Ruger MK II 22LR Accuracy Repeatability 15- and 50-yards Ransom Rest Removing the Human Error

[@mrhalfstep]

My late1980s era Mark II Target Bull Barrel will put 10 rounds of Eley Match or PMC Target into a .25" hole at 40 feet (distance across my basement range) rested on a sand bag. Love that gun. Always wanted to see it Ransom rested at long distance. Cool video and thanks for creating it.

[@tonyperih8459]

I love my old Rugers. I have 2 mark 1s from the 70s and a mark 2 from 1987. They knew how to manufacture a firearm back in the day.

[@montanaplease]

Except today’s Mark iv you can clean it without you throwing a tantrum

[@czed7515]

Damn I have a red dot on my mark 4 and from the bench at 25 yards I consistently get 1 3/8 in groups. I thought that was pretty good but evidently the gun is still alot better then me lmao

[@pauldiaco3817]

I have a Mk II Bull Barrel. BY FAR, the most accurate pistol I have ever shot.

[@kolsen6330]

I have the 10 inch bull barrel MK 2. Super accurate. These are true "never sell" guns.

[@danerlich5062]

I also have a Mk II bull barrel and this test shows the accuracy the gun is capable of AND the difference ammunition makes.. The range I go to is 25 M ..This test shows what is achievable and what the limitations of the gun are....The one gun that might be better is the S&W model 41... but given what I have experienced and seen here - I think we have made wise choices in the Mk II bull barrel pistol..

[@Old_Sailor85]

Mark I was my first pistol, circa 1975-ish. Still have it. Just installed a Volquartsen kit in my Mark III and was surprised how nice it is.

[@gregdawson1909]

the lead wax bullets Remington in particular will cause your Ruger mkx to malfunction after a couple boxes, its dirty ammo, the copper washed stuff will run for hundreds of rounds without issue

[@MillsAmmunition]

I have the standard MarkII bull barrel and a MarkII Target and I absolutely love them! Great video!

[@reloader7sixtwo]

I've noticed over the years with some semi auto firearms, both rifle and handguns, that the first hand chambered rd. with shoot outside the main group of all the rds. that are mechanically chambered.

[@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644]

That's true ,that's why most guys when shooting for group size eliminate 1st. shot from group.

[@RequisiteFunction]

He mentions that at 10:10

[@redneck3848]

Completely B.S

[@redneck3848]

Same chamber same barrel heat is the only factor and ammunition your wrong if it chambers it will set their like every bullet after common sense!

[@redneck3848]

The bullet can only seat so far in the chamber

[@Dayattherange]

Great video would love to see a test with the S&W Victory at 15 and 50 yards.

[@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644]

My first pistol a Mark 1 with 5 1/2" bull barrel from 1979 with a 2 1/2 power scope at 50yds will put 10 in the size of a quarter off bags and some groundhogs at 100 if I do my part.

[@Old_Sailor85]

Same pistol, maybe five years earlier. Also, my first pistol. I still have it and it still works great. Just put a Volquartsen kit in my Mk III, an I was surprised how nice it feels.

[@garywemmer9342]

How about a .375 group at 25 yards with a mk1 with remington.22 LR Off a bench? Had a model 57 with a 4" barrel that was a surgical instrument. First group at 25 yards was .900. 7.5 grains of unique, with a 220 Keith swc. Magnums we're flat shooting, and crazy accurate, with 1.318" groups at50 yards. Having eyes like a hawk help, but the gun lets you do some serious hunting/ target work!

[@Ransomrest]

They are super accurate guns, don't surprise me one bit. Thank you for the comment and interest in Ransom Rest. Good shooting and great grouping.

[@youdig-detection]

could you check if the accuracy of the mkIV is the same i have some doubt...

[@The69bombero]

Great video and what a good shooting pistol. I could kick myself for selling some mark 3's i had back in the day.

[@randyjensrud3122]

Can you do this test on mark2 target

[@leslilongbottom8304]

I understand testing common ammo but hyper velocity 22lr rarely delivers the best accuracy. At least shoot 40 grain something. I bet plain Jane CCI 40 grain standard velocity would have tightened up that 50 yard group considerably.

[@Ransomrest]

Agree and at the time of the test and ammo bought it was tough to narrow down any ammo especially any CCI shortly after ammogedon.

[@NWer-c5u]

A gunsmith posted up a Mk 2 that had a steady diet of Stingers. The take down bolt that goes through the receiver had a slightbend and the hole in the top of the receiver was out of round. So there's that too and Ruger's warning not to shoot hyper stuff in them.

[@kirkethridge2500]

it would be interesting with premium ammo,, like say eley or lapua?? top of the line testing equipment & cheap ammo don't show off the pistol... well fed It may do much better.??

[@Ransomrest]

at 12:55 i believe the gun did really well. Not sure how Lapua or Eley would help that group get any tighter. That said this video is for information purposes to give you a reasonable expectation what that gun and that exact barrel will do with various ammo. Some people may think ammo don't matter I am glad you know better. That said Lapua test center uses our Ransom rest to test with we have lots of Lapua ammo here straight from them. In this case, we did not use the Lapua and grain we had due to in the past it did not run as well in that handgun. The CCI. as seen has proven itself even in the industry But we will do more testing with this this year including more 50 yard test and we will be matching this against the Volquartsen so stay tuned for that. And during this Ammogedon you run what you can. So we wanted to run and show available ammo during the ammo shortages.

[@SnipeU696]

Waiting for a snub-nosed.

[@life_of_riley88]

Huh. I can't hit a damn thing with my dad's Mark 4. Shoots like my mini-30, like crap.

[@jerroldshelton9367]

Mine was a turd, too. Not even remotely close to my Pop's old 1971 vintage Mark 1 Target.

[@life_of_riley88]

@@jerroldshelton9367 Seems Ruger barrels swing wildly in quality, some shoot great, others are as you say, complete turds.

[@domnick7886]

At fifty that pistol groups better than some of my 22 rifles.