Ruger Mark 1 Reviews

I use this for pest control. Dead on at 20 yards.

Longer barrel, for better accuracy at longer distances.

Very powerful, be sure of your backstop.

It is a powerful gun, nice rifled barrel.

Rear site is awful, needs more adjustment capability

Miss fires 10 percent of the time, not accurate because of rear site. Rear site broke off within 4 days of purchase. I wouldn't recommend this gun to anyone period.

power to buck ratio can not be beat,actual visual smoking gun 30 foot and less accuracy <1.0"

longer cocking assist (i am handicapped}

surprising report(loudness)

Power, fiber optic sights.

Barrel lenght, cockaid, front sight height and trigger.

My Ruger shoots low. The rear sight is maxed out on the height and it's still 8" low @ 25'. A red dot sight corrected it but the hard trigger makes it hard to shoot accuratly. The cock aid is a must use as the front sight will dig in your hand if you cock your gun without it. As mentionned in the other reviews you have to take the aid off as it has a negative effect. If I leave it on my gun will shoot even lower. Chrony F1 with Crosman 7.4gr pellet: 470-487fps. RWS 5.56gr: 570-577fps

POWERFUL!!! This gun shoots just as powerful as some pellet rifles. It's so powerful that at 20 yards I shot pellets into a block of wood and the pellets got stuck in there.

Rear sight was crooked a little so it threw off my accuracy but other than that I wouldn't change a thing!

My gun came with the rear sight slightly crooked but other than that it was everything I thought it would be. This gun is not for boys it's for men...it has weight, kicks good for a pellet pistol, and you need a little elbow grease to cock it so that makes it automatically child proof in my book. All around great gun but it shoots a little low so I'm buying a red dot scope to put on it since I don't trust my sights.

Very powerful, looks nice, feels well in hand. PRICE!(bought reman for $35.95) Trigger can be adjusted. Again, this is a $70 pistol! You pay for what you get. A brand new one may be better.

Need better cocking aid, broke mine first day. Pyramyd promptly called Umarex and I recieved a new one in 3 days. Very happy with service.

I BOUGHT A REMANUFACTURED GUN! 30 day warranty. Had problems out the box with desieling,thaught it would break in but never did. May need new piston seal. I think I may send it out for a tune/rebuild one day.I bought the benjamin np pistol to replace this one, nitro piston should be better.Like all chineese guns,you hope to get a good one, they are out there. Maybe 10 for $10 will help. Anything I buy from now on I will pay the $10 to hopefully get a good one.

Feel, Shoots good for a air pistol, powerful

Sights are no good. Front sight is way too tall and cant adjust enough to correct. Woulda thought they woulda figured this out when manufactured.

The power of the gun is incredible, and I really like the break-barrel design.

Instead of using an assisting plastic piece, extend the length of the barrel (in addition to increasing accuracy, this will allow for a smoother breaking action of the barrel, and do away with the annoyance of having to carry around the break-barrel assist).

Overall a great gun, definitely worth the money.

POWER, SPRING PISTON

BETTER TRIGGER

BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK.CANT BEAT THE PRICE AND POWER WITH ANY OTHER PELLET PISTOL. I USE RWS H-POINTS 6.9gr at 520 fps and 4 fpe

The overall design is good and it appears to be relatively powerful. The cocking extension is a must and does do the job.

The sights are somewhat crude and the trigger needs improvement, although this pistol is not sold as a target gun. My main complaint is the accuracy or lack thereof as I tried several different makes of pellets and the results were pretty much the same and that is inaccuracy.

I purchased this gun as a refurbished unit and had a 30 day period in which I could send it back to Pyramid if not satisfied and I exercised this option.

I like the look and feel of the Mark 1. There is a certain 'wow' factor among by-standers when it comes out of the case. The Ruger licensing/markings are impressive.

...my mind. The particular refurb gun I received shoots high...way high! It is high well beyond the range of the adjustable rear sight, so I mounted a dot scope on it...still not enough range even on the scope to comp for the highs. Windage came right in line.

Before I bought this,I hemmed & hawed a lot after reading the reviews and watching a few videos. I would not have bought the gun at the 'new' price, but when I saw it for $35 as a refurb, I went for it; what's to lose? In one video, as the guy cocked it, I noticed it was 'sqeaky' (plastic on plastic). I figured if I was him, I'd put a drop of Pellgunoil or something on it and quiet it down. Well, when I got MY squeaker, I tried that...to no avail...it's a natural squeaker! All in all, I really wanted to like this gun...I honestly made rationale after rationale. I gave it a real fair shake! I even considered a mod on the scopes mount to get a little more range to offset the high shooting, but decided since it wasn't the scope's fault, I'd leave it alone. Again, its likely just the specific gun I received. Bottom line, after much contemplation, this one's going back. Time for me to step up and go with either Hatsan or Browning. I'm sure I'll like the higher power of either, which is well beyond that of the Mark 1...it's actually kind of puny. So,let the hemming & hawing begin again!

Price. Should have spent more!

sights and trigger. Sites are a joke, trigger pull is VERY heavy as a result accurate shooting is impossible

This thing is cheaply made junk. Do yourself a favor and stay away from it. I can't believe Ruger licensed it. I did replace it with an air gun from Pyramyd.

Great power, good sights and good price.

Nothing

It's a little on the loud side for residential backyard target practice.

Power, simplicity.

Screws on side and behind grip come loose easily, resulting in changing impact point. Difficult to keep sighted in and shooting to point of aim.

Somewhat loud. If you lose the cocking assist handle, you're out of luck. Not terribly accurate.

consistent, sturdy, good power, easy to cock

fiber optic sights were off beyond range of adjustment. If I hadn't planned to scope I would have sent it back. trigger is terrible.

potentially a terrific pistol. with minor improvements it would be worth twice the price. as it is, it's a toy.

Great feel. Good power. Comes with a good warranty

The fiber optic rods for the sights get loose easy but not a difficult fix. This is common with most

Powerful for its size, somewhat compact to carry. It is a good addition to a collection. Very fun to shoot. Trigger is very decent once it has been shot a few hundred times and has smoothed out.

Arrived with right side of fiber optic sight broken, right out of the box. Very disappointed. Therefore I would recommend an optic of some sort, as the sights are very fragile. Barrel extension is required.

I was looking for a portable airgun for backpacking and taking out small game and other rodents. This gun does very well at the task.

Good power at a great price (especially since I got mine as a closeout). Fiber optic sights work pretty well.

Barrel is ridiculously short for the overall design, need to eliminate the "cocking assist" extension and just make the barrel itself that length. Short barrel also gives a short sight radius. Fiber optic tubes could be a little thicker to make them gather light and stand out more clearly. Grips need to be a little slimmer -- I have big hands and usually find most grips to be a bit too small, these are just a bit too large to be comfortable even with large hands.

Cocking effort is listed as "25 pounds" which may well be correct; as others have commented already this thing is tough to cock even with the "cocking assist"

cocking-assist handle PyramydAir's no hassle 30 day returns

The sight elevation adjustment

Sights on the unit I received are so far off I have no idea where the round is going. Couldn't hit anywhere on the target out of the box. I gave up mounted a red dot finder and at least now I was hitting the target but I was all over the paper no tight groups. This may be in part to do with the heavy trigger causing me to pull the shots. Based on my brief experience I can't recommend the Ruger Mark 1. I requested an RMA and ordered a Hatsan Model 25 Supercharger air pistol from Pyramyaid.

Shot money and has lots of power

Not to hot on the rear sight.Mine seems all the way to one side,could be the gun to.

Over all this is a good deal and the gun has a lot of power.Well worth it.