A New MkIII Owner's Strategy for a Trauma-Free Field Strip

Dwight45 · Post by **Dwight45** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:34 am

Thanks for the moral support guys. I gurss I have been an expert all along: I "have been" a "drip under pressure."

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:39 am

Dwight45 wrote:Thanks for the moral support guys. I gurss I have been an expert all along: I "have been" a "drip under pressure."

Stuff does happen Dwight, just hang in there we have all gone through our frustrations at one time or another. Keep on plodding along and you too will get to be an old man like me, it sure has the alternative beat to Hell.

greener · Post by **greener** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:12 pm

bearandoldman wrote:Dwight there are 2 definitions of expert
A a person who is extrmely knowledgable and cpable in his field.
B exhas been Spurt = drip inder pressure.
You are free to use whichever one fits the best.
Also it is also better if someone other than the expert tell you he is an expert.

Also

More than 20 miles from home
Paid to give bad advice
Someone to blame if it doesn't work.

Dwight45 · Post by **Dwight45** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:43 pm

This thread has had so many viewers, I thought I'd sum up my experience so the readers can, hopefully, learn from my ordeal. I've shot, field-stripped, and cleaned my pistol several times now, and I've been able to identify the snags I've run into.

First, I find that when I reassemble my particular gun after cleaning it, when I place the barrel-receiver assembly onto the grip frame, I then have to pivot the barrel clockwise (as viewed from the breech end) before I drive it home with my mallet. There's no adjusting that barrel assembly after I drive it home, and unless I pivot it first, the holes through which the bolt-stop pin must go will be misaligned, and the pin won't budge. And thank you Bullseye for suggesting such adjustment.

Another step in the reassembly procedure that is in the Ruger manual, but is not included in the You Tube video or even (I hate to say it) Bullseye's reassembly instructions, is to pull the trigger and to keep it engaged while attaching the mainspring assembly. Unless I hold in that trigger, the bolt-stop pin will just pull out every time I try to pivot the mainspring assembly in place.

No I'm not blaming you Bullseye, for my ineptness, but if you check you'll see that you included that critical step in your troubleshooting section, but forgot to mention it in your reassembly instruction.

I find that my big problem with figuring out complicated mechanical procedures is my own emotions. If I can just keep cool and methodical, like James Bond, I can figure it out as well as the next guy. But once I become irate, I'd probably be better off stopping and continuing the processs later. But by then I'm dogged, I refuse to stop, and I'm likely to damage the thing before it's put together.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:59 pm

First, I find that when I reassemble my particular gun after cleaning it, when I place the barrel-receiver assembly onto the grip frame, I then have to pivot the barrel clockwise (as viewed from the breech end) before I drive it home with my mallet. There's no adjusting that barrel assembly after I drive it home,

Wow, sounds a little bit aggressive (for lack of better words, no harm intended) to me. I have never had to use a hammer/mallet to drive the barrel-receiver back onto the main frame? I just finished field stripping my Ruger Mark lll Target (thanks to BE). The point I really want to make is it only take me a slight rap with the plastic end of a screwdriver to get the barrel off the main frame, and literally, just hand pressure to reinstall the barrel back on. I have never had to hit it with anything. I wonder if you have use a hammer or not? Maybe each Ruger has a different personality to it.
haka

Dwight45 · Post by **Dwight45** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:31 pm

Hakaman, I believe you. But my gun is as tight as a drum. They tell me it'll loosen with use.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:54 pm

best of luck to ya, dwight

Post by **Bullseye** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:02 pm

I hear you Dwight, I didn't consider the hammer as a critical step. I have it in the troubleshooting procedures as if one is having problems with the bolt stop popping out then holding the trigger rearward will cure it. I will take a look at this again. The majority of owners do not have this problem, your's is an unusual situation not the norm. I may add that step to my web help page once I get my system back up and fully running again.

R,
Bullseye

Dwight45 · Post by **Dwight45** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:03 pm

Thanks from all of us Bullseye. But I suspect a lot of us guys are just too macho to admit we might ever lack mechanical competence.

Now that I know my gun's quirks, I love the thing. It's sooo accurate. I just mounted a set of Ruger's own cocobolo (I love that name) grips with the thumb rest yesterday. The gun looks sharp. I haven't had a chance to shoot with them yet, but when I aim the gun at something the sights looks awfuly steady. I'll report on my performance with them after the fact.

Post by **Bullseye** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:06 pm

These little guns are very easy to like. They are accurate and simple machines that will not break the bank to enjoy. The only problem is once you get one it is usually followed up by several more. I'm sure that you'll find your new grips compliment the pistol more than aesthetically. Sounds like a trip to the range is in order.

R,
Bullseye