How do you re-assemble a Ruger MkII

Riss · September 8, 2002, 04:38 AM

Can't get the stupid little bolt lock thing back in AND get the gun to cycle. Dummy me I forgot the trick to getting it back together. HELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

444 · September 8, 2002, 07:01 AM

Hold the gun so that you are pointing it at the ceiling. This let's the hangy down thing fall back and on top of the lever thing.

Walt Sherrill · September 8, 2002, 10:25 AM

444'S got the right idea. And if you look at the owner's manual and parts list, the manual explains it pretty well. (Didn't use to.)

But go here, instead, for instructions with photos:

http://www.ontargetguns.com/striptip.html

Chuck Dye · September 8, 2002, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Can't get the stupid little bolt lock thing back in AND get the gun to cycle.

Two problems

"bolt lock thing": If rotating the mainspring housing to the closed position retracts the bolt stop, the barrel/receiver is not fully seated on the frame.

"get the gun to cycle": Aligning the hammer strut with the mainspring plunger is, as 444 has written, easiest if the pistol is held overhead with the muzzle up so you can see the dangly bit. Once I have seated the mainspring housing, I find I am able to hold it closed by strength of hand, without closing the latch, while I cycle the bolt to test the seating of the strut-saves my thumbnail from prying out that latch lever more than necessary.

Riss · September 8, 2002, 01:22 PM

Easier put, muzzle down then up , pull the trigger and push the bolt lock home. WHEW. Thank you very much. Was getting a little frustrated.

CZ Gunner · September 9, 2002, 11:27 AM

The gunsmith that designed that gun must have been on drugs or something .... got rid of mine because it was such a pain in the a$$ to clean.

( Sold it for cost and got a Taurus '94 9-shot stainless revolver ... cost a little more, but saved a ton in time and aggravation! )

sleeping dog · September 9, 2002, 11:43 AM

On my 22/45, the only way I can get the strut into the mainspring cup is to hold the gun level, as if aiming. Then the strut just hangs down toward the cup. The last 1/4" of the mainspring housing lever should then seem "springy".

CZ Gunner, yes the designer was probably on drugs. I only take mine down once in a while when it needs a detail cleaning.

For normal bore cleaning, I use an Otis kit that pulls from the breech out toward the muzzle. So I don't have to field strip the gun.

I've heard that .22LR's don't need to be cleaned. I sort of believe that, but I still clean it. Old habits.

Regards.

Harley Nolden · September 9, 2002, 12:19 PM

I have sent by separate email the disassem/assem instructions w/photos

HJN

MeekAndMild · September 9, 2002, 12:34 PM

I use a big red wooden mallet!

James K · September 9, 2002, 05:15 PM

The designer was the late Bill Ruger, who reportedly loved fine wine and good scotch, but was not known as a druggie.

The idea is pretty much the same as that used on the Colt Woodsman, but is a lot stronger. Reassembly is actually simple and quite easy if instructions are followed or after doing it a few times.

Jim

Riss · September 9, 2002, 10:44 PM

Yes, figured it out. The link really helped. And a special thanks to Mr. Nolden for the emailed pictures. Thanks everyone

444 · September 10, 2002, 06:59 AM

This topic comes up fairly often on this board. And, as was mentioned it is pretty easy if you follow the instructions. Once you have done it a time or two there is nothing to it. Not to be an ass, but I got my first Ruger autoloading .22 pistol at the age of nine and I didn't have a problem with it then or now. And I am not mechanically inclined in the least; it just isn't that big a deal. Before we start accusing the designer of being on drugs I would wonder about the person trying to put it together.

johnwill · September 10, 2002, 05:20 PM

I always marvel at the difficulty it seems to be to some folks. I had a friend that was going to give me his MK-II because he was so disgusted with trying to get it together! I spent about 15 minutes with him and we assembled it a few times, and I talked myself out of a free gun!

Poodleshooter · September 13, 2002, 02:35 PM

The MkII sure beats finding all of those little plastic washers while re-assembling a Browning buckmark.
My only problem with the MK-II is getting all of the crud out of the trigger assembly.

**Mal H** · September 13, 2002, 08:26 PM

Poodleshooter - Go the ontargetguns link above and take a look at their trigger shield for the MkII. It works.

September 8, 2002, 04:38 AM	#1
Riss Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Eastern, PA, USA Posts: 147	How do you re-assemble a Ruger MkII Can't get the stupid little bolt lock thing back in AND get the gun to cycle. Dummy me I forgot the trick to getting it back together. HELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP __________________ An X is still an X with a Quarter Inch group at 100 yards With a Quarter Inch Group on the keyboard an X could be - Z,S,D, or C. I am a quarter inch typist - Please excuse the errors!

September 8, 2002, 07:01 AM	#2
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	Not a gunsmith, as you see. Hold the gun so that you are pointing it at the ceiling. This let's the hangy down thing fall back and on top of the lever thing. __________________ You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard wall, Chasing the redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.

September 8, 2002, 01:22 PM	#5
Riss Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Eastern, PA, USA Posts: 147	Easier put, muzzle down then up , pull the trigger and push the bolt lock home. WHEW. Thank you very much. Was getting a little frustrated. __________________ An X is still an X with a Quarter Inch group at 100 yards With a Quarter Inch Group on the keyboard an X could be - Z,S,D, or C. I am a quarter inch typist - Please excuse the errors!

September 9, 2002, 11:27 AM	#6
CZ Gunner Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 799	The gunsmith that designed that gun must have been on drugs or something .... got rid of mine because it was such a pain in the a$$ to clean. ( Sold it for cost and got a Taurus '94 9-shot stainless revolver ... cost a little more, but saved a ton in time and aggravation! ) __________________ Gunner "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." -- Vegitius, c. 375 AD

September 9, 2002, 12:34 PM	#9
MeekAndMild Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2001 Posts: 4,988	I use a big red wooden mallet! __________________ In a few years when the dust finally clears and people start counting their change there is a pretty good chance that President Obama may become known as The Great Absquatulator. You heard it first here on TFL.

September 8, 2002, 10:25 AM	#3
Walt Sherrill Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 1999 Location: Winston-Salem, NC USA Posts: 6,348	444'S got the right idea. And if you look at the owner's manual and parts list, the manual explains it pretty well. (Didn't use to.) But go here, instead, for instructions with photos: http://www.ontargetguns.com/striptip.html

September 9, 2002, 11:43 AM	#7
sleeping dog Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2000 Location: MI Posts: 536	On my 22/45, the only way I can get the strut into the mainspring cup is to hold the gun level, as if aiming. Then the strut just hangs down toward the cup. The last 1/4" of the mainspring housing lever should then seem "springy". CZ Gunner, yes the designer was probably on drugs. I only take mine down once in a while when it needs a detail cleaning. For normal bore cleaning, I use an Otis kit that pulls from the breech out toward the muzzle. So I don't have to field strip the gun. I've heard that .22LR's don't need to be cleaned. I sort of believe that, but I still clean it. Old habits. Regards.

September 9, 2002, 12:19 PM	#8
Harley Nolden Staff In Memoriam Join Date: January 8, 1999 Location: Brunswick,GA USA Posts: 1,884	I have sent by separate email the disassem/assem instructions w/photos HJN

September 9, 2002, 05:15 PM	#10
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	The designer was the late Bill Ruger, who reportedly loved fine wine and good scotch, but was not known as a druggie. The idea is pretty much the same as that used on the Colt Woodsman, but is a lot stronger. Reassembly is actually simple and quite easy if instructions are followed or after doing it a few times. Jim

September 9, 2002, 10:44 PM	#11
Riss Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Eastern, PA, USA Posts: 147	Yes, figured it out. The link really helped. And a special thanks to Mr. Nolden for the emailed pictures. Thanks everyone __________________ An X is still an X with a Quarter Inch group at 100 yards With a Quarter Inch Group on the keyboard an X could be - Z,S,D, or C. I am a quarter inch typist - Please excuse the errors!

September 10, 2002, 06:59 AM	#12
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	This topic comes up fairly often on this board. And, as was mentioned it is pretty easy if you follow the instructions. Once you have done it a time or two there is nothing to it. Not to be an ass, but I got my first Ruger autoloading .22 pistol at the age of nine and I didn't have a problem with it then or now. And I am not mechanically inclined in the least; it just isn't that big a deal. Before we start accusing the designer of being on drugs I would wonder about the person trying to put it together.

September 10, 2002, 05:20 PM	#13
johnwill Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,451	I always marvel at the difficulty it seems to be to some folks. I had a friend that was going to give me his MK-II because he was so disgusted with trying to get it together! I spent about 15 minutes with him and we assembled it a few times, and I talked myself out of a free gun! __________________ I collect old pistols, got any?

September 13, 2002, 02:35 PM	#14
Poodleshooter Senior Member Join Date: August 7, 2000 Location: Floating down the James River in VA Posts: 2,599	The MkII sure beats finding all of those little plastic washers while re-assembling a Browning buckmark. My only problem with the MK-II is getting all of the crud out of the trigger assembly.

September 13, 2002, 08:26 PM	#15
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Poodleshooter - Go the ontargetguns link above and take a look at their trigger shield for the MkII. It works.