Ruger Mk II 512 mods: Volquartsen Kits

IMO the best bang for the buck is the VQ sear. Then the trigger. VQ sear and trigger will usually give you an extremely nice trigger break. I wouldn't mess with the firing pin or anything else unless you're having issues with misfires.

I highly recommend the Volquartsen sear (which is available separately). The VQ hammer is skeletonized, which is supposed to reduce lock time, but also reduces the force of the blow on the firing pin. Some people like the VQ trigger profile, but I find it strange. Get a Clark trigger if you can find one (Clark has discontinued the product).

Ruger Mk II, VQ sear, sear spring and trigger adjusted correctly. All you need and maybe a few extra mags!

I almost dropped my tea! After reading post after post after post, I thought the Mk II trigger was handed down to Moses on the Mount while the Mk IV crawled past Charon to sneak back across the River Styx. I am refreshed to read someone has a Mk II that isn’t Heavenly right out of the box.

All kidding aside, I put a VQ kit and their extractor into my Mk IV with very little effort. VQ has great tutorials for their kits and You Tube has been my friend when reassembling my Mk II and Standard models. If you can change the spark plug, air filter and oil in your lawnmower, you can break down, insert the parts and reassemble your Mk II.



Let us know how it goes .

Stay safe.

WOW---a 1.12lb trigger---just putting my sausage sized finger in the trigger guard would fire that!

I have done a pile of MK II triggers. I just use the VQ sear and polish up the rest of the parts. I drill and tap the factory trigger for set screws so I can adjust pre and post travel.

Regdor1999 said:

Thank you everyone. I looks like the sear is the way to go for now, so I'll try to give that a shot (heh) before the end of Summer. I appreciate your wisdom! Now I'll need to cross my fingers that I can put it back together correctly.

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This is the best resource I’ve found. This is for the mkiii but the only real practical difference is mag disconnector guts which your MKII won’t have.
https://guntalk-online.com/detailstrip.htm

Regdor1999 said:

Those are nice looking grips!

That trigger pull is crazy light, I won’t go quite that far. It’s also the gun I hand to people first when taking them out shooting for the first time. One round in the magazine. Too light in this case could be counter productive.

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It looks light at 1 3/4 lb, but once you fire a shot or three you really can focus on the sight picture and you don’t even notice the trigger.

When I start newbies with this, or my 2.5 lb Mk II, I always start them with a single shot pistol loading one in the mag until they’re ready for 2, 3, etc.



Stay safe.

Since coins are not an issue, all changes are fine, but with new sear you will be ready to brag about it at work, house and friends. Put a pedal for your thumb and ready compete in the category you like the most.