Customer Reviews for RUGER MARK IV 22/45 TACTICAL .22 LR

This handgun is a simple joy. It looks great and it works well. Very easy field-strip process makes for easy maintenance. The grip is apparently modeled after 1911 45 caliber handguns, which is where the '45' in '22/45' comes from. Very comfortable. One of the best features is magazine ejection. Pressing the mag release button launches the ballistic magazine missile. I am fairly confident that ejecting the magazine at someone in self-defense is a viable back-up weapon. This being the tactical model, it is hot-rodded with picatinny rail sections up top and down below, 1/2" by 28 threaded barrel, and of course comes in tasteful and tactical black hues. It is made to be tricked out with your choice of red dot optics, laser/light, and suppressor. Go nuts, I did. The only drawback is that you have just ten rounds.

Excellent quality pistol that is fun and cheap to shoot. Buds has the best prices around,, and great discounts for military. I have purchased several firearms from them, as their prices and service are the best!

Always great quality from Ruger. Shoots great and the mark IV design makes it so much easier to disassemble than previous generations

A go to for archery season, I keep the piece with a x300 and suppressor in my hunting bag all season. Mostly for rattlesnakes and small pests. Total effective and will not blow a hunting set shooting subsonic suppressor. Slip a thumb over the bolt and it's bb gun quiet.

Love the gun. After installing a Volquartsen trigger kit, it has a light but crisp trigger and shoots great!

Always wanted a Ruger 22 BUT didn’t want to mess with their complicated breakdown. The MK 4 changes this. Great shooting pistol that is easy to clean. Will feed anything. At some point I will get a suppressor for it.

Bud's shipped my 22/45 quickly and maintained great communication throughout. They were also far cheaper than any of the local gun shops here in San Antonio. As for the Ruger itself, it's very similar to my old MkII, just with a far more natural grip angle, hassle-free disassembly, and the obvious accessory-friendly rails and threaded barrel. It is, however, in desperate need of a better trigger. Despite the long, creepy and heavy pull, it still shoots 1" groups with plinking ammo from a red dot at 25 yards. I'm sure with match ammo and a better trigger it's capable of tighter groups. I will say that I have experienced some failures to chamber the Remington Yellow Jackets due to the excessive wax buildup or lead burrs on a lot of the rounds. It took me a minute to figure out what was happening. Sometimes, either the hammer would not drop (acting like it was on 'Safe') or I would get light strikes from the bolt not interfacing completely with the chamber, leaving a small gap. Maybe Ruger needs to give the MkIV a forward assist? But seriously, I guess it's the price you pay for very tight tolerances. The only real fix is to shoot higher grade ammo. Still a great, accurate little pistol.

Great Little Target pistol. Excellent grips, a little over kill with the 1913 rails but I guess Ruger said “Why Not?”. Getting four stars as it has jammed a few times. Could’ve been the ammo, but .22 blow back should just eat.

At long last Ruger has made a pistol that is a pleasure to break down and clean!

I am a 30+yr gun collector. I love the Rugers Mk series I own every Mk pistol to date.I collected every color of the LITE and I buy 1 or 2 extra of all Mk series to shoot the rest I just collect. I also buy doubles or triples of the same model to mod with Pac Lite uppers etc. The Ruger mk series speaks for itself the are some of the most accurate and reliable non match type .22LR Pistols in history. The Tactical series is no exception. It eats any ammo I feed it from lite to heavy grained bullets, HP's, HVHP, subsonics and coated or non coated bullets. The pistol is also very accurate, points nicely and feels perfect in the hand especially with 22/45 grip. This and or all Mk's are great suppressor hosts (I only use threaded ones) with my ACC, Dead Air, Griffen and other .22 and 5.56 cans, the gun is so quiet all you hear is the action moving. I use mostly Trijicon RMR's on most if not all my hand guns along with some T1 or T2 micro's. But even with irons the gun is very accurate. Also magazines are inexpensive and plentiful. The takedown on the MKIV is the biggest change for earlier models. Its simply a one button push, the upper hinges off and the bolt slides out. Much easier than the MKIII etc. I highly recommend this legendary handgun. You won't be sorry! Disclaimer: Yes I copy/paste with some edits to some guns of the same type to save time and typing. But I assure you I am a real person, I do not work for Buds and I do own everything that has been reviewed by me. : ) Ive have been a Buds customer and TB member for 13+yrs and have bought over a half century of guns from just Buds alone. I do shop and buy firearms from other shops as well. But Buds is one of my favorites out of a very few online gun shops. I like the selection, prices and best of all the CS is stellar. If you are new to Buds no worries even when you have a problem they will take care of it. Again do not work here. ; ) Stay safe people!

This a very sweet trainer pistol. Very user friendly with a one button breakdown.

Goes bang every time and has a lot of features like rail space and a threaded barrel. A nice pistol. Thanks Bud’s!

I added a can, and reflex site. My silent pinker! Love it!

Love the gun. The Mark IV is exponentially easier to break down than the earlier models. The mag drops clean as well. Traditional accuracy with modern updates to make maintaining the gun easier.

Great product and easy to handle and fun to shoot.

A perfect 22 pistol. Very reliable and it is great having the rail and threaded barrel to mount a sight and suppressor.

This gun has a great feel and the weight is perfect. Put a red dot on it and it is a tack driver. My kids love to shoot it.

Just one solid little pistol and easy to clean!!

Great pistol. A purchase you will not regret. The Mark IV 22/45 was received by FFL in 3 days. After about 250 rounds of various ammo with only 2 malfunctions( both ammo related) I came home and put my Glock 44 and TaurusTX22 on consignment at local shop. The quality, Accuracy and reliability of the Mark IV are incredible. The Tactical with the 45 Style grip, pic rails and ease of cleaning are icing on the cake. Cool gun that is ridiculously accurate. Just buy one!

Great product from a great vendor.

I can shoot this gun well. It shoots flawlessly. Have shot all kinds of ammo with no problems. Feels good. Adjustable sights is good and I had to adjust it when I got it and through a thousand rounds it holds true and I even dropped my gun once. Love the location of the safety. My dislikes is the front sight is rectangular black and I had to paint it white to see it better. The bolt hold open is a little large and low and I had to adjust my grip a little so it would hold open on last shot. The bolt can pinch your fingers if you don't get your fingers cleanly off of it when you release it. The gun just shoots well for me. It makes me feel like a better shooter than I am. I have even taken it squirrel hunting

Buds never disappoints! This is my 7th purchase and it keeps getting better and better! Received 4 days after purchase! Wow.. as far as this product, can in great shape, fires like a champ. If your on the fence and maybe have a can in your near future just buy this. You will be pleased!!

It's a nice pew pew tool with tons of a options for personalization/customization however one prefers. Very solid connection between upper/lower and the 1911 grip feels great if your accustomed to a straight profile grip like that vs the traditional ruger/nambu style grip frame or shoot 1911/2011 style firearms. Performs very reliable with a wide range of ammunition i've tried in various grain weights and load types. A-ok with most subsonic, standard and hyper velocity rounds. only had one stove-pipe out of 500 rounds. EASY to clean, seriously...That takedown button is great. My only negative complaint is the magazine capacity. The grip frame is certainly capable of allowing more room for larger mags if Ruger had considered doing that. Though they are probably not going to and maybe there might be some options in the aftermarket? Otherwise, the mags get spent quick at the range and your going to want some tool (mcfadden clip loader?) to load them quickly if time is precious at the range for you. The Default trigger could be a little better? The take up to the wall before hammer drops is a little squishy and long, at least Volquartsen and Tandemkross have kits to fix that to make it a little snappier if one cares about trigger feel. Otherwise, altogether it's a very nice pistol.

Love it glad to have one in my collection

Absolutely love this gun. After a couple of hundred rounds or so, this has quickly become my favorite 22 pistol. I installed a At3 micro red dot and I feel this was a perfect addition to this gun. In the hand the gun feels full size and feels like quality. The fit and finish is excellent. The safety is easy to operate, however, the slide release is not the easiest to reach with my thumb, and my hands are not small. Not a big deal, as the gun in my opinion is awesome. I have run many different types of ammo without one hiccup that could be blamed on the gun. So far it seems to eat anything you run through it. Compared to Ruger Mk pistols of the past, the breakdown could not be any easier. Cleaning is a breeze. The only change I made was a grip change. I removed the stock grip panels, made by Hogue BTW, and put a Hogue 79081 on it. Accuracy is excellent, the gun will shoot as good as you shoot it. Recoil is minimal, as with most 22's. I highly recommend the Ruger 22/45 Tactical.