Field stripping quick take down kit for MK111

Jolly Rogers · Post by **Jolly Rogers** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:10 pm

Have any of the long term owners and users of the Ruger MK series of hand guns used the kit offered by Majestic to aid in field stripping their guns?
See this link.
http://www.majesticarms.com/ruger22.html

It looks like a plausible add to the gun for a quick strip and cleaning. It shouldn't affect a complete teardown at another service dissassembly.
Seems a mite pricy ...

JR

Catbird · Post by **Catbird** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:00 pm

I have no first-hand experience with this kit. I can only tell you that it's not new -- I recall reading a gun magazine article about it years ago.

I was rather disappointed in the website, as it didn't provide me with enough information to make an intelligent decision whether to purchase or not.

Post by **Bullseye** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:53 pm

Once a person familiarizes him/herself with the breakdown of the Ruger 22 Auto pistol there's no need for this device. The relationship between the mainspring cap and the hammer strut is the most troublesome step of the disassembly/reassembly process. With a little practice, this is a very easy thing to do and is not worth the expenditure of funds required to add this aftermarket device. This device will not work well if somone wishes to have a scope on their pistol.

I've been doing this for years and never saw the need for such a part for any of mine, or my customers pistols.

R,
Bullseye

toyfj40 · Post by **toyfj40** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:48 pm

I've had a little bit of luck at our range with this...

dis-assemble your MKx, and set the Barrel/Bolt aside.
then, following the instructions, perform the RE-assembly,
but with-OUT the Barrel/Bolt... this lets you look at the
hammer-strut-springCap as you position the pistol to have
the hammer&strut in the proper position for assembly...

Once I got it thru my thick-head why I was asked to rotate
and hold the pistol at various angles... then I was able to
use my Xray-vision to know how that Hammer&Strut needed
to be positioned...

another trick (from someone here, I think) is to use a (?? size)
Nylon-cable-tie to grab and pull the Spring-latch-lever.
The cable-tie "head" slips over the tip of the latch
and the tie... can be held while pulling...
no scratches or broken finger-nails.

When opened, I blast the grip-innerds with the AirCompressor
the apply some fresh GunOil to the various friction-spots...
it comes clean with little effort... as the grunge is then somehow
magically attracted by my jeans/shirt away from the pistol

Blindpig · Post by **Blindpig** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:13 am

I bought my first Ruger Standard Model in about 1958, I believe, and field stripping it and reassembling it was a pretty frustrating experience the first few times. Once you learn how to do it, however, it's kind of like riding a bicycle; you never forget. Bullseye and toyfj40 are giving you some good advice (as they always do). No need to spend your money on gimmicks like that; you'll it get down pretty soon so you can do it without even the use of foul language!