Don't Ever Take Your Ruger Mark III .22LR Pistol Apart...

[Plunky McPlunker]

The title says it all...

Don't ever take it apart.

 

[kscardsfan]

I think we all want some pictures now lol.

 

[hiram2005]

I remove the grips, lock back the slide and spray it down with gun-scrubber, then reoil.

 

[alde]

Do a search on-line for instructions. If you are talking about getting the barrel assembly back on the frame it's all in the angle. After you do it a few times it's pretty easy. Good luck.

 

[Rule3]

It's really very easy to put back together once you do it a few time and learn the tick. I must admit it is very frustrating at first. I have 3 MII's. It's all in letting the hammer drop and then getting the strut to dangle down.

The spray it out technique and cleaning the barrel from the bore works and is easier but what fun is that.

Here is the best I have found.

http://www.guntalk-online.com/detailstrip.htm#bolt

 

[Bullseye 2620]

It's really very easy to put back together once you do it a few times and learn the tick.

I thought that's how you get the tick -- you try to put your Mark II back together a few times.

Seriously, I think you're forgetting a crucial step: remember to swing a live chicken over your head five times, counter-clockwise, before you begin the reassembly process.


Bullseye

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

OCD1 is right. How hard is it to hold a gun at 53.5 degrees from horizontal while doing this?

 

[JcMack]

I thought that's how you get the tick -- you try to put your Mark II back together a few times.

Seriously, I think you're forgetting a crucial step: remember to swing a live chicken over your head five times, counter-clockwise, before you begin the reassembly process.


Bullseye

Actually: Always wear yor asphidity bag before attempting any serious gun repair.

 

[Steave]

Assuming the MK III is like the MK II, OCD1 is absolutely right. There is a trick to getting the hammer strut in the right position and it is very easy to assemble it incorrectly, but once you've done it a few times it is extremely easy to re-assemble.

 

[NFrameFred]

The only thing I had more fun wrestling with than the first few times I took my Ruger 22's down was making the grievous error of breaking down a Stoeger Luger 22 one time . . . one time . . . never again.

 

[Jst1mr]

The closest I have ever come to showing up red-faced at a gunsmith with a box of parts....then I hit the angle right and it came together - wanted to practice it a few times, but didn't dare to!

 

[kscardsfan]

The closest I have ever come to showing up red-faced at a gunsmith with a box of parts....then I hit the angle right and it came together - wanted to practice it a few times, but didn't dare to!

There's no shame in bringing a zip lock baggie full of springs, screws, pins, and misc gun parts to your smith. But I brought one that my smith confessed nearly got him, so I guess that helped ease my pain some lol.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Let ye amounst us who has NOT pulled out one's hair whilst trying to reassemble a Ruger 22 step to the plate to cast the first stone. Been there done that

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

My philosophy when it comes to this pistol -- If it ain't broke... don't take it apart. Many tens of thousands of rounds through my 22/45.

 

[The Highlander]

I agree with Phil. My Mk II has been a constant companion for 25 years. Early in my life, I took it apart and cleaned it frequently because the "experts" said you should clean guns. As I got older I noticed it didn't shoot any worse when I skipped a cleaning. Then when I skipped several...no change either.

At that time, I was putting a brick a week through it. After a while I got to where I cleaned it when it started choking. That seemed to be around the 10k count, and I would drop in a new recoil spring every few years as well. I do the recoil spring on a 10-year plan now, and I forgot to change it in 2000, haven't had the gun apart since then, and I doubt I'll get to it this decade either. It still goes shooting every time I do, but now it is more like a brick every 3 months through it. This little pistol has literally made a mountain of .22 brass all by itself.

Why in the world would you take one apart when it is still shooting?

The Highlander

 

[oldfella]

Here ya go:

Gun Talk Online

Pete

 

[loutent]

Just did mine yesterday (for the second time since I've owned it). The only tricky part is getting everything in the correct position as you slide the rear bolt up - it helps to hold the gun upside down. When apart, I often wonder to myself who would ever design a gun like this? It is fun to shoot tho and looks real pretty to boot:

 

[ldausmc1369]

Ruger MkI

%$#@#$%^&!!! In the days before the Internet, most folks would take one down onceth! After that, nevermore. Been there, done that. However, it's like any other complex reassembly, watch it done correctly once, emulate the training, viola! No need to clean these pistolia until and unless they start to fail to feed or eject. Now, if you want a challenge, tear down a Remington Nylon 22! I guarantee you won't do that but once!

 

[Vulcan Bob]

I can relate! Took my first one apart and there you have it, took it back to my dealer and asked him to show me how to reassemble this blasted thing! As said, once ya do it a few time's no sweat but man getting there is not fun!

 

[Rule3]

OK guys and gals, you are just talking about field stripping the pistola.

Now for out next lesson, I want you all to completely disassemble the entire pistol. Yes, all those funny looking parts on the inside. Now that's fun!