On 3/8/16 8:38 PM, John H. wrote:
it appears to be a good zombie gun as well. The Burris Fastfire 3 on it is sweet!

I keep telling myself I don't need a Ruger Mark III. I think I'm losing. Seems like
'the Hunter' would be a great zombie gun.
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Once you figure out the counter-intuitive way the Mark III's go back
together after a full strip-down, they're great pistols. Again, though,
with a silencer, the rounds go off quietly but the firearm's
reciprocating noises are substantial.

On 3/9/2016 5:45 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 3/8/16 8:38 PM, John H. wrote:
it appears to be a good zombie gun as well. The Burris Fastfire 3 on
it is sweet!

I keep telling myself I don't need a Ruger Mark III. I think I'm
losing. Seems like
'the Hunter' would be a great zombie gun.
--

Once you figure out the counter-intuitive way the Mark III's go back
together after a full strip-down, they're great pistols. Again, though,
with a silencer, the rounds go off quietly but the firearm's
reciprocating noises are substantial.

That's the complaint I usually see when I read about Mark III's.
Casual shooters don't seem to like them because they perceive them as a
bitch to field strip.

I suppose with a lot of practice, that perception vanishes.

What ammo does yours like? I also read a lot about how some Mark
III's don't like cheap plinking ammo... not enough power to consistently
reciprocate.

On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 08:15:27 -0600, "Ryan P."
wrote:

That's the complaint I usually see when I read about Mark III's.
Casual shooters don't seem to like them because they perceive them as a
bitch to field strip.

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Putting them back together is the "interesting" part. There's one
little trick required to get the hammer in the correct position but
once you know how that works, it is fairly easy.

On 3/11/16 9:15 AM, Ryan P. wrote:
On 3/9/2016 5:45 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 3/8/16 8:38 PM, John H. wrote:
it appears to be a good zombie gun as well. The Burris Fastfire 3 on
it is sweet!

I keep telling myself I don't need a Ruger Mark III. I think I'm
losing. Seems like
'the Hunter' would be a great zombie gun.
--

Once you figure out the counter-intuitive way the Mark III's go back
together after a full strip-down, they're great pistols. Again, though,
with a silencer, the rounds go off quietly but the firearm's
reciprocating noises are substantial.

That's the complaint I usually see when I read about Mark III's.
Casual shooters don't seem to like them because they perceive them as a
bitch to field strip.

I suppose with a lot of practice, that perception vanishes.

What ammo does yours like? I also read a lot about how some Mark
III's don't like cheap plinking ammo... not enough power to consistently
reciprocate.


Pretty much anything I've tried. My "preferred" ammo is CCI Standard,
which is subsonic and cycles nicely and isn't too dirty. Also like CCI
MiniMags and I have a boatload of Gemtech Silencer Subsonic and I've
tried other ammos that work well with silencers, but I really cannot
hear the differences between CCI Standard and the so-called "silencer"
ammos. The CCI Standard I shop for is about 8 cents a round. The
"silencer" ammo is more, and sometimes I find a deal on MiniMags at 9
cents a round, but usually they are five cents more than that.

The CCI ammo branded "Quiet." which is super subsonic, does not cycle in
most semi-auto firearms, but it works well in my CZ 455 bolt action
rifle and is indeed noticeably quieter than the faster "silencer" rounds.