Originally Posted by Eosyn
Originally Posted by HouseTiger
Favorite .22 handguns:
Ruger Super Single-Six Convertible 4-5/8" barrel
Ruger Bearcat 4" barrel
Ruger Mk I Target 6-7/8" tapered barrel
Ruger Mk II Target 4" bull barrel
Have no use for the Mk III or Mk IV. It's a personal preference.
Yes, I have a penchant toward Rugers. Total round count - lost track 30 years ago !
You're happy with Ruger products and customer service?
Actually, I have never had a negative interaction with Ruger's customer service. I've also never had a negative interaction with Smith & Wesson customer service either. I have only had to send two guns back to Ruger in the last 45+ years.
One was a second generation (181 series) Mini-14 that was recalled over heat treating issues of some sort. It was returned to me in about a week. I later sold it because it couldn't hold a decent group at 100 yards if you tried (and this is on a bench rest).
The last was around 1993 I sent my 4" stainless GP-100 back because I had put so many full house .357 reloads through it (used it in IPSC, bowling pins, steel plates, etc - and thank you Mike Dillon! ) that it was starting to misfire. Ruger put all new innards in it, sent it back in about 10 days with zero charge and it's been spot on ever since.
Otherwise, any parts I have needed to pimp out my Single Actions, I could order from Ruger or of late from Brownells and that was that.
As for Ruger products, I've had my 10/22 since @ 1967, and there hasn't been zip done to it except put a scope on it and put .22 lead downrange. Still have my first Mark I .22 target pistol that has also put more than its fair share of lead down range. I've bought, sold and horse-traded a bunch of Rugers (along with Colts and Smiths) over the years, but never out of quality issues. It was me getting bored (and in the case of .44 and .41 Magnums, along with .30 Carbine, I didn't need the recoil) and wanting something else. I still have the two stainless GP-100s that I bought when they first came out (4" adjustable, 3" fixed) and they keep on working.
Having said all that, I have never been able to warm up to any of Ruger's centerfire autoloading pistols. From their P85 forward, they seemed to change models faster than one could keep up with them. I'm still not a particular fan of their American series pistols. But I do love their .22 revolvers, pistols and rifles, along with their double and single action revolvers.
Considering what has been coming out of Smith & Wesson and Colt in the last 18-20 years in the way of cylinder guns, I'll take the Ruger.
