Jasperharley
Bearcat
A lot has been written about the difficulty of reassembling a mark II (or III etc) because the bolt pin alignment has to be perfect. After reading tons and studying my disassembled mark II, here is how I clean:
1. Remove mainspring and bolt
2. Keep receiver and barrel attached to grip frame
3. Run bore snake, clean out breach
4. Reinsert bolt, everything is already aligned
5. Reinsert mainspring
This way does not require a mallet, does not weaken or loosen the join between the receiver/barrel and grip frame, but does allow access to bolt parts, barrel, breach etc. Only downside I see is no access to trigger components, but I was not really cleaning those before either.
This seems overly obvious as I type this, but have not seen anybody mention it so I thought i would. If I am doing something that you think might harm the gun, let me know.
1. Remove mainspring and bolt
2. Keep receiver and barrel attached to grip frame
3. Run bore snake, clean out breach
4. Reinsert bolt, everything is already aligned
5. Reinsert mainspring
This way does not require a mallet, does not weaken or loosen the join between the receiver/barrel and grip frame, but does allow access to bolt parts, barrel, breach etc. Only downside I see is no access to trigger components, but I was not really cleaning those before either.
This seems overly obvious as I type this, but have not seen anybody mention it so I thought i would. If I am doing something that you think might harm the gun, let me know.