Jim PHL
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Sorry, I know this is touched on in another THR thread...I just can't find it!
I just shot my "new to me" Ruger Mark 2 for the first time last night. (I found one used in pretty good shape with 6" tapered barrel that I couldn't pass on for $180 OTD.) I love this pistol. I bought a new 22/45 w/5.5" bull barrel a few years ago. I liked it well enough but sold it to buy something I wanted more at the time. I like this one much better.
Anyway, like many of us I did a search here on my 'new' gun and read a ton of threads on people's opinions and experiences. I found and read so many threads I can't get back to the one I'm looking for. I recall reading in one of these threads, which someone had started about their difficulty with the field-strip process, someone suggested not to worry about how difficult it is because it shouldn't be done too often, anyway. They even mentioned that field-stripping and re-assembling too often may loosen it up and affect it's accuracy and/or reliability.
Now I'm not trying to start a new thread about whether cleaning is necessary after XX-number of rounds fired. The topic has been done enough and I know there are some people who choose not to clean their guns at all "until it needs it" and some who will detail strip after relatively few rounds. For me, I've always been in the habit of field-stripping and cleaning my guns after they've been shot at the range, even if not shot very much. Recently, the worst I've gotten is I don't always do it the second I get home from the range, but I will usually get around to it within a week or so afterwards, before they get shot again at any rate. I don't find it bothersome, I actually enjoy it and view it as "part of the whole gun thing".
Anyway, as mentioned, most of the cleaning threads seem to focus on whether a field-strip and cleaning is necessary or not, but in this thread I was referring to, someone actually suggested there may be some damage done from cleaning too frequently. (Again, not the actual cleaning, but the repeated field-stripping and re-assembly.) Anyone have any input or experience on this? My question is specific to my Ruger Mark 2 but I'm sure others would be interested if there are other models that may have this issue.
I just shot my "new to me" Ruger Mark 2 for the first time last night. (I found one used in pretty good shape with 6" tapered barrel that I couldn't pass on for $180 OTD.) I love this pistol. I bought a new 22/45 w/5.5" bull barrel a few years ago. I liked it well enough but sold it to buy something I wanted more at the time. I like this one much better.
Anyway, like many of us I did a search here on my 'new' gun and read a ton of threads on people's opinions and experiences. I found and read so many threads I can't get back to the one I'm looking for. I recall reading in one of these threads, which someone had started about their difficulty with the field-strip process, someone suggested not to worry about how difficult it is because it shouldn't be done too often, anyway. They even mentioned that field-stripping and re-assembling too often may loosen it up and affect it's accuracy and/or reliability.
Now I'm not trying to start a new thread about whether cleaning is necessary after XX-number of rounds fired. The topic has been done enough and I know there are some people who choose not to clean their guns at all "until it needs it" and some who will detail strip after relatively few rounds. For me, I've always been in the habit of field-stripping and cleaning my guns after they've been shot at the range, even if not shot very much. Recently, the worst I've gotten is I don't always do it the second I get home from the range, but I will usually get around to it within a week or so afterwards, before they get shot again at any rate. I don't find it bothersome, I actually enjoy it and view it as "part of the whole gun thing".
Anyway, as mentioned, most of the cleaning threads seem to focus on whether a field-strip and cleaning is necessary or not, but in this thread I was referring to, someone actually suggested there may be some damage done from cleaning too frequently. (Again, not the actual cleaning, but the repeated field-stripping and re-assembly.) Anyone have any input or experience on this? My question is specific to my Ruger Mark 2 but I'm sure others would be interested if there are other models that may have this issue.
