Someone used to make a kit that would improve the horrible take down of the earlier Mark Series pistols. I can't remember the company name but it used to be advertised in Handgunner Magazine in those smaller ads in the back pages. I like the older "Ruger Lugers" like yours with the pencil barrels.
I like those, too. But, mind you, this is not my gun. This is merely an image of a gun I’d love to own and if I can one day overcome the PTSD associated with such a horrific canoe accident that cost me every one of my guns, I may indulge.
That said, as much as I love the pencil barrels, I’d get something like this both for fun and so I could dress it up like this one, eventually adding a suppressor so the kids can have a blast plinking with it. Additionally, the 22/45 version has the same geometry as a 1911, so it makes a great alternative for practicing. If I had .22 ammo, it’d likely be around 10,000 rounds. Although, at today’s prices, they’d probably be worth the same as a small house in the Hamptons or at least 7x the same count in .45 ACP Ammo. Shit. I just realized a full-size 1911 in .45 ACP is now a cheaper alternative to practicing with a .22 with similar geometry!
Good thing I aspire to own a 1911 in 10mm and aspire to handload. That’d put me in a position to never get caught up in these semantics.