[Handgun] Gold Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite .22 LR 4.4" 10rd $459.99 + Free Shipping

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Primary_Spread6816@reddit

Just be sure the little hangie down hammer strut thing is hanging down when you put the thing back in the…Wuzzat? Design changed you say? In seconds you say? Seconds?

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I opted for the Mk III with the old, hated takedown instead of the Mk IV (with the quick takedown) when I got my Volquartsen .22LR pistol last year. Not sure if it's true, but it was noted by various people that the Mk III was slightly more accurate than the newer Mk IV and was the better option if you didn't mind the takedown. Again, not sure if true, but the takedown wasn't enough to deter me.

It is a bit tricky for sure, but I found a video that shows a method for it that works 100% of the time, and it's actually easy AF to do.

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AOC_AgentOfChaos@reddit

LOL that reminds me of how much I disliked dealing with all of that. I got pretty good at it, but I love the push button MKIV. Went from the worst pistol to field strip to the best. Also, the MK IV is much more reliable. I owned several MK IIIs and they weren't even close to the MKIV in terms of reliability.

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toxicity69@reddit

Yeah, I could see that. To be fair though, Volquartsens are fully custom pistols that are only Ruger Mk series in name, as I don't think there is one part inside that is stock Ruger (VQ even upgrades stock Ruger mags with better internals).

My VQ Scorpion (Mk III) has been dead-nuts reliable for me. The only time I have an issue is failure-to-feeds if I let it get really dirty (I run it with a Dead Air Mask 24/7) as the feed ramp can get gummed up. Takes all of 2 seconds to pick off any build-up off the ramp and resume mag-dumping though. Other than that, there don't seem to be any problem areas where nasty 22LR build-up fouls the operation. The DLC coating on the bolt is like magic as that shit is impervious to carbon build-up.

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quipd@reddit

Yes, the Volquartsen parts are very well made. My Mark II 22/45 ran like shit until I installed the upgraded firing pin and extractor from VQ. Went from constant FTFs and FTEs to zero problems whatsoever.

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grambo__@reddit

Mark IVs are already more mechanically accurate than almost any shooter.

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toxicity69@reddit

Yeah, didn't stop monkey brain from picking what was said to be inherently better lol, and I'm sure I'll never be good enough to test the limits of the gun (just a hobby shooter). The complaints on takedown on the Mk III are way overblown in my opinion, though. Sure single button is nice, but it's not like most pistols have it that easy for field stripping, and the Scorpion isn't hard once you get the trick to the final assembly (use the video I linked and it's brain dead easy).

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cw97r@reddit

In for one. Thanks op!

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

You’re welcome!! Looking forward to mine as well :)

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fehstrahafeh@reddit

First time buying a gun online. How exactly do FFL fees work? are they already paid by the seller or should I call and shop around for the cheapest FFL fee-store in my area? Thanks for answering this dumb question.

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

Dude I’m so weirdly happy your first online gun is through one of my links 😂. Check Reddit for recommended FFLs in your area. It’s a price between you and them, for the transfer and holding, and it varies by individual. In the Philly area in the city it can be as high as the $60s but if you go to the burbs I’ve paid as low as $25-40 depending how far and whom you choose.

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fehstrahafeh@reddit

thanks I'll be calling some local places today.

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

Good luck!!

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spook777@reddit

yes this is what you should do - sometimes at-home FFLs have a cheaper price. Maybe check out Reddit to see if the is a city sub for your area + guns. And ask in there who's someone decent to go to on your side of town. Depending on your state FFL fees could be as expensive as $100 (or more...hey California) or as low as $15. You pay the receiver of the firearm that processes your 4473, though sometimes online seller tag extra fees on it.

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Ccnagirl@reddit

I have the same one and love mine .

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

I'm looking forward to joining the space gat club! Gonna get a gold tooth to match

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382hp@reddit

My space blaster

https://imgur.com/a/Zol6Evb

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Ccnagirl@reddit

What can is it ?

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

I love it! Can you post your upgrades?

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Ccnagirl@reddit

https://i.ibb.co/MD9bkJtg/20250103-141146.jpg

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w33bored@reddit

This maybe kinda deserves to be on the other subreddit.

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

Gonewild?

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Ccnagirl@reddit

Woah..

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Ccnagirl@reddit

Thanks.

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duki512@reddit

Damn that looks nice

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

LOVE

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Prior-Champion65@reddit

Do you run extended mags? 10 seems really small

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Ccnagirl@reddit

You are right. I would love to have extended magazines. 10 is very low..usually for our rimfire challenges we shoot less than 10 per round of competition. I keep more loaded magazines for each match to save time between rounds loading.

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Norskamerikaner@reddit

10 has been the standard for .22LR target pistols since at least the Colt Woodsman. Single-stack magazines also tend to get excessively long and unreliable as capacity increases.

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Prior-Champion65@reddit

I’m aware of that, I’m just curious if anyone used extended in these

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Norskamerikaner@reddit

I don't think any exist to use because of the above points. I've looked at a lot of accessories since I bought my Mark V last month and never came across anything more than a +1 follower.

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OneNormalHuman@reddit

They make extended mags for Ruger standard/mk series? Don't think I have ever seen one.

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Prior-Champion65@reddit

Me either that’s why I’m asking I guess

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taiknism@reddit

I wish I had more disposable funds.

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CaptainMagma1@reddit

Just get a credit card, use it until it gets declined, then throw it out. Do this as many times as needed

/s

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taiknism@reddit

This assumes one hasn’t destroyed their credit already.

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htx1114@reddit

Step 1) be responsible for a decade or so while requesting a 10% credit line increase every 6-9 months.

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iH8MotherTeresa@reddit

Put it on your HSA as a life saving device!

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Sammy_1141@reddit

I hear the Doge Dividend is a possible thing

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3900Ent@reddit

Unpopular opinion: I enjoy the TX22 over these.

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

I don't think you're alone in that. I just think the MK IV aesthetic (even if you don't like the gold version lol), history, and customization/aftermarket can't be beat.

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3900Ent@reddit

Yeah I get it. But for $300 I got an optics ready and suppressor ready pistol with a pretty good trigger and 15 and 22 round capacity.

The MKIV has its places but for modernization and practicality, the TX22 wipes this gun off the table.

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For_ohagen@reddit

Eh, I love mine. Probably won’t ever buy a tx22.

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Jimothius@reddit

Your loss

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For_ohagen@reddit

Eh, I guess I’ll never know.

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WhiskerTriscuit@reddit

The TX22s reliability just seems impossible to me coming from old 10/22s and Mark pistols. In 5000 rds I've cleaned mine twice because there was millimeters of carbon gunk on the striker face.

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3900Ent@reddit

If they made only one good gun, this is it. The gun is just fantastic and suppressed? So much fun. I love mine.

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derfdog@reddit

Once again, it’s better when they mis-annodize and it turns out orange

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

Better than the PSA deal for me, $22 tax, no shipping, and don't have to deal with PSA :)

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Dont_Touch_Me_There9@reddit

Obligatory fuck PSA!

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LongLiveJohnBrown@reddit

What did PSA do?

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Different-Medium-204@reddit

They have been putting fake pricing on their website only to cancel people's orders. It's a fraudulent tactic for cross selling other items with a loss leader they don't ever have to honor.

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Dont_Touch_Me_There9@reddit

What pisses me off the most about Palmetto is again the customer service. I live about 20 minutes from PSA and there will be times that an item shows as in inventory in store. I called the store a dozen times, and no one answers (No one ever answers the phone at any of their locations). So I chance it to go to the store and what do you know, the employee tells me that they're actually out of stock and that the in-store inventory that it shows online is not accurate at all.

There's no option to have ammo or even a weapon from their own site shipped to the store without paying shipping cost, even if it shows that it's in inventory in the damn store. And the shipping cost online are the highest that I've seen. Also, they do not allow the military discount that they give in the stores to be used online.

The associates they have behind the counter at the store or as condescending and unhelpful as can be as well.

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702PoGoHunter@reddit

Sounds like the Greenville location for sure the way you're describing it.

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Dont_Touch_Me_There9@reddit

This has been true at every Palmetto I've been to in SC.

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Shock-Broad@reddit

And emailing that fake pricing to customers and pretending that it was an error exclusive to the website.

They just forgot to mark it up before emailing the price cut and applying it to the website.

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Livid-Category-446@reddit

Was that the Alien thing just happened?

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Shock-Broad@reddit

Wouldn't surprise me if it applied to many cases. I was specifically thinking of the strike eagle deal

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Livid-Category-446@reddit

I think Alien pistol went through

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Dont_Touch_Me_There9@reddit

Sky high shipping and piss poor customer service.

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

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kosanovskiy@reddit

Washington State: You'll shoot your eye out kid.

BANNED!

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fingolfinz@reddit

Fucking for real? I’m even fine with a little bit of sensible control but wtf. It’s a fucking .22, no one is going to do shit with one of those. About the only thing living in Missouri is good for is at least being very free about what I can own with pew pews

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kosanovskiy@reddit

Yup. Banned because of the threaded barrel and the "barrel shroud".

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joooobie@reddit

Interesting. I just saw a few 10/22 with thread barrel at my lgs.

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NegativeCreep12@reddit

Rimfire rifles over 30 inches can have salty features.

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kratsynot42@reddit

Yep, its an 'assault weapon' . already bitched down below.. so fucking stupid.. Literally half the firearms in existence are banned here now, worse than CALI... how is this not infringement.. and watch out, mandatory gun insurance is coming soon.

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ringu68@reddit

I fucking hate this state.

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ExcellentConflict@reddit

I really wish these didn't have a 10rd magazine

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toxicity69@reddit

Same, but it's not nearly as much of a problem if you get a McFadden speed loader for Mark series pistols (can also buy adapters for other gats). You can dump a box of 50 into the loader, shake it a bit, insert a mag, tip the loader back, and all of a sudden you have a fully loaded mag. Insert new mags and repeat. It takes all of 30 seconds to load 5 mags with that McFadden.

I know this sounds like a shill comment, but it's really that much of a game changer when it comes to maximizing shooting time vs. spending it reloading mags (and .22LR sucks to load otherwise).

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fingolfinz@reddit

God damn I love how ridiculous it looks, it looks like a lot of fun to shoot with

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

Space Gyat

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fingolfinz@reddit

Truly. Just watched some videos of it being used, it seriously reminds me of some laser gun the way you can fire off rounds with it so quickly

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shaneinhisroom@reddit

Is there a way to attach an x300 to these so I can use my ragnorak SD holster?

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BobFlex@reddit

You can buy the tactical model instead of the lite, it has a pic rail under the barrel

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XxcOoPeR93xX@reddit

Do they have any that aren't ugly as fuck?

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XxcOoPeR93xX@reddit

All black with accessory rail for $10 more is definitely a better grab imo

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

I think that's the tactical, not the lite IIRC, but also a good deal for that one.

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cdillon42@reddit

What's the difference?

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

Tactical has a steel upper and heavy steel barrel whereas the Lite has an aluminum upper and sleeved barrel

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cdillon42@reddit

Which one is better?

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

I bought this one because it's, well, lighter and more expensive usually (and hilarious) but depends on what you're looking for! I think if you asked 100 people you'd get a decent split. Honestly don't think you can go wrong.

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Gweenz@reddit

Just held both the Lite and Tactical yesterday and the Tac is definitely noticeably heavier, but I agree the Lite is ugly. I bought the Tac, Fleet Farm had the Tac for $529 but was running a $100 off online orders so it was something like $460 out the door.

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Unfair-Exchange4541@reddit

They make a 22/45 lite in black

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

Not for that price, I've been looking lol, this one tends to get the lowest for lite historically and this is about $30 off from what I could find not counting shipping/tax

Equal to the recent Brownells deal with the silver two-tone, but that was a one-off and Brownells has shipping. I'm planning on changing the barrel out anyways haha

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Juicy-J23@reddit

I already own a mk III.....I don't need it, I don't need it.

If only it was in blue

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clientnotfound@reddit

What do mags for these tend to cost?

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grambo__@reddit

Don’t worry you’ll end up buying three Mark IVs and they each come with two mags

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UncleTwinkleToes@reddit

You can find twin packs on eBay for around 35

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Cru4y@reddit

I luck out on the Fleet Farm Valentine day sale and got it for 430$

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Tactically_Fat@reddit

I wish my Mk II 22/45 mags would fit the Mk IV.

I want a Mk IV something fierce. But I have like 13 Mk II mags...

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b4dkarm4@reddit

Someone's about to complete their Bond villain arc.

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CaptainMagma1@reddit

Just get a credit card, use it until it gets declined, then throw it out. Do this as many times as needed

/s

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existenceispaiinn@reddit

Golden face, but yes

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Tactical_Tubesock@reddit

Goldenface - Starring Jim (James? Jimothy?!) Halpert

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psilocydonia@reddit

Any respectable collection should have at least one mark IV with a threaded barrel and a suppressor to go with it. IIRC, most standard velocity .22lr is subsonic out of a <4.5” barrel, and the mark IV qualifies. So fun to have such a cheap subsonic gun.

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1lookwhiplash@reddit

Hmm, but this, or wait the undetermined amount of time for Silencer Shop to fill my order for the short barrel version..

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

You could always get this and add a short barrel from Volquartsen, right?

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1lookwhiplash@reddit

Yeah true but that’s getting expensive and there is something about it all being OEM. I think me and my .22 silencer will continue to wait 😂

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morehambones@reddit

Lite or the "Tactical" (bull barrel in the 22/45 variant)?

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toomanyshoeshelp@reddit (OP)

Lite here. Tactical is $10 more, pretty good price for that one too.

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