My Dads 22 Ruger Pistol

AKaTom · 04-22-2007, 08:13 PM

Some of you already know my Father passed away a few weeks ago. Today my Mom gave me his MKIII Ruger 22 that he had just bought a few weeks prior to his death. He and I had it out one time before he passed away, so he only got to enjoy it one time. Its a awsome pistol!!! The wife and i ran a few hundred rounds through it today without any malfunctions. I didn't know Ruger had come out with a push button mag release until i saw this pistol.

We now have a Standard model MKI I bought new when i was 16 years old in 1979, a MKII 50th anniversary model i bought my son when he turned 16 and the MKIII mentioned above. The MKIII is even drilled and tapped for a scope, base included.

Sorry for the long post, just feeling a little sentimental thinking how much i'm gonna miss Dad.

Sanders · 04-22-2007, 08:40 PM

Nice looking family, Tom.

You can't help but love those Ruger .22's.

Karl/PA · 04-22-2007, 08:41 PM

Excellent!

Gus · 04-22-2007, 08:45 PM

Sorry to hear about your dads passing ... those are very nice pistols.

Bulletboy · 04-22-2007, 10:51 PM

Those are outstanding, I'd love to get one or two of those!

Preacher · 04-22-2007, 10:59 PM

Tom, you make as long of a post as you want!!!

And I know that's one pistol that couldn't be bought right now for no amount of money!!! I'd have to say that your Dad is proud you got it.

AKWARRIOR · 04-22-2007, 11:09 PM

I would love to have one of those.I wish I had inherited somthing like that from my dad.I did get my dads Enfield when he died but one of my un-trustworthy brothers borrowed it and I never saw it again.

Pogo · 04-23-2007, 09:40 AM

Nice. That is one of the best .22 pistols made. And it is something you can remember him by.

DorGunR · 04-23-2007, 05:00 PM

Very nice Tom.........and I like the .22LR, always have.

partssman · 04-23-2007, 05:50 PM

I see Mama made the right decision Buddy

We're here if you need anything, just hollar

pistol-packin-wifey · 04-23-2007, 06:19 PM

very nice, Tom! a wonderful remembrance of your dad, may he rest in peace.

04-22-2007, 08:13 PM	#1
AKaTom Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 528	My Dads 22 Ruger Pistol Some of you already know my Father passed away a few weeks ago. Today my Mom gave me his MKIII Ruger 22 that he had just bought a few weeks prior to his death. He and I had it out one time before he passed away, so he only got to enjoy it one time. Its a awsome pistol!!! The wife and i ran a few hundred rounds through it today without any malfunctions. I didn't know Ruger had come out with a push button mag release until i saw this pistol. We now have a Standard model MKI I bought new when i was 16 years old in 1979, a MKII 50th anniversary model i bought my son when he turned 16 and the MKIII mentioned above. The MKIII is even drilled and tapped for a scope, base included. Sorry for the long post, just feeling a little sentimental thinking how much i'm gonna miss Dad.

04-22-2007, 08:40 PM	#2
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,461	Nice looking family, Tom. You can't help but love those Ruger .22's. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

04-22-2007, 08:41 PM	#3
Karl/PA Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South-Central PA Posts: 11,989	Excellent! __________________ Karl Alcohol is a perfect solvent: It dissolves marriages, families and careers.

04-22-2007, 10:51 PM	#5
Bulletboy Troubleshooter Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wa. Posts: 3,369	Those are outstanding, I'd love to get one or two of those! __________________ Veritas et Aequitas WWHBD? (What Would Henry Bowman Do?)

04-22-2007, 10:59 PM	#6
Preacher Chaplain/Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 11,321	Tom, you make as long of a post as you want!!! And I know that's one pistol that couldn't be bought right now for no amount of money!!! I'd have to say that your Dad is proud you got it. __________________ You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done. Ronald Reagan - 1964 ------------------------------------- Bunker Member #4.

04-22-2007, 08:45 PM	#4
Gus Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 66,849	Sorry to hear about your dads passing ... those are very nice pistols.

04-22-2007, 11:09 PM	#7
AKWARRIOR Gone Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Here and Now Posts: 13,454	I would love to have one of those.I wish I had inherited somthing like that from my dad.I did get my dads Enfield when he died but one of my un-trustworthy brothers borrowed it and I never saw it again. __________________ WOLVERINES!!! "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined"-Patrick Henry

04-23-2007, 09:40 AM	#8
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,969	Nice. That is one of the best .22 pistols made. And it is something you can remember him by. __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

04-23-2007, 05:00 PM	#9
DorGunR Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 30,905	Very nice Tom.........and I like the .22LR, always have.

04-23-2007, 05:50 PM	#10
partssman Redneck Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Reedy Creek, NC Posts: 9,140	I see Mama made the right decision Buddy We're here if you need anything, just hollar __________________ When Injustice Becomes Law....Rebellion Becomes Duty "If you're not shootin', you should be loadin'. If you're not loadin', you should be movin', if you're not movin', someone's gonna cut your head off and put it on a stick." - Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch

04-23-2007, 06:19 PM	#11
pistol-packin-wifey Southern Gun Girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,058	very nice, Tom! a wonderful remembrance of your dad, may he rest in peace. __________________ Remember Thermopylae, ye who would be tyrants...MOLON LABE!!!