Is a Ruger MKII the same as a Ruger Standard II

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Hello

I ask the question, since I don`t know, is a Ruger MKII the same as a Ruger Standard II which has a 4 3/4" barrel? I again don`t know the ruger .22cal line and I was thinking ahead since I am the new owner of a Ruger Standard II with a 4 3/4" barrel. I was thinking about looking for extra magazine BUT not sure if that is the same gun.

Also does anyone know if there is a Ruger Authorized Service centre in Canada, woud like to look into a few things for it.

Thanks In advance for your help.
George
 
As far as I know standard means the tapered barrel and not the 22/45 grip angle.
MkII parts and magazines should be what you want.

Hopefully some of the serious Ruger collectors will post if I'm mistaken.
 
Mk1 / Mk11 mags are interchange, but the follower has to flipped. (Remove base, switch button to the other side) They're both heel release. The Mk 111 mags may or may not work, they have a conventional thumb button release. I have one that fits in spite of the little notch midway up the mag. The 22/45 mags have a different base altogether, I don't believe they fit at all.
 
GeorgeJure said:
Hello

I ask the question, since I don`t know, is a Ruger MKII the same as a Ruger Standard II which has a 4 3/4" barrel? I again don`t know the ruger .22cal line and I was thinking ahead since I am the new owner of a Ruger Standard II with a 4 3/4" barrel.
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I am not familiar with this use of the word "standard", where did you find it? Is it on the gun? Or in the instruction manual someplace?

When first released to market, the Ruger .22 semi-auto pistol was known as the "Standard Auto Pistol". That lasted several years, after which the name was dropped and Ruger referred to the gun as the Mk I Auto Pistol. I have never heard the title "standard" used to describe this line ever since.
 
I don't think there is actually a Standard model. I think standard is what some people call the shorter tapered blued barrel, as opposed to the 5.5 bull.

Excellent pistol, IMO. Have owned a few. The mags will all be the same for the varieties that have the heel drop.

FWIW, the most accurate pistol I have ever owned (and still do) is a MK3 competition target with Volquartsen sear and SamLam bushings.

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Different places will market the regular tapered barrel as standard or STD. Just their way of marking the difference in the description I am guessing. I've seen it a few times with the Mk II and Mk III.
 
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I am not familiar with this use of the word "standard", where did you find it? Is it on the gun? Or in the instruction manual someplace?

When first released to market, the Ruger .22 semi-auto pistol was known as the "Standard Auto Pistol". That lasted several years, after which the name was dropped and Ruger referred to the gun as the Mk I Auto Pistol. I have never heard the title "standard" used to describe this line ever since.
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The Ruger Standard Auto was manufactured from 1949 to 1981, in 4 3/4", and after 1954, 6" tapered barrel lengths.
It had fixed sights and had only a round button thumb safety and a heel magazine catch. The safety doubled as a manual hold-open.

The Mark 1 Target was manufactured from 1950 to 1981, with a 6" tapered barrel, and differed only in having target sights.
From 1952 to 1957 a 5.25" barrel version was available.
From 1963 to 1981 a 5.5" bull barrel version was sold, and became the most popular version.

From 1982 to 2004 the Mark 2 version was produced in both fixed sight and target models and also the 22/45 polymer frame model.

But, the fixed sight tapered barrel versions of the Mark 2 were not called Standard Autos.

I purchased a then-new, fixed sight, 4 3/4" tapered-barrel model, with checkered walnut factory grips, back in 1972.
It was indeed described as a Ruger Standard Auto on the box, and was registered as such.
 
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What Ruger calls them these days is one thing. But from my reading around "Std" or "Standard" generally refers to the tapered barrel on the more raked back Luger sort of grip frame. Right or wrong if I see an EE listing for a Ruger Mk II or III "Standard" the picture is pretty much always of the raked back Luger style frame with a tapered barrel.
 
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