MK II about 25 yrs. old...what to look for in used?

melchloboo · Post by **melchloboo** » Sat May 03, 2008 7:15 pm

Trying to help a friend evaluate a used MK II, 7.5" bull barrel, blued, VQ grips, but factory trigger and probably factory sear.

I shot the gun and held the black at 25 yards, some 10's and a 9.

The cheap Federal high velocity cycled fine. Remington standard cycled fine. However, some CCI standard had a feed problem once, then one didn't go bang and we had to put a brass rod down to get the round out.

Also I noticed that I could not really feed in empty brass all the way, for fear it would get stuck in there, and this is almost never a problem with my MK III.

All in all I put about 50 rounds through, will put a few hundred through tomorrow of whatever I can find.

Basically I think this pistol is fine except as compared to a MK III, the chamber tolerance is tighter so potentially my friend could run across certain ammo that the gun might not like. Maybe this is normal for a MK II, that is what I am asking. I could see where if he doesn't keep the chamber mouth clean and/or the brass is just a little wide or expands too much, he might get a jam. Also the extractor seems very loose, but I am used to my VQ extractor now, which could also alleviate some problems he might have with the tighter barrel mouth.

I am going to shoot the pistol a little more and see. Also it is appropriate to ask about price on the forum?

I should also mention the shooter is new to bullseye.

greener · Post by **greener** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:47 pm

I far from a mechanical expert on these pistols but it sounds like you may want to replace the extractor. I would also try different ammo. My MKIIIs and MKIIs will not feed with Centurion-Aguila SV ammo. The heavy lube gives them fits.

toyfj40 · Post by **toyfj40** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:04 pm

just a gut-feel from your description...
you're not describing anything "wrong" with the MK2,
most any single MKx could be "this way" and
some item replaced/upgraded to improve the performance.

If the 7" Bbl balances well for your friend...
then limit an offer/deal to the prevailing price...
(perhaps $260 by my casual observation),
there are plenty around... trust me... when you think
they're scarce... just pay a little premium for one
and the others will come out of the woodwork !!
-- toy

melchloboo · Post by **melchloboo** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:34 pm

Thanks.

Also I forgot to mention something about the trigger pull. It seems like somewhere in the "play" portion of the pull there is something clicking inside the gun, before the trigger starts to resist. It feels/sounds very tiny, light, like a spring popping against something.

I don't think its there if after a pull I only release so far that the sear resets.

Whatever it is, it is consistent. Is this normal for a mark ii in the play portion of the pull?