Ruger MkI & MkII 22cal pistols

[bigbill]

I recently purchased two ruger 22cal target pistols. One the MkI was so leaded up i guess the gun didn't function when they traded it in. I figure they didn't know how to disassemble it. The barrel and chamber area was full of lead shavings. After a disassembly and a good soaking and cleaning i have an awesome 22cal pistol. The other is a bull barreled MkII and it cleaned up good too but it wasn't that bad. Now i wonder how often do you disassemble and clean these ruger 22cal pistols??

I believe the MkI has the red emblems on the grip too. I know it means something??? The other MkII the emblems are black.

 

[Beruisis]

once you take one apart & finally get it back together, you won't ever want to do it again. I never cussed at all until I tried to get mine back together.
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[Fox Mike]

once you take one apart & finally get it back together, you won't ever want to do it again. I never cussed at all until I tried to get mine back together.
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If you follow the instructions they are easy to disassemble/reassemble. I have been shooting them since the '80s and never had a problem. The 22/45 is the exception to the rule in how to do it. That gun is done slightly differently then the rest of the all the other MK series guns.

 

[ranger1]

once you take one apart & finally get it back together, you won't ever want to do it again. I never cussed at all until I tried to get mine back together.
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If you follow the instructions they are easy to disassemble/reassemble. I have been shooting them since the '80s and never had a problem. The 22/45 is the exception to the rule in how to do it. That gun is done slightly differently then the rest of the all the other MK series guns.

I agree with Fox Mike 100%.

 

[Beruisis]

Yeah I need to get over always tossing out the directions right off the bat.
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[dacaur]

Every time I have reassembled mine, i have had to break out the manual... once I do, its a piece of cake, before I do it, there is lots of head scratching and sometimes swearing...

 

[Dan in MI]

Do a trigger job and you'll get real good at taking them apart.

 

[gusso]

It used to drive me crazy...now it's a peice of cake!!! Thank God for the videos on youtube.

 

[ckolacny]

Just cleaned mine yesterday.....was easy following the manual instructions.

 

[45flattop]

Until I RTFM disassembly of my RST4 from 1967 was an unknown
and unknowable black hole of the unknown, once i read the manual
I disassemble and clean mine every time I shoot it, same with my
MKIIs.