Ruger MkII love - hate

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IMHO the Ruger MkII is one of the GREATEST .22's ever..............BUT why did they have to design it to be just about the hardest gun to put back together? I just gae my MkII it's once a year lube, oil and filter job and it seems I forgot since the last time what a pain it was to put back together. Oh well, my 20 month old grandson will have some new words that he better not say in front of his mother.
 
Yep, Ruger .22 pistols are a royal PITA to reassemble if you don't do it very often. I imagine if you got used to the process it wouldn't be too bad. They're sure great pistols though. IMO, there's not a .22 pistol out there that's better.

The asthetics of Browning and Smith & Wesson .22 pistols make me want to :barf: .
 
The Mark II's are great .22 auto's. They don't need to be taken down nearly as often as many suggest ..........thank goodness!:) I have owned numerous other target model .22 auto's and find that I still shoot my Ruger MkII Target more than the others all put together. A big thanks to Bill Ruger for a outstanding .22 that has provided much enjoyment over the years. :)
 
When my MK II starts to gum up, I take the grips off and soak the entire piece in kerosene for a day or so and then spray it down with Break Free Powder Blast. Lastly, I crank up the air compressor and blow it all out. I never tear it all down.
 
When my MK II starts to gum up, I take the grips off and soak the entire piece in kerosene for a day or so and then spray it down with Break Free Powder Blast. Lastly, I crank up the air compressor and blow it all out.
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That idea crossed my mind today.
 
Take mine down every 500rds or so, its a 22/45, so it slips apart easy. If you understand the workings of the gun, its not bad at all to put together. 10 to 15 seconds, is all it takes:neener:
 
Obviously the Ruger assemblers could pop 'em together real fast.

The real problem is us, for we don't disassemble ours very often.

All in all though, I'll take that inconvenience in stride . . . in exchange for one heck of a nice .22 auto for the money.

I love my long barrelled target model MkII . . . a ton of fun for very little "coin!"

T.
 
"The real problem is us, for we don't disassemble ours very often".

S&Wfan is right on the money. Pretty easy to forget even after a short while for some of us. Rather than doing it the way most of us manly types do, RTFI before tearing the sucker down and trying to reassemble it:D
 
You know, I had an old guy at the range teach me the secret handshake re: the Mk II and it's like the oceans openned up & now I can take it apart no problems... :neener: Maybe you just need more practice than just once a year ;)
 
What about the Mark III?
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Even worse! Now you have to have an empty magazine to insert/remove everytime you need to move the hammer.

I flush mine out with brake parts cleaner and then relube, taking it down for a proper cleaning only when this fails to solve the issue -- usually about once every 5000 rounds or so.

--wally,
 
Huh

Took me 5 minutes to get mine apart the first time. About 10 minutes to get it back together. Maybe I am special. :neener:

What's so difficult about it?
 
took 39 seconds to get it apart the first time---

that was 3 years ago---

somebody help me get it back together---please....pretty please..:uhoh: :rolleyes: :D :D


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Only kidding!!!---note the smileys, and grin...
 
love is a good word.

the mark1 is awesome. is my favorite. i shoot my mark1 more than any other gun i own. the mark 2 is great but i favor the original. it just feels better to me.

screw the mark3. too many safety features. its got roots with a great pistol but its dummied up till its trash. sorry.

as far as reassembly of mark1 and 2, whats the deal? why is it so hard for people? anyone who needs help feel free to pm me and i can walk you thru it. once you know how to do it, its cake. seriously.

gumming up? what lube are you using?


somthing ive discovered is that the magazines bind up because of the wax on many bullets. use oil inside your magazine and it will fail to feed less. it will seem like a weak spring but its just the friction of the wax build up. light oil down the front area of the magazine where the bullet tips rub every 75-100 shots and it wont bind. one drop is plenty.
 
Rusty It's not so much that it's hard to put back together. it's just "different". If you are used to doing a 1911 it's WAY different. The one thing that I have to keep rechecking is the hammer spur, making sure it's in the correct position before closing the thinngyaminggy that snaps back into the back of the grip.
 
I have a new to me MK II Competition. I learned a lot from the gun-talk guys and printed out the detailed instructions. I took mine down to replace the sear. It made a big difference. I do pull the bolt every time I shoot it to clean from the breach. This helps me stay current on getting it back together.
I am getting a new MK III Bull Barrel. I intend to take the MK III and replace the hammer with a MK II and eliminate the mag safety. That will make it a lot easier to put back together.
 
I love my MkII's. I think that the ranting about the takedown and reassembly procedure is a little over dramaticized. Yes, it's not a 2 step process. Yes, the first time or two you do it it sucks. But, once you know how to do it and the relationship of the parts makes a little sense, it isn't that bad.
 
I've got a MK II and a MK III. After the III, the II was EASY.

Neither of them is hard though if you follow the directions. I know I tended to skim them and was always missing something. I thought I'd have to take it to the gunsmith a couple of times (the Mk III).

The problem I had was where the book says to turn the gun one way or the other and the hammer will drop into position. Not on either one of mine it won't. Once I figured out to push the hammer into position with a pencil or something like that, I haven't had any trouble with either of them.
 
I love the Ruger .22's also. Hang in there though. They're actually very easy to assemble, but it takes doing it a few times to get the hang of it. I struggled with the same problem in the beginning. Now I swap from the Ruger receiver to the Pac-Lite and back at the range in seconds. They're sure a good shooting gun and the 22/45 fits my hand perfectly. It almost feels like a toy with the lightweight Pac-Lite upper on it.
 
I plan to buy the fixed site 22/45 in a few months. Its the only target 22 I have seen w/ white dot sights. Guess I'll "look forward" to the reassembly/disassembly process...
 
The MKII is very easy to assemble and disassemble you just need the deluxe take down tool.............

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