Ruger Mk I / Mk II / Mk III Pistol

Ruger Mk I pistol - .22 LR

Ruger Mk II pistol with professional Ciener Suppressor - .22 LR. This is a classic Silenced Pistol and this pistol has been seen in several motion pictures

Ruger Mk II pistol with a standard heavy barrel - .22 LR

Ruger Mk II - .22 LR

Ruger Mk II pistol stainless with tapered 6 7/8" barrel

Ruger Mk III pistol with standard weight barrel - .22LR

Ruger Mk III pistol with a custom suppressor - .22 LR. The MK II was replaced by the MK III in 2004. The MK II ceased production completely in 2005. All factory pistols after a certain year, are shipped with the Ruger Logo on the plastic grips. This is a film armory pistol with custom grips (that don't have the Ruger logo). This was done to make the weapon more into a stealth assassination piece and the 'bright' colored logo worked against that.

The Ruger Mk I-III series of pistols are affordable .22 LR semiautomatic handguns developed by the Sturm, Ruger & Company in the years after World War II. The Mk I was Ruger's flagship handgun of the time, designed to penetrate the sports and recreational shooter market. Although bearing a strong resemblance to the German Luger P08 in layout and general appearance, the pistol is actually based upon a scaled down version of the Japanese Nambu Type 14. The original Ruger Mk I (with tapered barrel) was in continuous production from 1949-1982. The heavy barreled Ruger Mk I Match was in production from 1951-1982. Each model of Ruger Pistol stopped production within one year of the introduction of the next generation of pistol. The Ruger Mk II was in production from 1982 to 2005. The Ruger Mk III has been in production since 2004 and is still in production today.

Specifications

(1949 - Present)

Type: Semi-automatic pistol

Caliber: .22 LR

Capacity: 10 Round box magazine

Fire Modes: "safe", "semi-auto"

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The Ruger Mk I, Mk II or Mk III pistol has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Date
Ascension	Brad Carter	Stockyard Master Stokes	Mk II	2014
Ascension	Ryan Robbins	Chief Safety Officer Duke Vanderhaus	Mk II	2014
Gun Woman	Kairi Narita	Mastermind	Mk I	2014
Gun Woman	Matthew Floyd Miller	Assassin	Mk I	2014
Osombie		Dusty	Mk III	2012
Abduction		An assassin	Mk II with Suppressor	2011
Driven To Kill	Igor Jijikine	Mikhail Abramov	Mk III	2009
Zodiac	Anthony Edwards	Inspector Armstrong	Mk I	2007
Payback		An Outfit thug	Mk II	2006
Batman Begins		Henri Ducard's henchmen	Mk II	2005
Anthony Zimmer		Assassins		2005
Collateral	Tom Cruise	Vincent	Mk II	2004
Mulholland Drive	Mark Pellegrino	Joe Messing	Mk II with Suppressor	2001
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	Forest Whitaker	Ghost Dog	Mk II Blued with Suppressor	1999
Double Team		Stavros' henchmen	Mk II blued with suppressor	1997
The Juror	Alec Baldwin	'Teacher'	Mk II with Suppressor	1996
Assassins	Julianne Moore	Electra	Mk I with suppressor	1995
Assassins	Sylvester Stallone	Rath	Mk I with suppressor	1995
Assassins	Antonio Banderas	Bain	Mk I with suppressor	1995
I Love Trouble	James Rebhorn	The Thin Man	Mk I with suppressor	1994
I Love Trouble	Julia Roberts	Sabrina Peterson	Mk I with suppressor	1994
The Firm	Tobin Bell	The Nordic Man		1993
Hard Target	Arnold Vosloo	Pik Van Cleef	Mk I with suppressor	1993
State of Grace	R.D. Call	Pat	With suppressor	1990
Kindergarten Cop	Richard Tyson	Crisp	Mk II blued with suppressor	1990
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze	Ron Ely	Doc Savage	Mk I	1975

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Notes / Episode	Air Date
Miami Vice	Yorgo Voyagis	Alexander Dykstra	"Lend Me an Ear" (S03EE18)	1984-1989
The Sopranos	Tony Ray Rossi	Fabian Petruilio, a.k.a. "Fred Peters"	"College" (S01EE05)	1999-2007
Firefly	Morena Baccarin	Inara Serra	heavily modified, "Trash" (S01E11)	2003
Firefly	Nathan Fillion	Malcolm Reynolds	"Heart of Gold" (S01E13)	2003
Mythbusters				2003 - ????
White Collar	Matthew Bomer	Neal Caffrey	Mk II with suppressor	2009 - ????

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin	.22 Suppressed			2002
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots	Tranquillizer Gun			2008
The Specialists	Ruger Mk.I			2002
Fallout: New Vegas	.22 Suppressed			2010
Condemned 2: BloodShot	Silenced .22		Mk II with suppressor and blued finish, incorrectly holds 15 rounds	2008
Hitman: Absolution				2012

See Also

• Ruger - A list of all firearms manufactured by Ruger.