Opinion sought on Ruger Mark III 22/45

[AJD]

+1 on changing the extractor to a volquartsen on the Mark series of pistols. It has been my experience that the stock extractors get rounded and lose their edge very quick. I have not had a single malfunction since I replaced mine with a volquartsen. The other modification that really makes these guns even nicer to shoot is the custom sear also made by volquartsen.

Overall the Ruger Mark series .22s in my experience are excellent guns with good aftermarket support if that's something you're interested in. Once you learn the takedown and reassembly procedure it's not that bad IMO.

[RollingCode3]

The gun is very accurate and reliable. Buttaking it apart and put it back together is pain in the *****. It took me almost two hours to put the gun back together. I almost had to take to the gunsmith..... Enough is enough. I am not brave enough to take it apart again

[snobord99]

Originally Posted by RollingCode3

The gun is very accurate and reliable. Buttaking it apart and put it back together is pain in the *****. It took me almost two hours to put the gun back together. I almost had to take to the gunsmith..... Enough is enough. I am not brave enough to take it apart again

It's really not hard if you take some time to figure out how the parts work. It'll be good to know the one time you want to clean it 50,000 rounds later .

[Gary13]

Originally Posted by RollingCode3

The gun is very accurate and reliable. Buttaking it apart and put it back together is pain in the *****. It took me almost two hours to put the gun back together. I almost had to take to the gunsmith..... Enough is enough. I am not brave enough to take it apart again

The first time I put it back together I screwed up and did end up taking it to a gun smith. The second time I screwed up again, but got advice on how to fix it from rimfirecentral. Now I can take it apart and put it back together pretty quickly.

[BLD]

Do it! I love my MK III 22/45. So far the only thing I have done to it was install the Volquartsen (hope I spelled that right) extractor. I just shot two bricks of cheap lead ammo through mine today and it functioned flawlessly.

I don't find taking it apart or putting it back together very difficult, especially when I got the routine down. Now I spend much more time actually cleaning it then disassembly/reassembly, considering I'll shoot over a 1000 rounds before cleaning it. For the record mine doesn't need to be cleaned because of function or accuracy issues, I just don't like my guns to sit dirty for too long a period of time.

You will not regret getting the 22/45.

[ajaffe]

Rugers are a breeze to install once you figure out the secret in that the lever placement is much easier with the gun pointing up.

[jarhead995]

Don't take it apart and your fine

[ajaffe]

I would rather learn how my firearm works and is assembled. But like I said, the first time took me around 45 minutes, each time since has taken me around 5-10 while watching tv. It is in paying attention to how the little lever fits in.

[crunchy53]

get it! i love mine, search youtube for some cleaning vids that helped me alot. i also suggest the teach tech grips they make it feel so much better.