Ruger MKIII and Thunderbolt .22LR

Slow_Hand

I just purchased a Ruger MKIII4 with the 4.75" barrel and shot 300 rounds of inexpensive Remington Thunderbolt .22LR and 100 rounds of the ever-popular bulk inexpensive Federal .22LR all in one range session. The gun is as solid as a rock and truly smooth as silk to shoot. I opted to fire the pistol rapidly to see how the gun's internals perform and also how well the ammo would feed, fire and eject. Aside from a dozen or so feed problems and jams with the individual Thunderbolt ammo that had a scuff or nick in the soft lead nose, it did well overall. Accuracy was remarkably good and I was surprised. The Federal with the harder nose fed better and accuracy was also very good. This particular pistol seemed to gobble up whatever I fed to it. Next trip to the range will include testing the higher-end CCI ammo in it. I'm very pleased with my purchase and I would recommend it to anyone in the market for a solid, reliable and reasonably priced .22LR pistol. Also, the little sliding button on the left side of the Ruger's magazine makes loading it fast and easy.

zipperzap

... can't go wrong with any of the Ruger Mark series.
I don't think I've ever had a jam - and I've been using
my Mark I since about 1858, I believe![:D]

Slow_Hand

I had looked long and hard at the Walther P22, even posted a question to "The Experts" on this board. Based upon the jist of what was said along with several on-line reviews, I went with the Ruger instead. I did not shoot the Walther P22 and so I cannot comment on its performance, reliability and accuracy. But, I'm happy with my decision and purchase of the MKIII.

spasmcreek

you need to try some aguila super max hyper-vel ...30 grain at 1750 fps..a real varmint buster..had a mk11, going to get another ruger, handles these without problems