Ruger Mk I / Mk II / Mk III Pistol

Ruger Mk I - .22 LR

Ruger Mk II 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 with standard weight barrel - .22 LR

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

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

Ruger Mk III with standard weight barrel - .22 LR

Ruger Mk III 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-IV 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, in Standard model and Mark I Target model, 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 Standard model (with tapered barrel) was in continuous production from 1949-1982. The heavy barreled Ruger Mk I Target 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 newer marks introduced updated design features.

The Ruger Mk II was in production from 1982 to 2005 in Standard, Target, Government Target, and 22/45 models. The Ruger Mk III was put in production in 2004, adding a Hunter model. The Ruger Mk IV (a redesign with simplified takedown) was introduced in 2016.

Specifications

(1949 - Present)

Type: Semi-automatic pistol

Caliber: .22 LR

Capacity: 10-round box magazine

Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

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The Ruger Mk I / Mk II / Mk III Pistol and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Date
Rollerball		A party guest	Visually modified Standard	1975
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze	Ron Ely	Doc Savage	Mk I	1975
Star Wars	Paul Blake	Greedo	Heavily modified Mk I	1977
The Prize of Peril (Le Prix du danger)		A character in the commercial	Long-barreled Standard or Mk I	1983
Silk	Nick Nicholson	Tyler	Mk I	1985
Kindergarten Cop	Richard Tyson	Crisp	Mk II blued with suppressor	1990
State of Grace	R.D. Call	Pat	With suppressor	1990
Hard Target	Arnold Vosloo	Pik Van Cleef	Mk I with suppressor	1993
The Firm	Tobin Bell	The Nordic Man		1993
Bad Blood	Joe Son	Jimmy Chang	Mk I or Mk II with suppressor and laser aiming device	1994
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
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
Night of the Running Man	Scott Glenn	David Eckhart	Mk II (?) with suppressor	1995
The Juror	Alec Baldwin	'Teacher'	Mk II with Suppressor	1996
Double Team		Stavros' henchmen	Mk II blued with suppressor	1997
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	Forest Whitaker	Ghost Dog	Mk II Blued with Suppressor	1999
American Psycho	Leanne Poirier Greenfield	Dancer	Mk II	2000
Poor White Trash		townsman	Mk II Target	2000
Mulholland Drive	Mark Pellegrino	Joe Messing	Mk II with Suppressor	2001
Dark Blue (2002)	Dash Mihok	Gary Sidwell		2002
Collateral	Tom Cruise	Vincent	Mk II	2004
Anthony Zimmer		Assassins		2005
Batman Begins		Henri Ducard's henchmen	Mk II	2005
Payback		An Outfit thug	Mk II	2006
Zodiac	Anthony Edwards	Inspector Armstrong	Mk I	2007
Driven To Kill	Igor Jijikine	Mikhail Abramov	Mk III	2009
Abduction		An assassin	Mk II with Suppressor	2011
Osombie		Dusty	Mk III	2012
Blue Ruin	Devin Ratray	Ben	Mk III	2013
Gun Woman	Kairi Narita	Mastermind	Mk I	2014
	Matthew Floyd Miller	Assassin	Mk I
Ascension	Brad Carter	Stockyard Master Stokes	Mk II	2014
	Ryan Robbins	Chief Safety Officer Duke Vanderhaus	Mk II

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 - ????
Emerald City	Gina McKee	Dr. Jane Andrews	customized	2017
	Vincent D'Onofrio	The Wizard
	Adria Arjona	Dorothy Gale
		The Wizard's henchman
The Mandalorian	Bill Burr	Mayfield	Chapter 3:"The Sin"	2018
Fallout - Season 1	Mitzi Akaha	Rink	Mk II w/optic scope; "The Past" (S1E05)	2024
	Aaron Moten	Maximus

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	"Krugermeier 2-2"			2012
State of Decay	Mk. 3 Target		Mk III Target	2013
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly	Ruger Mark II	bolt assist	Ruger Mk II	2014
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades	Mk3, Mk4 Hunter, Mk4 Whisper	Whisper variant has suppressor		2016
TheHunter: Call of the Wild	"Andersson .22LR"		Mk IV	2017
Hitman (2016)	"Krugermeier 2-2"			2016
State of Decay 2				2018

Anime

Show Title	Character	Notation	Date
Case Closed - Season 26	Armed robber and Izumi Onda	"The Great Detective's Weakness"	2016 - 2017
Lycoris Recoil	Jin	Appears with suppressor.	2022

See Also

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