KMK678G Mark II

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Was fortunate enough to luck into this today. I've always liked the look of the Mark II's but never seriously considered one being more a revolver enthusiast. (GP 100 so I am a Ruger man) This Mark II caught my eye in both its look and price at $350.

I think I did well which is ultimately all that matters. The only good deal is one you're happy with afterall.
 

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Ya done good! If you take it apart one of the tricks for reassembly is to hold the grip about straight up and down. That allows the hammer strut to swing into place in the mainspring housing. When the mainspring latch pin is fully seated in the receiver swing the housing shut and snap the latch lever into place. It should cycle perfectly.

A friend of mine picked up a Ruger Standard that someone improperly reassembled for $25 almost 50 years ago. It took just a couple of minutes to make it work like new. When he showed the original owner the guy was unhappy. But he made the decision to sell it so the deal was done.
 
I bought one for 150$ a couple years back that had hammer nicks in the back strap where someone got crazy during reassembly. I had to file out the nicks and touch up with cold blue. If you do it a few times in a row you'll never forget. Nice price for a gun that will last for generations!
 
Great gun good price. If you don't know about the loading tool. It is definitely worth getting one. My Dad made one out of wood.

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"CLIP" loader. 😂 Even Ruger calls magazines clips.
 
Good point but "MAG loader" would have worked. For that matter why label it at all?

Point being they make life easier at the range. I must have 6 of them spread around.
 
Good point but "MAG loader" would have worked. For that matter why label it at all?

Point being they make life easier at the range. I must have 6 of them spread around.
Agreed and agreed.

Probably had to be labeled due to some weird goofy legality. :rolleyes:

Yep those magazines can be a thumb buster for sure. When I was big into bass tournament fishing your thumb would be scraped and sore at the end from the ridges of their mouths....same for a range session loading those mags over and over if you didn't have a loading tool.
 
Ya done good! If you take it apart one of the tricks for reassembly is to hold the grip about straight up and down. That allows the hammer strut to swing into place in the mainspring housing. When the mainspring latch pin is fully seated in the receiver swing the housing shut and snap the latch lever into place. It should cycle perfectly.

A friend of mine picked up a Ruger Standard that someone improperly reassembled for $25 almost 50 years ago. It took just a couple of minutes to make it work like new. When he showed the original owner the guy was unhappy. But he made the decision to sell it so the deal was done.
Thank you. Definitely a helpful tip and trick. Watching multiple youtube videos and just taking my time didn't make it much of a chore.
 
This Mark II caught my eye in both its look and price at $350.
That is stunning! I did not think MkIIs could be had for anything like that low a price these days. i paid around $500 for one just like it a half dozen years ago and a little more for the one in the middle in my photo a couple of years later. But I live in Seattle, and everything is expensive here due to all the over-paid tech-bros.

The stainless one actually ended up costing us MUCH more, however, in the long run. It was an effective gateway drug! Until I got it, my spousal critter refused to go shooting with me. She decided the SS MkII was pretty enough to be worth shooting, and within two months of her first time firing it, she had bought herself two guns (one Ruger, one CZ), her own range bag, fancy electronic muffs, shooting gloves, prescription shooting glasses, etc, etc. And she insists that the .22/45 she picked out only likes Eley Target, so she's using up all my boutique ammo.

The other risk of a MkII is that it may make you angry at how badly you shoot with other guns. YMMV, but my groups look far more respectable with these than with any other handguns I own. That's why I own so many of them: if I go shooting with friends, I never want to be the guy without a MkII in his hands!
 

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