MKIII 22/45 - Upgrades?

johNTO

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Hello,
I've enjoyed shooting my Ruger since getting it this spring. But I think it's time to upgrade some of the stock parts to make it "better". I was wondering what everyone else has done to their MKIII 22/45's. ie. what worked, what didn't....what is absolutely necessary, what is not. I'm also looking for ideas to "fatten" up the grip as I still find it thin in my hands.

Thanks.
 
Installed Valq - Extractor on mine.
Loctited the key lock in as I will never use it.

I removed the mag safety and replaced it with a regular stainless washer from Home Depot (had to increase the I.D. though to fit properly)

That's it - It's a great gun.

I wish someone made a "key" to fit the LCI slot though and make it look like an MKII (I am not fond of the LCI)
 
I stuck a hogue slip on grip on my MKII-22/45 and it feels really good in the hand. Also stuck a VQ sear in it and it made the trigger pull really nice. That's it for mods for me.
 
I was thinking about get the Volquartsen Ruger Mark III Accurizing Kit.
The kit that includes:
Volquartsen's stainless steel target hammer and a stainless steel micro polished sear (both parts are surface ground for exacting tolerances).
A redesigned CNC target trigger with pretravel and overtravel adjustments.
A polished trigger plunger and spring is included along with Volquartsen's extended bolt release. All for a little over $100.

On the other hand for around $30, a Target sear kit and the Exact Edge Extractor may do the job.

Thanks for the input.
 
johNTO:

Just wondering if you were experiencing problems with yours, and thus were looking for upgrades? I bought the same model in August, and have only put about 1000 rounds through it so far, but absolutely no problems.

Cheers,

Neal
 
nelly said:
johNTO:

Just wondering if you were experiencing problems with yours, and thus were looking for upgrades? I bought the same model in August, and have only put about 1000 rounds through it so far, but absolutely no problems.

Cheers,

Neal
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No problems to report unless one considers some FTF's & FTE's (to be).
I find the 100lb trigger to be a bit sloppy and was thinking about changing some factory parts to "fix" the occassional FTE and trigger.
I think the FTF's start happening when the HG gets dirty causing the LCI to stick(?). Other than that I really like this little .22 (now if only I can get enough courage to dremel the grips off and add some nice 1911 grips)
 
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