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I have a stainless Ruger Mark II target (5.5 bull barrel, if it matters) that has a recoil spring and guide rod assembly that has one of the "wings" broken off. It still functions, but I am interested in replacing it.
Got the new part from Ruger. So far, so good. Did a normal disassembly and installed the new recoil spring guide rod assembly. It looked fine. But it was then impossible to reassemble the pistol (which is easy to do with the older, broken guide rod/spring in place). The bolt stop will not seat fully. Visual inspection shows all of the parts lining up fine and it looks like it should all go together, but several attempts proved futile. Had the hammer and hammer strut piece all in the right alignment.....Put it back together just fine with the old, broken guide rod/spring assembly in place.
Any idea what the problem could be? Is there something on the interior of the receiver that might be causing the problem???
I'm stumped, and have had Mark I and Mark II pistols for over 25 years....
Thanks for any advice or assistance.
Got the new part from Ruger. So far, so good. Did a normal disassembly and installed the new recoil spring guide rod assembly. It looked fine. But it was then impossible to reassemble the pistol (which is easy to do with the older, broken guide rod/spring in place). The bolt stop will not seat fully. Visual inspection shows all of the parts lining up fine and it looks like it should all go together, but several attempts proved futile. Had the hammer and hammer strut piece all in the right alignment.....Put it back together just fine with the old, broken guide rod/spring assembly in place.
Any idea what the problem could be? Is there something on the interior of the receiver that might be causing the problem???
I'm stumped, and have had Mark I and Mark II pistols for over 25 years....
Thanks for any advice or assistance.