For All That Say The Ruger MKII is hard to field strip

[yzguy]

30 seconds to field strip and re-assemble:

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not really going fast or anything, just knowing what I am doing and not fumbling....

also, instructions here:
http://www.1bad69.com/ruger/field_strip.htm

 

[Bren]

I find them to be easy and it's all in the strut.

 

[denfoote]

Mine come apart and back together that fast too. Once you do it a couple of times, it's easy!!

 

[larryw]

Another internet myth bites the dust...

 

[10-Ring]

Yeah, once you know the secret hand shake, it's a snap!

 

[blue86buick]

Heck, taking it apart is easy! Now, getting it back together...it's not hard, I just don't have the motions memorized...so it takes me a few tries to get it. But it's not hard in the least...just takes a shake, a wiggle, and a twist!

 

[arinvolvo]

Im gonna agree with blue...I have had my 22/45 for years...and I still fumble with putting it pack together....but it always ends up working correctly, so I dont complain....excellent videos and tutorial BTW.

 

[mete]

I worked on a new one that the owner couldn't take apart to clean. I thought he just didn't know the method. I ended up taking it apart using a large hammer !! I then did lots of filing so it could be assembled/disassembled normally. I guess Ruger had a gorilla that assembled that one .

 

[Tamara]

Heh.

They're real easy to field strip.

It's getting 'em back together again the first time that throws most people. I can't tell you how many times I've seen someone come into the gun stores I've worked at with a sackful of Mk.II, but show 'em the secret handshake and they're off with a smile on their face.

 

[yzguy]

yeah the first time it does not go that easy because it is tighter and you don't know what you are doing yet.... but that is why there are instructions:
http://www.1bad69.com/ruger/field_strip.htm

 

[blue86buick]

oooooh yeah they're tight! the first time I took mine apart (and actually any time i try to take one apart at the shops), they're REALLY stiff. However, now I can use my fingernail to pull the latch open.

the first time? heck, it still throws me...but I usually get it the 2nd or 5th time round.

 

[45R]

I just got a new Lipseys MKII. Taking it apart was a pain and putting it together required some muscle and a 2X4.

My older MKII takes down in a snap

 

[bountyhunter]

Like My Professor Said...

He would always say: "Remember it's just like sex..... if you find it to be extraordianrily difficult, you know you are doing something wrong."

It's all in the trigger strut piece. It's just like a dog: always on the wrong side of any door. That strut is always leaning the wrong direction for whatever you are trying to do.

 

[blue86buick]

not only for putting it back together, but also for taking it apart if you get it back together wrong. the first night i had mine, i stripped and reassembled it several times to learn. well, the last time I put it back together, i goofed...it wasn't "springy" as i pushed the latch down. as i went to take it apart, it wouldn't come...i pulled and pulled and pulled, pushed and shoved, cursed and whined...then later when i picked it up and tried, I guess that lil strut must've flipped outta the way, cause it just fell apart in my hands. :banghead:

oh well, at least I haven't done that again.

 

[gbelleh]

Last time I went to the range, there were two guys trying to put one of those together when I got there. I shot for an hour...when I came out they were still trying to put it together.

 

[Sactown]

It's usually the first disassembly that can be troublesome. Everything is tight. After that, it's a snap.

 

[longeyes]

Now I remember why I bought the Neos!