Value of a MKI with spare mags

[Joseywales]

I don't normally ask this, but curiousty bit me.

A Ruger MKI, looks hardly fired, with 3 mags, two of which have the Ruger boxes, one of which looks unfired. The mags have the chrome-looking bottoms. I believe it's an early 80s gun. No box or papers for the gun.

Seller is asking $250.

Thanks

 

[wwb]

Which barrel configuration is it? The short target barrel (5-1/4 inch, I believe) was pretty rare. The 6-7/8 inch tapered target barrel was the most common.

In any case, $250 is a pretty darn good price for a clean Mark I.

Now, the question..... is it really a Mark I, or is it a first generation Standard Auto?

 

[Joseywales]

Hmm...it looks to measure 4 3/4", from thr front of the breech. And the barrel tapers.

Serial number dates it to 1982ish.

 

[rugerguy]

if its the shorter ,tapered barrel and has fixed sights, it is the standard auto, and if "82 ish" should be in the 17 prefix range, good price really, with 3 mags as they came with just ONE and the others run in the $25 range each......1982 is about the 'cutoff' of going from the MK I /RST, to the MK II series, and starting the stainless steel versions........

 

[Joseywales]

if its the shorter ,tapered barrel and has fixed sights, it is the standard auto, and if "82 ish" should be in the 17 prefix range, good price really, with 3 mags as they came with just ONE and the others run in the $25 range each......1982 is about the 'cutoff' of going from the MK I /RST, to the MK II series, and starting the stainless steel versions........

Yes, 17 prefix.

 

[m657]

Any kind of Ruger 22 auto for $250 in my area is getting pretty hard to find, even the 'fishing box' clunkers.

 

[damienph]

Any of the old Standards are worth at least $250 if in decent shape. The extra mags are a bonus. They are good shooters, my mid '60s tapered barrel 6" standard shoots just as well as my MkII 6" bull barreled Target Model.

 

[Joseywales]

Thanks. Each of the mags has the Ruger red/white box with it. Not sure whether to store those, or just sell them off. I often find myself in the fine line of collector/gatherer-shooter...