Ruger Mk III Cleaning -"R" themed.

**Mootness** · June 12th, 2010, 08:35 PM

On a whim I started cleaning my Mark III. I swabbed at what I thought was a blued part within the stainless grip frame, it ended up being stainless. So I kept tearing things down, pins that pop out easily, springs that squeeze in just so, little bits that fall out from unknown places on the table... It hasn't seen a complete take down, and she's a year old with a case of thunderbolts (dirty) plus a few bricks of other brands played with, it was time.

As I tried putting it together I felt Regret that I didn't bother to find a manual or diagram first. Remorse that I had taken it apart so far. Yelled Rrrgh a few times. Tomorrow, hopefully, there will be Relief that it still works.

I've heard of these pistols lasting for a million rounds, now I wonder if that's only the people who don't clean them so no parts are lost?

Ridiculous.

**PisnNapalm** · June 12th, 2010, 09:01 PM

For future Reference. http://www.guntalk-online.com/2245de...3FSdisassembly

**rwb1500** · June 13th, 2010, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Mootness

On a whim I started cleaning my Mark III. I swabbed at what I thought was a blued part within the stainless grip frame, it ended up being stainless. So I kept tearing things down, pins that pop out easily, springs that squeeze in just so, little bits that fall out from unknown places on the table... It hasn't seen a complete take down, and she's a year old with a case of thunderbolts (dirty) plus a few bricks of other brands played with, it was time.

As I tried putting it together I felt Regret that I didn't bother to find a manual or diagram first. Remorse that I had taken it apart so far. Yelled Rrrgh a few times. Tomorrow, hopefully, there will be Relief that it still works.

I've heard of these pistols lasting for a million rounds, now I wonder if that's only the people who don't clean them so no parts are lost?

Ridiculous.

Lol, the first time I took mine apart it was R rated, not R themed. It takes a few times before you get the hang of it.

**theduke** · June 13th, 2010, 09:27 AM

I bought one recently and found this on youtube. a disassembly and reassembly video. It helped me out .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkPN87hRgbE

**Mootness** · June 13th, 2010, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by theduke

I bought one recently and found this on youtube. a disassembly and reassembly video. It helped me out .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkPN87hRgbE

The video shows the easy part. I broke it down further then that.

**marinville** · June 13th, 2010, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Mootness

The video shows the easy part. I broke it down further then that.

Recently I detail stripped my mark III using this information: http://guntalk-online.com/detailstrip.htm I was surprised that it was actually fairly simple and painless. In fact, my pistol is still new, and in my opinion reassembling from field strip is more of a pain in the ass than the remainder of the detail strip.

The only parts I did not disassemble were the magazine release, the mainspring housing, and the extractor. I would have removed the extractor but I didn't have a small enough pick handy, and I would like to strip the mainspring and mag release, but I couldnt find literature on how to do so, and I don't like to wing it.

I'm planing to install the Volquartsen accurizing kit and remove the pointless pain in the ass magazine disconnect soon.