Ruger Mark II vs. Ruger Single-Six

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Not sure if this should be in the "rimfire" or "handgun" forum, but here it is.

I'm trying to decide which .22 to save my pennies for. I know it depends on what I plan to use it for and all that (bulls-eye league for starters), but I'd really like to hear which one's your favourite of the two, and why.

Oh, and a quick question about the single-six: It's caliber is listed as .22LR, but I assume you could also shoot .22 shorts and .22 CBs? And I also assume this is not the case for the Mark II?

Thanks guys!
 
kodiakjack said:
Oh, and a quick question about the single-six: It's caliber is listed as .22LR, but I assume you could also shoot .22 shorts and .22 CBs? And I also assume this is not the case for the Mark II?
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I can at least answer that part -- .22 shorts will safely shoot from a semi-auto designed for .22 LR, but they will not extract/feed properly so you'd be spending a lot of time digging out spent cartridge cases with a penknife or screwdriver.
 
Given that they're two totally different guns----
If you want to do bullseye shooting I'd go with the MK 2 with the 5 or 10 inch bull barrel. They are highly accurate, low recoil pistols that are also very reliable. You'll only get stoppages if you never clean it.
The single six is a good gun, fun to shoot, and a good practice gun if you're going to get into CAS.
Cheers.:cool:
 
I asked myself the same question and bought a buckmark. Glad I did too.
Much better trigger out of the box and easily improved with no permanent changes or new parts. For me it fed subsonic match ammo better than the Rugers I've had in the past.

Depending on your spot league you might want to run optics, a little tough with the wheel-gun.

-Grant
 
andycal said:
I have them and i like them. I never tried to shoot short in Mk2. Single six convertible is also 22 mag.
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Oh yeah! Forgot it comes with 2nd cylinder... So 22mag, 22lr, 22short, 22cb. NO for .22shot though! (ha, shoot a 5 foot group at 2 yards)
 
I've got both, a minty single-six that my late father-in-law gave me, 2 Mark 2s and a Mark 1.

The single-six doesn't shoot worth a crap, probably due to the .224 barrel Ruger stuck on both the .22 LRs and the convertables. The semis shoot like they had eyes.

My kids figured that out for themselves when "normal" kids would have been playing with blocks. They abandonned the "cowboy gun" quickly when they found they could actually hit things with the .22 auto-loaders. That's why I have so many of them now.(And a High-Standard and a Woodsman)

You would probably save a few bucks with the wheelgun, loading and ejecting one at a time is painfully slow. What 3 kids and an Ultimate Cliploader can do to a few cases of .22 LR is startleing.
 
If you are going to shoot official Bullseye matches with timed/rapid-fire events using a Single-Six, you will never be able to finish timed and rapid-fire 10-shot strings before the whistle sounds. Go with the Ruger MKII or MKIII. If you want a revolver, go with a S&W 617 (10-shot) or a S&W Model 17 (six-shot), or some other other six-shot swing-out-cylinder double-action that will handle speed-loaders.
 
I'll eventually own both. Had a Ruger Mark III Hunter, which I didn't like because of the length and sold it to buy a 5.5" Single Six which pairs nicely with my Henry Golden Boy. I'll eventually get around to buying another Mark III; a 5.5" Target model as well as a 10/22 Takedown. They're all recreational guns as far as I'm concerned, but seeing as I'm too old for Buckaroo in SASS, my .22 "cowboy guns" are my Anti-conversion tools.
 
The most correct answer is both!

I have a soft spot for wheel guns, and a single six is an excellent one. They aren't the most superbly accurate, but accurate enough. Bare in mind that they are more sensitive to technique and follow through.

I don't find them to be especially slow to load/unload. Practice makes it feel like second nature.
 
One negative I have noticed about my Single Six is that the cylinder seems very prone to lead fouling. It could be my preferred ammo, but I've yet to make it through a brick without having to vigorously run a brass wired brush through the chambers to ensure proper seating. It just seems to gum up very quickly.
 
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