Currently I have no Ruger rimfires, but I have owned some.

I'm getting about ready to buy one of the new Ruger 22/45 or a Mark III. Both guns are attractive to me. I am interested in seeing what the grip feels like on the new 22/45.

I am prejudiced against the 22/45 because the only one I owned, bought new, jammed (stovepipe) fairly often. I kept the gun clean and oiled, and Ruger checked it out, but it still did it fairly often with different ammo. My Mark II almost never did that.

Has anyone else had that same problem with 22/45s? I read their announcement that said the ejection port is larger now. I wonder why -- I never had a problem once the bolt pulled the spent case all the way back. They all cleared the gun.

Dave

I don't think that my 22/45 has EVER jammed - I mean literally never. Got about 5 or 6 different magazines too, works with all of them. It just keeps going and going.... it will even cycle standard velocity ammo like Green Tags.... mostly it gets Mini-Mag HPs, though.

Don't know what was wrong with yours, sorry.....

My 22/45 only jammed when I used CCI Velocitors. So, I don't use them. I use CCI mini-mags, standards and Federal Lightnings. All are accurate, but the mini-mags are slightly better getting to the bullseye. Have never tried any other brands.

Thanks. That's good to hear. Now to see when the local gun shop gets one of those new ones in to look at.

I asked about the larger ejection port on the Mark IIIs. It just occurred to me that they will be using that same receiver for the 17 HMR, and that's based on the 22 mag case, right??

both the .22/45 and MKII have been known to stovepipe. it is an easily corrected problem and usually caused by the magazine release holding the magazine too high in the grip frame. the empty will strike the feed lip of the magazine instead of the ejector during the extraction cycle. there are several ways to correct this with the MKII (file the magazine catch a little, file the magazine base a little, or remove a little metal from the feed lips of the mag. modifing the magazine catch is the best).
the .22/45 will need the gun stripped and the magazine release filed where it contacts the magazine. go slow and check function often, as not much is usually needed to correct the problem.

monry

Any would be good, the main issue is what do YOU like. Go to your local gun store feel each one, if you have friends that have them try theirs.

I like the MK II, got all kinds of them and use them most for bullseye. I like the 22/45 because it's light and I have a lot of fun suppressing them. Also some like the 45 grip angle as a training gun...me I train with the gun/caliber I'm trying to get better with.

It's really up to you...any of them function fine...just find the right ammo. Most of the problems you hear abotu date back to the MK I to II conversion. I have an early MK II that was a bit of a PITA...but Ruger fixed it for free.

It sounds like we all agree that Ruger makes guns worth owning.

Monty - thanks for the tip on the magazines and the catch. I have had an occasional magazine that needed a little bending to work right (usually after being dropped.) But that 22/45 I had that stovepiped on both magazines probably needed that magazine catch fix you recommend. I am going to print and stick that one in my book of important stuff I probably can't remember when I need it (gotta love printer or xerox copies.) Thanks. :)