Recent content by Whatnickname

I acquired a MKIV hunter in blue recently. I went with the blued pistol because it’s about half the price of a stainless steel gun and there are a ton of blued uppers on the market that can be had for a song. I purchased two Bull Barrel 5.5” uppers and a 4.75” Standard upper and have less than...

Well, there you go! Curious as to what the incidence of failure is? My guess is a fairly low rate of failure. I’m not going to worry about it. If mine separates I will either have it silver soldered or I will install a screw from the back. I just finished building out a complete MKII Target...

At one point, Ruger made the bolt for the MarkII 22 pistol in two pieces. The cocking ears look like they were silver soldered on to the bolt body. You can see a definite seam at this junction. Bumped into someone the other day that recommended having the bolt reinforced at this seam by welding...

I’ve owned a Colt Officer Model with a 3.5” barrel, a Kimber Ultra Carry with a 3” barrel, a RIA version of the Officer Model with a 3.5” barrel and I currently own a Springfield Enhanced Micro Pistol in 9MM. The first 3 were all chambered 45 ACP. The 45s were extremely ammunition sensitive and...

Promised I would provide an update on my project....well, here it is. The barrel swap was completed by a good friend that is an accomplished gunsmith. Would have done it myself but the only place in the country that has the correct receiver wrench is Brownells. The wrench was not in stock and...

Hadn’t thought about that. Just went on line and ordered a MKIII bolt stop. Inexpensive part and worth not having a headache. Thank you!

Good to know. I’ve changed yet another bolt (MKIV) out in two of my MKIIs. Both function perfectly. My feeling is that either the MKIII or a MKIV bolt will run just fine based on the way they function. Wonder why Ruger insisted that I return the pistol to them to have the bolt “fitted”… no...

Thank you. Headed to the range this weekend.

I’m relatively new to this forum but not new to the shooting sports. I was a competitor (Small bore rifles) for 16 years. I do quite a bit of my own gunsmithing. At the risk of offending some members, I have a particular fondness for the MKII 22 pistol...happen to believe that Ruger got it right...