Ruger MkII Mags vs. Ruger MkIII Mags

[curraheeguns]

Can anyone give me a quick tip or a side by side pic to show how to easily tell the difference.

I think I keep getting them mixed up and contrary to popular belief, you can shoot the wrong mag in the wrong gun...just not very well.

 

[SSGSAD]

I don't have a pic, and can't post a pic, I have both, and they both work, in ,my MK III, 22/45, one has a "slot" near the top, and the other doesn't .....

 

[Simon6101]

No pics

They are real easy to tell apart. On the left side of the mag about 1/4 of the way down on the MK III mags is a small cut out and a slight bump. This is for the lawyer crap(mag disconnect)

 

[mainjet]

The gun on the left is a Ruger Mark II. The one on the left is a Ruger 22/25. The mag on the left of the picture is for the 22/45.

The mags will not interchange in these two guns. The Mark II has a smaller mag base and has a rounded edge as you can see in the picture on the left near the top of of the mag well.

The 22/45 has a much larger base.

I don't really know the difference from the Mark II and the Mark III. All I know is they are stupid expensive for what they are (about $20-$25.00).

I don't have any mags for my Mark II but I need to get some soon.

 

[mainjet]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2H0oqvAIRE[/ame]

Above is a link to a youtube video where h shows the differences in the mags as he talks about the Mark II and Mark III.

 

[gunman41mag]

I think I like the MARK II better

 

[kalboy]

Like Simon6101 said, the MKlll has the retaining or latching bump relieved out about 1/4 of the way down on the left side while the MKll being bottom locked has none. This is easily seen and felt in darkness. Otherwise , they look much the same.

 

[42769vette]

The gun on the left is a Ruger Mark II. The one on the left is a Ruger 22/25. The mag on the left of the picture is for the 22/45.

then what is the gun on the right if both these are on the left

 

[mainjet]

then what is the gun on the right if both these are on the left

Hahahaha - AWESOME!

Two lefts don't make a right.

Thanks for the laugh.

I was just STUCK on lefts in that post. I think that I am just going to leave it like that just because it proves how insane I am.