MaterDei
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Hi,
I have a Mark III 22/45 that was acting up at the range today and is still acting up after a thorough cleaning.
The problem is consistent with all of my mags and even without a mag inserted (more on that later).
I have made no modifications to the pistol and have never detail stripped it. Removing the barrel from the frame for a thorough cleaning is as far as I have gone. It only has about 500 rounds through it so it is basically in like new condition. Now, on to the details.
With an empty magazine inserted the pistol cocks normally. I either release the bolt with the bolt release or hold down the bolt release while cocking it and release the bolt from its most rearward position. I am not easing the bolt into battery.
With the mag still in the gun, of course, the first time I pull the trigger it moves all the way to the rear until it physically can't move back any further. During the course of the pull there is no resistance whatsoever. I release the trigger and on the second pull it performs as it should, engages the sear and drops the hammer, click. The problem is not intermittent, it behaves the same way every time I recock the pistol.
I do not believe this is a mag disconnect issue and here is why. With no mag in the gun on the first pull of the trigger it does the exact same thing. Then, on the second pull, the trigger only moves partially to the rear and stops. The mag disconnect is doing its job on the second pull.
At the range I was having the same problem but only on the first round of the magazine. Something about the more violent nature of the recoil seems to overcome the issue and the rest of the mag shoots fine.
So any thoughts to what the problem might be? I offer a great prize to whomever helps me the most. I will trade my like new Mark III with extra safety features for one of your old obsolete and clearly unsafe Mark I or II pistols. Even swap! Yes, I am that nice of a guy.
I have a Mark III 22/45 that was acting up at the range today and is still acting up after a thorough cleaning.
The problem is consistent with all of my mags and even without a mag inserted (more on that later).
I have made no modifications to the pistol and have never detail stripped it. Removing the barrel from the frame for a thorough cleaning is as far as I have gone. It only has about 500 rounds through it so it is basically in like new condition. Now, on to the details.
With an empty magazine inserted the pistol cocks normally. I either release the bolt with the bolt release or hold down the bolt release while cocking it and release the bolt from its most rearward position. I am not easing the bolt into battery.
With the mag still in the gun, of course, the first time I pull the trigger it moves all the way to the rear until it physically can't move back any further. During the course of the pull there is no resistance whatsoever. I release the trigger and on the second pull it performs as it should, engages the sear and drops the hammer, click. The problem is not intermittent, it behaves the same way every time I recock the pistol.
I do not believe this is a mag disconnect issue and here is why. With no mag in the gun on the first pull of the trigger it does the exact same thing. Then, on the second pull, the trigger only moves partially to the rear and stops. The mag disconnect is doing its job on the second pull.
At the range I was having the same problem but only on the first round of the magazine. Something about the more violent nature of the recoil seems to overcome the issue and the rest of the mag shoots fine.
So any thoughts to what the problem might be? I offer a great prize to whomever helps me the most. I will trade my like new Mark III with extra safety features for one of your old obsolete and clearly unsafe Mark I or II pistols. Even swap! Yes, I am that nice of a guy.
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I am MaterDei there too. I also posted at ruger forums. My question is quite specific so I am casting a wide net.
