On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:19:44 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 07:49:51 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 3/9/16 3:07 PM, John H. wrote:


I have a Mark III Hunter with the fluted barrel. When I bought it the
top of the barrel was already drilled, tapped and fitted with filler
screws. All I had to do was back out the fillers and install a small
piece of Weaver rail. I assume that was done at the factory and not
the previous owner.

Just looked at the Ruger site. From the Hunter description:

"Accurate sighting system features fixed or adjustable sights and drilled and tapped
receiver for Weaver®-style scope base adapters for easy mounting of optics (adapters
included, not on fixed sight models)."

http://www.ruger.com/products/markIIIHunter/models.html

Good to know. Thanks.

Now, is the fancy grip worth $70? It is nice looking.
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The Mark III with the 6.88" barrel is overkill for informal shooting. I
know, because I had one, but sold it to buy a model with a shorter
barrel, this one, actually:

http://www.ruger.com/products/markII...ets/10101.html

The longer barrel does improve sight radius slightly, but it adds
unnecessary weight and size, and if you are going to mount a red dot on
it, is just a waste. The fancy grips add nothing to shootability.

The Mark III I now have was sent off to Volquartsen for the full
treatment, including barrel threading, so it can accommodate my
silencer. It's a great shooter.

A lot of people don't have your aversion to weight in a firearm. If
you are into rapid fire events, that weight will help you with faster
follow up shots.

You've obviously never walked dozens of miles a day carrying a rifle and a pistol
(for the feral attack-creatures). In those conditions, every gram counts.
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Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, audiophools, and narcissists...not guns!

On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:46:01 -0500, John H.
wrote:

you are into rapid fire events, that weight will help you with faster
follow up shots.

You've obviously never walked dozens of miles a day carrying a rifle and a pistol
(for the feral attack-creatures). In those conditions, every gram counts.
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I don't think that is what we are talking about. Harry is charitably
called a target shooter and those water bottles are not likely to do a
lot of sneak attacks. If he is lugging around a silencer, weight is
not that important to him

On 3/10/16 12:12 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:46:01 -0500, John H.
wrote:

you are into rapid fire events, that weight will help you with faster
follow up shots.

You've obviously never walked dozens of miles a day carrying a rifle and a pistol
(for the feral attack-creatures). In those conditions, every gram counts.
--

I don't think that is what we are talking about. Harry is charitably
called a target shooter and those water bottles are not likely to do a
lot of sneak attacks. If he is lugging around a silencer, weight is
not that important to him


I shoot "real" paper, steel, and plastic targets, not just sodapop
bottles. I mostly use the suppressor on my bolt action CZ rifle...it
is very very quiet.

We were out stomping in the woods by the Shenandoah last year about a
dozen times. On those "stomps" I open carry my S&W 686 in .357 MAG in a
side holster. No silencer. Luckily the only dogs I saw last year were on
a leash. I have seen lots of raccoons and foxes and deer, and I am
pretty sure we saw bears twice, but I don't hunt critters. They were out
doing their business and so were we.

I don't carry a rifle on those trail walks. Why would I want to? As far
as I know, there are no Viet Cong or innocent Vietnamese women and
children out there.