Is my Ruger ####ed?

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ok, so I thought I would give my ruger mark III a good cleaning so I decide to take it apart. I have the standard model.

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inserted an empty mag into the gun, squeezed the trigger listened for the hammer to click (hate doing that) then I opened the mainspring latch and then swing the mainspring housing out of the frame well, then I pulled the mainspring housing downwards to remove the bolt stop pin from the recevier. Then I removed the entire mainspring assemby from the frame.

Now I can't get the bolt out of the frame, it doesn't pull back more than half an inch, I also reassembled the pistol and the bolt won't pull back more than an half inch then, Not sure what to do, looked at videos online, not sure what else to do???? any help???? thanks in advance.
 
you should put the barrel in the frame as usual,holding it in one hand in reverse position, barrel mouth looking at you, take a rubber hammer and hit the barrel toward the rear of the frame till the barrel go at the correct location(may take many hits), then the bolt will enter full with the correct needle spring positionning procedure.

when new, you have to pull the barrel with the rubber hammer, with use it's going to loosen a bit...
 
I don't understand what you are saying the barrel isn't off, the bolt will not move back to even take it out, nor when I reassemble it, it still will not pull back.
 
shoota said:
I don't understand what you are saying the barrel isn't off, the bolt will not move back to even take it out, nor when I reassemble it, it still will not pull back.
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sorry! i missed.

ok. prior to reassembly you have to put the mag in, then pull the trigger to free the hammer,so you can push it(hammer and needle spring) at the highest point to re-introduce the latch and pin-lock....if you did that prior to put the bolt back in the upper it wouldn't work.

introducing the bolt require the hammer to be fallen down.then you put the mag in,pull the trigger freeing the hammer-needle spring wich you raise at the highest position the put back the latsch and the mainspring-latch assembly.

the hammer as well as the needle spring should both be in the highest position making sure the needle spring will fall in the groove on the inside part of the lever-latch , falling correctly in the groove when closing.....if not , the bolt will not move back to #### the hammer.

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sigtactical said:
sorry! i missed.

ok. prior to reassembly you have to put the mag in, then pull the trigger to free the hammer,so you can push it(hammer and needle spring) at the highest point to re-introduce the latch and pin-lock....if you did that prior to put the bolt back in the upper it wouldn't work.

introducing the bolt require the hammer to be fallen down.then you put the mag in,pull the trigger freeing the hammer-needle spring wich you raise at the highest position the put back the latsch and the mainspring-latch assembly.

the hammer should be in the highest position to fit the groove on the inside part of the lever-latch , falling correctly in the groove when closing.....if not , the bolt will not move back to #### the hammer.

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Thanks got the bolt out that's the tip I needed :)
 
sigtactical said:
you should put the barrel in the frame as usual,holding it in one hand in reverse position, barrel mouth looking at you, take a rubber hammer...
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Edit: ... stand on one leg (sandals only), facing due east, before 1400 hrs. on a Tuesday Remove one sock and rotate yourself SLOWLY 92 deg. to your left. Insert green plastic toothpick between frame latch and left leg and lift other leg quickly...

Just kidding. They are tricky to work on unless you do it regularly.

:) Stuart
 
I'm sure it'll become second nature after you disassemble/reassemble it a few times. The first time I reassembled my MkII, I found myself cursing under my breath....the extra step of inserting the magazine prior to reassembly on the MkIII's makes me glad that I own a MkII....
 
I clean mine about once a year. my memory of how to do it is about 6 months....

After 35 years with the same ruger, I still have problems. Several time I have gone to the range with a bag of parts to get the "guru" to do it.

The big thing is to make sure the tigger is pulled when you put it back together, so the hammer spring is relaxed.
 
First time i tried one I got to my friends house & he just handed me a pile of parts, Saying he left it for me to do! I had never had one apart or together before.....Some serious thought & tinkering to get it back together. I guess i am a ruger armorer now. LOL
 
I am currently experiencing similar problems.

I started to take my Mark III apart last night, not knowing what I was in for. 4 hours later, after watching multiple youtube videos and reading the manual carefully, I still do not have it back together.

I can't get a mag into the receiver once the barrel is on. I think the barrel is not all the way back in place. I'm leery to hit it hard with a rubber mallet. When the barrel is not on the mag loads easily into the receiver.

I mentioned this to a few guys at work today and they all basically laughed because everyone has had similar experiences. The general rule seems to be not to take it apart very often.

Ruger should redesign this system.
 
Here ya go:

[URL="http://www.ruger-firearms.com/resources/videos.html"URL]

there are 3 videos on disassembly, cleaning and reassembly on the mark III
I still have to use them every time. :redface:
 
liketoshoot said:
I am currently experiencing similar problems.

I started to take my Mark III apart last night, not knowing what I was in for. 4 hours later, after watching multiple youtube videos and reading the manual carefully, I still do not have it back together.

I can't get a mag into the receiver once the barrel is on. I think the barrel is not all the way back in place. I'm leery to hit it hard with a rubber mallet. When the barrel is not on the mag loads easily into the receiver.

assembling the barrel-bolt-latch shouldn't take more than 5 minutes..lolol(but true).

I mentioned this to a few guys at work today and they all basically laughed because everyone has had similar experiences. The general rule seems to be not to take it apart very often.

Ruger should redesign this system.
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the barrel isn't all the way pushed in it's correct location,the port not correctly aligned with the mag insert track.

the rubber mallet isn't an option, specialy if the gun has never been taken aparts,or worst if he's new. holding the gun so it aim at you(bolt removed) , tapping on the front enf of the barrel so it slide all the way back.

complete reassembly is a 5 minute job max lolol(but true).
 
I had my MK III 22/45 apart for the first time today as well. The rubber mallet came in handy for disassembly and reassembly. First firearm I have ever owned that I needed a 'hammer' to put back together.

I found 'Moe's' video below to be the most helpful when it came to putting it back together:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHJm2P4kP0

Took me a little over an hour to take it apart and put it back together TWICE. Second time was to try and make I sure I remembered what I was doing and to make sure the first time wasn't a fluke. I agree that it certainly isn't the easier gun to put back together but there certainly is a sense of satisfaction when you do get together and everything works.
 
I love my ruger too, shoot very well and everytime, but man! this thing is a real ##### to disassemble/reassemble.
 
TacticalDan said:
this is why i never clean my ruger...
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Funny. That's what I was told when I first bought mine. "Don't take it apart" the salesman told me. "I only know four people who are able to put them back together, and I'm not one of them. Run a boresnake through it once in a while and use a q-tip to clean out around the chamber. You should be able to run a million rounds through it with no problem."

Well last time I was out at the range, it literally blew-up on me on the third round after only running about 1000 rounds through it previous times before.:eek: Still not sure what and why it happened but it had blowed the back end of the casing off the last round that was fired with I assume the chamber to be partly opened. Broke the LCI as well. I boresnaked it to ensure that nothing was in the barrel and managed to fire off 20 more rounds to make sure that it still worked. I attribute this to a dirty gun and decided that if I was going to own this gun, I was going to figure out how to take it apart and clean it properly, just like every other gun I have. I needed to take it apart to replace the LCI anyway, so now was the time to learn.

Another little trick I found somewhere was that if you want to remove the LCI for cleaning or other reasons, use a strong magnet to pull out the pin. There is not enough of the pin sticking up from the receiver to grab onto with a tool, and a good magnet worked like a charm.:)
 
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