Thread: Ruger mark II (or III)

So I've just finished .22 basic safety at my club and spent the afternoon using the ruger .22s... and oh my God they feel ugly to hold and use.

Everything about them is so awkward, from the location of the safety making you have to break your grip to turn it on (but not off) and the slide release is so far away that the I have to use my off hand to release it and by no means do I have small hands. Not to mention how stiff the release is which means even if I could reach it with the tip of my thumb I wouldn't even be able to actuate it.

Also a badly designed magazine release?

Is this normal or am i being picky because I spent the last month and a but using fancy air pistols that cost 4x as much?

Regards
Macca