Ruger Mark 1 Pellet Pistol

I had a lot of fun with my Mark 1 and shot a lot of rats on my boat with it.

Pros
Cheap, light weight, and comfortable in the hand.

Cons
Bulky

Plenty of power for a spring powered air pistol. Cocking is an effort. Sights are adequate. I need the cocking extension to comfortably cock mine. If left on, it degrades the accuracy. This is this guns biggest draw back. It does have that spring gun recoil, and that does hurt the accuracy some. It has good power for a pistol, which keeps you limited to small game hunting. I do not use this on rabbits or squirrels as it is not accurate enough.

Pros
Cost to power

Cons
Accuracy Ease of cocking Sights Harsh recoil

Bought the refurbished pistol i do not see why there is so much neg comments on this pistol yes it is a bear to cock but i took it outside and from 10 yrds i it a soda can 4 out of 5 times not making any adjustments to the sites had a lil trouble with order and the up down sote screw is a little bugerd up besides that it seems all good

Pros
Nice sites accurate

Cons
Little hard to cock should of replace site screw before sending out to customer a bit of confusion about my order but was taken care of

Has plenty of power and Accurate Great gun for the money

Pros
Power and accuracy

Cons
I purchased a refurbished one it came with the front sight broken. A trip to the local gun shop and 15 bucks Took care of the problem

Love this gun. Shoots straight, true and with power.

Pros
Powerful and accurate

Cons
You gotta be strong to cock it.

I bought this Ruger Mark I along with the Benjamin Trail NP and the (not-so-good) Gamo P900. While I like the Benjamin and its Nitro Piston a little more, the Ruger has similar accuracy and almost as much power. As for shooting too low, it depends on the distance and on the pellets; at 10 Meters, some pellets group low, some group high, and some are right in the 10 ring. Sight in with different pellets for different types of targets at different distances.

Pros
A solid substantial pistol; well made.

Cons
Gas piston technology may be better, but this is a good spring piston option.

Well after all the reviews on accuracy I have to say the factory tech who refurbished this one must have listened. The one I got was a little left of target, three clicks and I'm zeroed in. Everything seems just fine to me. I too have a 15 plus air gun collection and this one ranks right up there.
Lighter then Benjamin NP I leave the cock assist on both and hit bulls eye with proper shooting

Pros
Cheap in cost power

Cons
Loud

This is a nice pistol that shoots well and is easy to cock. I have found that leaving the cocking piece on the gun at all times gives you the extra leverage needed to easily cock the gun and does not affect accuracy. The pistol I received shoots better than I do, however the groups are quite low. I attempted to remedy this by lowering the front sight but it is still shooting low so I fitted it with a red dot scope and this addition makes it easy to hit lolly-pops at about 15 feet off hand.

Pros
ergonomic grip, easy to cock, accurate and fun to shoot

Cons
shoots low and it is a little on the heavy side however it weighs about as much as a full size center fire hand gun so it is good for practice

First pistol I received had to be returned because of non functional action. Was returned and the replacement arrived today. The new one had a crack in the area of the hinge but did not affect the action. It shot low as stated in other reviews. It is powerful and should be usable as is. Ruger (Umarex) needs to watch their quality control closer.

Pros
Power, weight

Cons
Quality control

After cleaning both Ruger Mark one air pistols. I test fired them in my basement range. They shot extremely low as has been stated in other reviews. I noticed that both pistols had a similar defect.
Both refurbished pistols I purchased had loose screws. The grip screws were so loose that you could turn them with your little finger. By placing it in the hole of the grip and rotating your finger. The barrel screw was loose enough that if you brushed it with your fingertip before removing the grips it would rotate.

After un-mounting the grip and tightening the barrel screw putting Loctite blue on the grip screws and after remounting the grip. I torqued the screws down. The gunshot nearly to point of aim. This may help others who have complained about the inability to adjust the sights enough to correct point of aim.

I don't have enough pellets through either gun to check for accuracy. I have not adjusted the sights, and will not do so until the pistol settles down. The groups do appear to be closing to an acceptable level. But this is very early.

They appear to have good power. Once the dieseling stops it will be easier to evaluate accuracy. But they seem to have the potential for a good plinker maybe more.

Pros
Power, accuracy?

Cons
More attention needed proper assembly. Good gun suffers from poor attention to detail.