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Just so nobody gets confused:
The exact model is the "512"
It is NOT a Ruger MKIII
It IS a Ruger MKIII 22/45 model 512 (technically not EXACTLY the same as just a regular MKIII)
Okay, anyway, so I already own two rifles (and I am a very solid marksman with them (I used to shoot competitively when I was age 10-11 (I'm 22 years old now)), but this was my first time buying a handgun.
So to buy it I had to take the 30 question multiple choice test (I was pretty sure I would get a perfect 30/30, but I managed to get a 29/30 (there was a question regarding gun transferring between a brother and a sister, and I thought this would fall into the "intra-family" category of gun transfer, but apparently parent-to-child counts, not sibling-to-sibling, so I got a 29/30 lol (you need to get a 23/30 or better to pass the test)).
So anyway there it was... a Ruger MKIII 22/45 model 512. Brand new. 5.5" barrel. Blued. Adjustable rear sights. 32 ounces. 9.5" overall length. 10 round mag. Supposedly will eat $10 550 round bricks of federals right from the getgo without a hiccup.
Cost: $269.99
I decided I HAD to buy it, obviously, lol.
So I did.
Anyway, so now begins the 10 day wait, and then next saturday morning I get to go in and pick it up.
So now that I have some time to relax and chill out (I was so pumped up about finally buying my first handgun (I've only shot handguns less than half a dozen times in my life, but I've shot rifles about 100 times (about 200 rounds per time (so like 20,000 rounds of rifle shooting, but only a few dozen shots of pistol shooting)) so although I've already seen and done quite a bit with the rifles, handguns are pretty much totally new to me, so I'm very excited about my first visit to the range with my very own handgun and a big friggin brick of federals to plow through lol.)
... I have had some time to think about the one maybe not so fun part about this gun....
... completely stripping it down, and putting it back together...
Now, I've been watching youtube for about the past 1 and a half hours, and I've seen a couple videos of people taking apart ruger MKIIs and MKIIIs or 22/45s and so forth (seemingly effortlessly) but when I read the comments under the videos, like half of the comments are usually along the lines of
"Nice to see it works for you... mine never worked again after I tried putting mine back together."
or
"I wish I'd never bought this thing. This video isn't helping. Nothing you show in the video works for me. I did it all, I even used the mallet. This thing is never going to be operable again. Bleh..."
or similar
So I'm a little nervous.
Does anyone here specifically own a Ruger MKIII 22/45 model 512?
If so, what has your experience been as far as disassembly/assembly?
Any advice? Any good vids or article or anything I should read? Do you think the gun shop I bought it from will show me how to take it down and put it back together when I'm picking it up? Do I really need to clean it after every time I go to the range?
I'm scared lol. Is this gonna be like a disposable camera, or is it actually possible that me, a first-timer dis/assembling anything other than a bolt action rifle, will actually be able to take the thing appart and put it back together, and use it again afterwards?
?
The exact model is the "512"
It is NOT a Ruger MKIII
It IS a Ruger MKIII 22/45 model 512 (technically not EXACTLY the same as just a regular MKIII)
Okay, anyway, so I already own two rifles (and I am a very solid marksman with them (I used to shoot competitively when I was age 10-11 (I'm 22 years old now)), but this was my first time buying a handgun.
So to buy it I had to take the 30 question multiple choice test (I was pretty sure I would get a perfect 30/30, but I managed to get a 29/30 (there was a question regarding gun transferring between a brother and a sister, and I thought this would fall into the "intra-family" category of gun transfer, but apparently parent-to-child counts, not sibling-to-sibling, so I got a 29/30 lol (you need to get a 23/30 or better to pass the test)).
So anyway there it was... a Ruger MKIII 22/45 model 512. Brand new. 5.5" barrel. Blued. Adjustable rear sights. 32 ounces. 9.5" overall length. 10 round mag. Supposedly will eat $10 550 round bricks of federals right from the getgo without a hiccup.
Cost: $269.99
I decided I HAD to buy it, obviously, lol.
So I did.
Anyway, so now begins the 10 day wait, and then next saturday morning I get to go in and pick it up.
So now that I have some time to relax and chill out (I was so pumped up about finally buying my first handgun (I've only shot handguns less than half a dozen times in my life, but I've shot rifles about 100 times (about 200 rounds per time (so like 20,000 rounds of rifle shooting, but only a few dozen shots of pistol shooting)) so although I've already seen and done quite a bit with the rifles, handguns are pretty much totally new to me, so I'm very excited about my first visit to the range with my very own handgun and a big friggin brick of federals to plow through lol.)
... I have had some time to think about the one maybe not so fun part about this gun....
... completely stripping it down, and putting it back together...
Now, I've been watching youtube for about the past 1 and a half hours, and I've seen a couple videos of people taking apart ruger MKIIs and MKIIIs or 22/45s and so forth (seemingly effortlessly) but when I read the comments under the videos, like half of the comments are usually along the lines of
"Nice to see it works for you... mine never worked again after I tried putting mine back together."
or
"I wish I'd never bought this thing. This video isn't helping. Nothing you show in the video works for me. I did it all, I even used the mallet. This thing is never going to be operable again. Bleh..."
or similar
So I'm a little nervous.
Does anyone here specifically own a Ruger MKIII 22/45 model 512?
If so, what has your experience been as far as disassembly/assembly?
Any advice? Any good vids or article or anything I should read? Do you think the gun shop I bought it from will show me how to take it down and put it back together when I'm picking it up? Do I really need to clean it after every time I go to the range?
I'm scared lol. Is this gonna be like a disposable camera, or is it actually possible that me, a first-timer dis/assembling anything other than a bolt action rifle, will actually be able to take the thing appart and put it back together, and use it again afterwards?
?