Ruger mk ii "victory in athens" 2004This is a discussion on Ruger mk ii "victory in athens" 2004 within the Ruger Rimfires forums, part of the Pistol & Revolver Forum category; Kinda of odd, but I've never seen or heard of this one before. When I saw it was for sale, I did a little quick ...
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May 29th, 2010, 08:10 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Florida, USA.
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| Ruger mk ii "victory in athens" 2004
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May 30th, 2010, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Minnesota
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What a beautiful gun.
Ruger seems to crank out (in a nice way) a lot of commeratives, special editions, and special order guns. Most of them are pretty much stand-alones. In my opinion, they're like most commeratives and hold their value as shooters. The value of the thing they commemerate is up to the buyer.
A while back, I bought a SS Vaquero in .40 S&W that was made for the San Diego Sheriff's Dept. Like you, I can't find my gun mentioned anywhere either.
It's a difficult market, but as long as the gun is worthwhile - and I'd sure say that yours is, they're good buys if offered at a good price.
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June 1st, 2010, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: California
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I've been looking for one of these for a while.
What did you pay?
Thanks, Karl
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June 5th, 2010, 05:55 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Florida, USA.
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Kgcabs, when I had asked him why he was selling the Victory, he said he wanted to purchase a lever action hunting rifle. A Marlin 45-70 Guide Gun, and the Victory was to fund the purchase. He said that it was the one handgun that just sat in the safe and never gets used. He was asking $550. I got it for less.
Last edited by zebraranger; June 5th, 2010 at 05:59 AM.
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June 10th, 2010, 08:31 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SE MO
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Never been fond of those commemoratives because of the extra cost and the drop in that collector value when fired. Looked at a NIB Mk II Standard that's a NRA commemorative of William Ruger 1916-2002 with white grips for $315 at local shop but passed on the gun. I have a very nice Mk II why buy another?
Anyone interested PM me for info where it's located.
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July 8th, 2010, 11:39 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: N Texas
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Is that something that came from Talo?
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July 11th, 2010, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Florida, USA.
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Yes, Talo was the distributor.
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August 3rd, 2010, 06:29 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NC
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Anybody have any idea of how many were made? I just picked one up NIB for $490 delivered. I understand that MSRP in 2004 was $499.
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August 8th, 2010, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Colorado
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| KMK512GCUS Model 0168
Was a special for the US Shooting Team, distributed thru the TALO group of gun distributorsand about 2,600 were producted.
Think it is a beautifyl version of the MKII and you have the correct teal colored case for it, from the photos it looks like it is complete, nice find! They go for around $400+ NIB.
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