Over the years I've shot several Rugers and Buckmarks and like them both. But my new favorite is a Colt Huntsman that belonged to my girlfriend's father. 40-50 years old, smooth, accurate; it's probably had more rounds put through it in the past three years than in the prior thirty.

My favorite would probably be a Colt Woodsman, but the collector value on those is pretty high and out of my price range.

I had a TK bushing in mine until I decided to fix the bad factory trigger. I bought the VQ parts for a MKII and added one MKII hammer bushing to make mine a MKII.5. I sold off the TK bushing and the extraneous mag release in the VQ kit that doesn't fit the 22/45 and had an entire VQ trigger group for about $80. All I need is an LCI removal plug and mine will be back to MKII standards but with wood grips and "1911 controls"....

Great info fellas! I have a ruger 22/45 lite just like you ntxbowfisher, with the magazine disconnect bushing and vq sear and springs, making it a much nicer shooting pistol. Now if my dang aac element II stamp will come in that i sent in for last june.

ruger mark 1 i have had for 32 years. fun to shoot uses about any ammo, I do need to finally clean it some day. also have a Jennings J22 that is fun to shoot and cycles about anything if you keep it cleaned and oiled. a couple 22 revolvers are fun too. face it there all fun and cheAP TO shoot when you can find ammo.