I snagged a Mark II 5.5" bull barrel Target while picking up 10mm ammo locally. Turns out it was made in 1983 according to Ruger as the serial number did not jive with the automated lookup. Chart said 1984, but it was not.
Exterior looked pretty decent. Some worn bluing and some character marks. Barrel looked great. Inside was awful. Mummified grease in it. I picked a good deal out. Much cleaning done. I used a quart of Gun Scrubber, lotsa compressed air, and brushing.
I suspect some aftermarket Volquartsen parts, what I was told was a Clark trigger with overtravel adjustment, Clark grips, original trigger, drilled & tapped for rail, and 4 mags all came with the gun.
After the cleaning, polishing, cleaning more, lube, and assembly, I measured the trigger pull at 1lb.10oz. avg for 10 pulls. Crisp, short reset, no overtravel. No wiggle in the trigger. Cool. I put the factory grips back on as the Clark stuff just didn't cut it for me. I tore all the mags apart and cleaned them. Shot 120 rounds just to function test it. Good groups, shot a bit high & right. I did not care. Just run baby. CCI, Remington, and Aguila ammo went through it. 5 hiccups in feeding. I think I found that problem. I hope to go back out Sunday and try again.
The bottom line was $379.00. I did order a new recoil spring & rod kit. I painted a portion of the front sight red. It helped my old eyes, but a Tru Glo front is on the way. It will be a heck of a lot cheaper to shoot than anything else I currently own.
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