different from all earlier pistols.
  
  Using the term "Mark I" to identify early pistols without the bolt stop is therefore incorrect because the term applies only to the early "Pre-Mark II" target pistols with adjustable sights.

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  Ampersand

  February 22, 2003 05:41

  Thanks to all. I have two of these guns and both are standard models with fixed sights. One was made in 1972 and the other in 1975 and they have the magazine loading buttons on opposite sides from each other. I guess this change was made sometime between the time the two guns were made. So it sounds like grips described as Mark II probably will fit the later gun?
  
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  22WRF

  February 22, 2003 07:28

  Pictured is my Red Eagle.(it's a Standard or often referred to now as MKI THIS is not he NEW Red Eagle sold today.)
  Note the location of the left grip screw. This is lower than the MKII.
  On on the MKII the Lower grip screw will be on the Right Grip.
  A MKII grip will NOT fit the MKI because of the size of the slot on the grip frame.
  
  
  
  
  
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