question on ruger 22/45 mags

Sthomas229 · Dec 17, 2018

Are the mags for the various MK models interchangeable? I'm buying 1 MK2 22/45 and looking for extra mags, not sure what I can order.

Thanks

DutchV · Dec 17, 2018

Here's the Ruger link:

http://shopruger.com/Rimfire-Pistols/products/5040/

Looks like there's different ones for each MK variant.

E.Shell · Dec 17, 2018

Dutch is correct, models vary immensely.

You can buy the same product, sans the 'Ruger' logo, cheaper from MecGar. They make the OEM magazines for Ruger anyway, so you can save yourself $5-6-7 per magazine without sacrificing quality or function by buying MecGar:https://www.mec-gar.com/pistol-magazines

Sthomas229 · Dec 17, 2018

E.Shell said:
Dutch is correct, models vary immensely.

You can buy the same product, sans the 'Ruger' logo, cheaper from MecGar. They make the OEM magazines for Ruger anyway, so you can save yourself $5-6-7 per magazine without sacrificing quality or function by buying MecGar:https://www.mec-gar.com/pistol-magazines

Messed up on the model I listed, it's a mk3 22/45 lite.

I just ordered 3 from mecgar.

Thabks

Alan3413 · Dec 17, 2018

Had terrible luck with mecgar mags. All 6 that I bought would jam every round. None of my Ruger mags have that problem.

E.Shell · Dec 18, 2018

Alan3413 said:
Had terrible luck with mecgar mags. All 6 that I bought would jam every round. None of my Ruger mags have that problem.

I find that surprising, since MecGar makes ALL of them, stamps "Ruger" on some for Ruger to sell, and stamps "MecGar" on the others and sell them themselves.

I wonder what the issue was...maybe not the correct series? There ARE a lot of variations in models vs mags...

Bountied · Dec 18, 2018

The issue I had with MecGar 22/45 mags had to do with the follower button rubbing and getting snagged. The way I fixed it was to polish the channel the button rides in until was really smooth. I also streched the springs a little to make them stronger. Not sure why the MecGar mags were like this and the Ruger mags were fine, but after working the follower button a few hundred times they work perfectly.

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