first person to ever have trouble with mark 2

[blysccr]

look at tutorials still have no idea how to install the thing that snaps into the handle of a ruger mark 2. every time i push it down it pulls out of the hole that locks it in. any help would be great. just got the gun today and ready to sell this darn thing.

[blysccr]

also the pin for the firing pin will slide right out of the hole...is that normal?

[blysccr]

http://www.ruger.com/service/productHistory.html#


this kinda helped.

invented new bad words.

[A/C guy]

I used this site to get throught my first take down and reassembly.

http://www.1bad69.com/ruger/field_strip.htm

Make sure the hammer is forward (fired position), and point the muzzle upward about 45-50 deg so that the hammer strut hangs in the correct position when you install the main spring housing. Like anything else, it get easier after the first time.

Just curious, what model is it?

[blysccr]

I got the pistol an hour earlier and by the middle of the reassembly process was ready to sell the darn thing. I eventually got it, but darn. It better shoot well is all i can say.

it is a competition target model with the 6 7/8 slab barrel.

[Maquis]

It really is a great gun~you don't have to tear it down all the way everytime you need to clean it, but practice makes perfect. Whenever I take mine apart (5.5" SS Bull) I have to have the book open or I'll get one step wrong.

[bigjrk]

I feel your pain.
This is why I rarely shoot my Ruger MKII.
I is a PITA.

[Don T.]

This video seems pretty clear, and he has information that may help if you ever want to disassemble it further.


They get a little easier as they wear.

[GeneCC]

They're PITAs because of the safety crap. The original ones were probably easy to take down and put together.

They are wonderful handguns. I have a lot of "Crappy" 22 rimfire ammo. Rather than cry about it I shoot it in my Mark II. Gives me practice in clearing jams and failures to fire/feed. Can't beat that!

[nfafan]

I feel your pain.
This is why I rarely shoot my Ruger MKII.
I is a PITA.

I FELT the pain as well. Sold it after a bulk pack and its 1st cleaning.

IMHO, No handgun with that old a pedigree should have to have paper-clips and hammers in the cleaning kit.