Upgrades for the Mark III, Resonses

[jstanfield103]

I have posted this on other sites just to see what everyone else thinks?
I have recieved my Mark III Hunter, Love it ! I have been doing a lot of reading on the LCI, Mag Disconnect and Sears and all that. I thought I would do all that but after taking her out to the range I don't think I will. No FTF no FTL. Fired 300 to 400 rounds through her and the trigger was a comfortable squeez, don't know the poundage, Mag Disconnect caused no problems, and the LCI did not even know it was there. The only thing I believe that I will do is add a VQ adjustable trigger for travel. I figuered I would get a lot of responses from this but I do not see the need for all the other Mods. The pistol just worked smooth and functioned flawlessly!
Would like to hear other thoughts on this.

 

[smokeyw]

If you are satisfied with the pistol as is, I certainly would not spend the money for the upgrades. In my case, I was not satisfied with the heavy trigger pull. I opted to replace the sear. I also wanted to remove excessive trigger play so I chose to replace the standard trigger with a VQ adjustable one and add a Clark Mk ll hammer bushing. In the hammer bushing replacement, the mag disconnect was secondary. I mostly wanted to remove any play that I could but I am happy that the mag disconnect is now gone. The only other thing I did was install a VQ exact edge extractor and remove the LCI tab. I did these as a preventative measure and not because I had any operation issues. The VQ extractor is inexpensive and it costed me nothing to remove the LCI tab. My pistol is now exactly what I want and I know what I have. Like I said, if you are happy with yours, that is what counts. Everyone has different standards.

 

[Fox Mike]

The biggest change I have made was to replace the trigger with a Volquartsen adjustable ( https://www.volquartsen.com/products/294-target-trigger-for-ruger-mkiimkiii ). That in itself made the pistol much more 'shootable'.

 

[jstanfield103]

I agree that I think that will be all I do to mine also. That is after I get done paying for the two red dot scopes that I have purchased for my Mark III's

 

[blume357]

I can't even imagine changing the trigger on my MKIII it has always felt pretty dern near perfect to me.

The only thing I did to my target MKIII was change out the factory sights to high vis fiber optics and target grips.

 

[jstanfield103]

The only reason I would even change the trigger is for the adjustments on the VQ trigger, other than that you are right it is perfact

 

[Anonymous]

You get the most "bang for the buck" with just the trigger, then the sear. I have the new stainless steel VQ trigger, much better, I think, than the VQ aluminum. The other VQ parts each add minor improvement.

I do really appreciate removing the mag safety, replacing it with VQ's Mark II hammer bushing, about $8. Then the mags fall freely when released, and you don't need to have a mag in sight when stripping the gun.

 

[Chris]

Trigger definitely VQ high polished sear, target hammer adj. trigger

 

[RedlegM109A1]

I can't even imagine changing the trigger on my MKIII it has always felt pretty dern near perfect to me.

The only thing I did to my target MKIII was change out the factory sights to high vis fiber optics and target grips.

Exactly what I did with my Mark II Target (5.5" bull barrel). I really like the Hi Viz front sight. The Ruger/Hogue thumbrest grip is similarly very nice:

Personally I am happy with the stock trigger in both my Mark II and my Mark III Hunter (6.88" fluted barrel) and at least right now I plan on leaving it alone.