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RUGER mkIII 512

chaoslodgechaoslodge Member Posts: 790 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2008 in Ask the Experts
I just took delivery of mine so that my son has something he can actually shoot when we go to the range. I love this thing but what a bear to disassemble and put back together. Does anyone have any tips for doing this without weaving a tapestry of profanity and scaring the dogs?
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't take it apart.
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  • Colonel PlinkColonel Plink Member Posts: 16,460
    edited November -1
    I'm not being flip, but unless the manual differs greatly from the MKII, just read it and follow the instructions to a "T". If at one point in the re-assembly, if it's recommended that you turn the pistol upside down, do it. It'll make things easier.

    It'll take time to master this. Do not try it after you've been drinking. Again, I'm not joking. You have a very specific series of weird instructions to follow, and there are no shortcuts.

    I love my MKII, but after having two of them over the past five years, I still don't reassemble it right every time. It's the small price you pay for the small price you paid for the pistol.

    If you don't have a manual, download one or buy one.
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  • ltslts Member Posts: 811 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi, a speed strip kit from Majestic Arms in NY is my tip. I bought 2, one for my 22/45 and one for an old Standard I picked up. Get one, knock that puppy apart one last time, install the kit, and put it together for the last time. You'll be smiling and a singing and the dogs will think you've lost it.

    http://majesticarms.com/id10.html
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  • Rebel_JamesRebel_James Member Posts: 4,746
    edited November -1
    When took my Mark III apart the first time to clean it, I cussed so bad I must have made up a few new words! It got so bad I put it in a big ziplock bag in parts till the next day.

    1. Pay attention to the instructions. I'd missed something that was part of the problem.

    2. Turning it upside down does help as there's a part that fits better when it's upside down.

    After you take it apart, cuss, and repeat a few times, it goes together easy ..... well, .. easier than the first time anyway!
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  • chaoslodgechaoslodge Member Posts: 790 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    LOL

    Thanks everyone. I appreciate the help and sympathy. With that speed strip kit, can it be taken back to the original after it has been installed?

    For right now I will just practice.

    Thanks again.
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  • ltslts Member Posts: 811 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The kit can be removed and the nightmare re-installed though having the bolt out in seconds is priceless. One of the best modifications I've ever done on a pistol.
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  • stankempstankemp Member Posts: 509 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Field stripping of a Ruger .22 auto is a learned skill. Bite the bullet (so to speak) and try it again and again. My big hangup was the lever swing to do the final lock up. Solved with a trigger pull whilist swinging the lever (I think).
    Anyway , going beyond field srtip - as in installing a Volquartsen accurizing kit- is a level of magnitude up in difficulty but again, no guts ~no glory.
    Stan
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