For more info about these and other Ruger products, check out their website.
Recently teased, Ruger is pleased to announce that the long-barreled 10-inch Mark IV Target is in production and now shipping. Chambered for .22 Long Rifle, this stretched out rimfire pistol is headed to stores online and nearby across the country.
Ruger hasn’t had a 10-inch version of their Mark series in production for a while and this may be the first time some shooters will have seen anything like it. With it’s unusually long 10-inch barrel the newest Mark IV will squeeze every last bit of performance out of everything from plinking loads to serious small game hunting and match-grade competition ammo.
A long barrel doesn’t make the 10-inch Mark IV Target more accurate than more compact models but it does extend the sight radius by a huge amount which makes it easier to aim precisely. And for some shooters the extra barrel mass adds stability to their stance which makes the tighter, longer shots just that better, too.
By comparison the Mark IV Competition and Hunter pistols used to be the longest barrel options with their 6.9-inch barrels, and the standard Mark IV Target pistols have 5.5-inch barrels.
Naturally these aren’t lightweight handguns even for “little” .22 pistols. Not only are they extra-long they have bull barrel assemblies that, depending on the model, brings the overall weight of these guns to just over 53 ounces, or well over 3 pounds.
Ruger offers the 10-inch Mark IV Target in two configurations, an all-stainless steel version with a white satin finish, and a carbon steel model with a blued finish and an anodized alloy frame. The alloy framed model weighs in at a hair over 46 ounces, so while it is lighter weight, it’s still no bantam version.
Both have all the Mark IV features and updates including the simplified takedown, ambidextrous safety levers and aggressively angled target grip. They come standard with large, fully-adjustable target sights. And the receivers are drilled and tapped to accept optics mounts and rails for scopes and other accessories.
See Also: Introducing the New Ruger American Rimfire Long-Range Target Rifle
And of course, they’re priced in line with other Mark IV guns. Like so many of Ruger’s rimfire pistols they’re affordable with suggested pricing starting at $645 for the blued model and $719 for the stainless version. Real-world prices should be even lower starting around $600 including one 10-round magazine.
The bulk of rimfire ammunition really is made for use with rifles and while shooting .22 LR pistols is a lot of fun, many of these handguns give up a lot of downrange performance but with these Mark IV Target pistols that’s pretty much no longer the case.
They are big handguns, about as far from kit guns and plinkers as you can get while still chambered for .22 LR, but for anyone looking for the best effective, accurate long-range rimfire shooting performance, these Target models will be hard to beat.
For more info about these and other Ruger products, check out their website.
I have numerous mark 1,2,3,4, and a limited edition all stainless just wanted to know what other calibers are available in this model. I also need a right thumb grip for my latest purchase and how much
I got the old one. killed lots of ducks with it.
a great silhouette gun too
actually had 3, gunmmith destroyed one. had a squib and shot one behind it, federal manned up n got me a free one.
A pet peeve:
Why do gun scribes use “alloy” as a substitute for the correct word “aluminum”? Any combination of metals is an alloy.
Rant complete.
Probably because it isn’t 100% aluminum, therefore, an alloy.
It’s because other people say it…so we say it…and then other people say it…
Steel is an alloy too and we rarely call it “alloy.” If I had to give a reason for it, it would be because of gun writing from the ’70s and ’80s, where “aluminum” would have sounded like a cheap steel alternative (and plenty of it was) where “alloy” sounded fancy, or at least, less cheap, and people have been saying that ever since.
But yeah, the laws of gun jargon require that we refer to calling aluminum alloys “alloy” and steel alloys “real steel.” Can’t change that.
In the materials science area, “lightweight alloy” and “aluminum alloy” have been synonymous and used interchangeably, at least in the English-speaking world, since before the Second World War. Shortly after the introduction of the term, it was shortened to “alloy” in the jargon of the trade and the word “alloy” without further qualification is normally intended to mean “lightweight aircraft aluminum alloy” unless contradicted by context. Thus an “alloy-frame revolver” is aluminum-framed, and so on.