I am a War Veteran now: Ruger MK III

[Fherot]

I was installing the VQ Mk II Hammer bushing into my Ruger MK III and pulled the retaining pin out all the way on accident and about a million little pieces of all sorts fell out all over my carpet...

30 minutes later and staring at photos online... IT'S BACK TOGETHER AND WORKS!

What a battle...

Words of wisdom for anyone installing the bushing to remove the magazine disconnect safety: Slooowly and caaarefully pull the hammer pin out to the left just enough to lift out the hammer and garbage parts to the right of it.

Otherwise it's raining smallmetalparts.

Trigger is better and now my magazines go flying out at the click of the release button.

[Patriotdoc]

You had it much worse then me
Tonight. I was field stripping and cleaning my mossberg 930 after a day of trap. Pulled the trigger whrn i had the assemgly out and springs and pieces flew everywhere. Luckily I googled and found a post with pictures of a DIY trigger test down reassembly. Saved my night.

[Patriotdoc]

Sent from iPhone excuse the typos

[Fherot]

Nothing like launching bits and pieces of your firearm everywhere... What would we do without the internet? I wouldn't have a Ruger pistol right now I can tell you that much.

[Wicked K5]

Nothing like launching bits and pieces of your firearm everywhere... What would we do without the internet? I wouldn't have a Ruger pistol right now I can tell you that much.

So true! Thanks to youtube and the guntalk-online howto's, I took the plunge and completely detail stripped my 22/45 for a Sam's bushing install and slingshot mod before I even shot it.

[monkeylice]

I haven't fired my 22/45 yet and I've been taking it apart and putting it back together just because I refuse to be puzzle by it. So far I've done the slingshot mod and have the LCI out for cleaning, soon I'll have a Sam Lam bushing and a VQ trigger and sear. All before I even shoot it, probably, haha.

Ruger should probably sponson RimfireCentral.com, if they aren't already.

[tal3nt]

YES! I have the VQ MKII bushing, target trigger, and target sear, They're awesome! I thought the slingshot mod was cool at first, but you should be aware that it will fail to "slingshot" forward if for whatever reason the gun happens to be upside down. The bolt release lever works just fine for me. I know some people put a spring in it to create constant downward pressure but I just don't see it's practicality.

[monkeylice]

I don't really see any scenarios where I will need to operate the 22/45 upside down, but I am going to put a spring in as soon as I have a proper dremel. I just put in a Sam Lam bushing today, works awesome! Waiting on VQ parts now.

[microwaveguy]

I believe a rubber mallet should come with every 22/45 mark III to use when taking it apart and putting it back together.

90 mins and some blood but I finally got mine back together.

[xrMike]

Can somebody summarize or make a list of the desired mods to make to a 22/45? Just a short list is all I need and I will go to rimfire central and do my research. Thanks. Mine is bone stock right now.

[wtkaiser]

Heck, I once got a standard Mk 1 for free just because the owner couldn't re-assemble it after taking it apart for cleaning. He admired the gun, but couldn't handle it's "complexity".

[Fadedline]

Can somebody summarize or make a list of the desired mods to make to a 22/45? Just a short list is all I need and I will go to rimfire central and do my research. Thanks. Mine is bone stock right now.

Sam Lam bushing kit
Volquartsen target sear
Volquartsen target trigger
Ammo

[Chaos47]

Ripped apart my girlfriends MK3 22/45 tonight.
Pretty easy to work on really..
Hardest part was getting the damn pin out and back in; had to use a rubber mallet.

Did the following:
Slingshot mod
DIY Bushing mod (2 5M washers worked for me)
Chamber load indicator mod

[Wicked K5]

Here's what I've done so far:
Ultimate Clip Loader
Sam's bushing
gravity slingshot mod
HiViz fiberoptic front sight
Black Dog/TacSol holster

Here's what's still on my list to do:
Volq sear
Volq target trigger
Volq bolt tune up kit (extractor & firing pin)
Volq titanium disconnector
LCI filler
Dominic's magazine base pads

[monkeylice]

Here's what I've done so far:
Sam's bushing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aXmLyXwpMA
gravity slingshot mod - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmClaXoFkRk (this shows the spring mod)
LCI removed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBAe8sgc8EA
Volquartsen exact edge extractor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQLrSG3MM_U
Ultimate Clip Loader

Here's what's still on my list to do:
Volquartsen sear (in the mail) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=842D-R5NbfU
Volquartsen adjustable trigger (in the mail) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=842D-R5NbfU
HiViz fiberoptic sights
Kingshouse grip mode