Does this Ruger 22/45 exist?

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Dweano

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Hey, I have recently become very interested in a Ruger 22/45. I started out wanting to buy a Norc M93, but things escalated quickly. I know they have many different models, but does a model with an under barrel rail (for the zombies ;) ) and a removable top rail with iron sights exist?

I know there is a model with an underbarrel rail but it comes with what looks like a non removable top rail and no iron sights. Which would be ok but I am unsure I would love a red dot and want to retain the option of iron sights. Does it exist? Can it be done? The Lite model has a shroud does it not? Can a shroud with a rail be added? I am unsure of how these work but I am just throwing out the question

I am really looking for one of these...:pirate:
 
This one? ht tp://www.ruger.com/products/2245ThreadedBarrel/specSheets/10149.html

It has both rails but no sights. They list others with bottom rails. If you want both rails and sights as well I think your out of luck unless you can have some aftermarket ones added. They may not offer this configuration for a reason. There may not be space for them with the rail.
 
I was thinking something like the bottom rail of this:

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but the top of this one, which has a rail for a sight (removable like most 22/45's it seems) but also has iron sights.

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the 22/45 lite sights (front and rear) are held on by one screw each that goes into the barrel and gun, they are not dove tailed in like most guns.
you could easily buy that one with the rails and have it tapped from any gun smith for probably under $20 and pick up some nice fiber optic sights for around $60.

or at least that is probably the easiest route to go about what you are wanting.
easy as in order the gun, take to a smith and have him tap 2 holes in like 5 minutes and your shooting your gun.
 
plus youd have the added bonus of the threaded barrel.

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or you can pick up a 22/45 lite (had the top rail and front and rear sights) and have a rail tapped into the bottom of the barrel.

i guess it would be the same amount of work.
tapping of 2 screws.

they are fun guns too.
 
Hmm never thought about that. Wouldn't the sights be cut off by the integrated top rail? It seems pretty high and the stock sights on the 22/45 sights seem low. I wonder how hard it would be to attach a bottom rail...really I would only want it for the odd time I wanna be tacticool, so I figured I would toss this out there
 
other option would be to add a co-witness 45 degree rail like some people run on their AR's

its a 1" mount that goes out a inch or so then has another chuck of rail so you can mount some sites off on the side of your gun, allows you to use the iron or a scope and mount a mini red dot off on the side.
handy for close up work.
 
Dweano said:
Hmm never thought about that. Wouldn't the sights be cut off by the integrated top rail? It seems pretty high and the stock sights on the 22/45 sights seem low. I wonder how hard it would be to attach a bottom rail...really I would only want it for the odd time I wanna be tacticool, so I figured I would toss this out there
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my dad has a S&W R8 which is a revolver, it came tapped for a rail from the factory.
just 2 screw holes.
so if he wants to mount a light under his barrel he just puts on the rail with the 2 screws.

tapping into the bottom or the barrel, or top for that matter is like a 2 minute job for any gunsmith or machinist for that matter.
 
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