MARK II recoil spring replacement

[mg2112]

All

Getting alot of FTE's on my Mark II. Maybe 2-3 per 10 round magazine.
This makes a fun to shoot gun a bummer. Looking to replace my
recoil spring. To my knowledge it's never been replaced. Thinking
Wolff. Any other tips or recommendations?

Thanks

MG

 

[rugerguy]

Doubt its the recoil spring, most likely the extractor....clean the chamber and the extractor slot real good..................

 

[Clovishound]

My Mark I was giving problems with failure to fire and failure to extract when I went for way too long without doing a full field strip and cleaning. After I figured out how to put it back together, I thoroughly cleaned it and had no more problems.

Don't know if you have field stripped it lately or not.

 

[DA_TriggR4Ruger]

On the MARK series, pistols it is easy to want to neglect them... Field stripping/reassembly is a nightmare.

I've had my MKII stainless apart and back together several times... alot of cussing lol. I finally sold it.

I'm actually inclined to get another one soon. I sure miss that PITA sometimes. It WAS accurate...

 

[mg2112]

Field stripped it. I may hit the range this weekend to test her out.

Thanks for all the knowledge.

 

[sargents1]

Field stripped it. I may hit the range this weekend to test her out.

Thanks for all the knowledge.

Have you dry-fired the gun? Have you field stripped it previously and then dry fired it after? if so, your firing pin retainer pin might have fallen out. This causes the firing pin to dent the back of the breach face and put a dimple that protrudes down into the firing chamber. Fired cartridges then hang up on the dimple and will not extract.

Check for this before you do anything else.

If you dont see that dimple at the top of the backside of the breach, pat yourself on the back and then make sure that this little sucker didnt come out when you field-stripped the gun.

I learned this the hard way as detailed here:
http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=1512116&sid=685f4c063e43c73a9d8a633bd80ddace

 

[mg2112]

That pin is in place. Thanks though.

 

[Clovishound]

On the MARK series, pistols it is easy to want to neglect them... Field stripping/reassembly is a nightmare.

I've had my MKII stainless apart and back together several times... alot of cussing lol. I finally sold it.

I'm actually inclined to get another one soon. I sure miss that PITA sometimes. It WAS accurate...

I don't understand the widespread feeling that field stripping the Marks is so very difficult. My Mark I comes apart and goes back together in very short order. You just have to follow the right procedure on the position of the hammer and pulling the trigger. When you have the correct procedure it goes back together in no time.

It is far easier to strip down and reassemble than by old Colt Challenger. Now that one is a real pain.

 

[mg2112]

After a nice thorough cleaning I ran 100 perfect rounds through my
Mark II.Thanks for all the insight guys.

 

[Sal1950]

On the MARK series, pistols it is easy to want to neglect them... Field stripping/reassembly is a nightmare.

I've had my MKII stainless apart and back together several times... alot of cussing lol. I finally sold it.

I'm actually inclined to get another one soon. I sure miss that PITA sometimes. It WAS accurate...

They're not really hard to field strip but in comparison to many other guns they're "complicated". And each of the different series has it's own "tricks".
The one thing that can make it a PITA is when you get a gun that has a very tight receiver to frame fit. My MKII I brought new in 1984 just takes a good rap with the palm of my hand. My MKIII 22/45RP is so damn tight even I still cringe that I have to hit it with a Craftsman non-mar hammer so dang hard. Have the receiver pointed at something soft cause it's really gonna come flying off, I use the bed. LOL

So Yes, it does have it's difficulties, specially for someone that is not mechanically inclined.
But what you get in return is the best designed 22 semi-auto ever designed. Sturm and Ruger brought it out in 1949 and built a whole company on it because firearms enthusiasts could see that it was so special. 63 years later, with only slight improvements, it's still the most popular 22 built and the benchmark by which all others are measured.
Sal