This is a discussion on New Mark III Hunter within the Ruger Rimfires forums, part of the Pistol & Revolver Forum category; I read quite a few threads here concerning the Mark III. This morning I picked up a new Mark III Hunter. I followed the disassembly ...
I read quite a few threads here concerning the Mark III. This morning I picked up a new Mark III Hunter. I followed the disassembly and assembly instructions and that went OK except for a bit of trouble at the end, but it was me not following the instructions exactly. Looked for issues with the gun and only found one spot at the bottom of the slide and barrel assembly where there was a small burr. I filed that off and then went over the entire piece with Mother's Mag Polish. Used some gun grease on the bolt and placed a few drops of Rem-Oil on the trigger. Looking forward to taking it to the range tomorrow. This is my first .22LR target pistol, which should give me some inexpensive practice instead of shooting my various center fires.
This is my second Ruger, the first being a Mini-14 that I got last year.
Depending on what type of ammo you are using, the grease on the bolt might start to bind-up with crud from the ammo. If you notice the action is working kinda' slow, clean the bolt then wipe it down lightly with oil. Ask me how I know this.
I will keep what you said in mind. I find that the fit and finish of the Mark III Hunter to be good for a gun in this price range. I am looking forward to seeing how well it shoots (or should I say I shoot). Don't know if I will ever use one of my red dots on it, but it came drilled and taped and included a Weaver base as well.
jbird60: I am using a red dot on my S&W 686 with a 6 inch barrel. I also use a red dot on my tactical shotfun. Of course the red dot adds some weight to the pistol. If your eyes are getting old, the red dot might be helpful. I am going to use the iron sights for a while before considering putting a red dot on my Mark III.
I agree with Doc45. Grease on the bolt is probably not the best thing. Over time, I've come to use very, very little lube on my Mark III and find that the less I use, the cleaner it stays, and the better it works. If you watch Ruger's video on cleaning the Mark III, they put a few drops of gun oil on a rag and wipe the gun down and that's it.
I will keep what you said in mind. I find that the fit and finish of the Mark III Hunter to be good for a gun in this price range. I am looking forward to seeing how well it shoots (or should I say I shoot). Don't know if I will ever use one of my red dots on it, but it came drilled and taped and included a Weaver base as well.
Give the red dot a try. It opens up a whole new world of shooting. You can do speed shooting faster than you can with open sights (at least I can). Depending on the type you have, you can use the retical for some long distance shooting, but if you have a few like you said, you already know that.
Got to the range this morning and the Mark III functioned perfectly. The Shooter's Choice grease did not attract any dirt to the bolt and even the bolt face stayed fairly clean through 100 or so rounds.
I will put my red dot on the Mark III for my next visit to the range. Nice that the Mark III Hunter came with the Weaver scope mount. Met another club member at the range and he happened to have a couple of Mark II's with red dots on them. He let me shoot one. I really liked the special grips he had on the gun.
Second time reassembling went much easier than the first time.
Hopefully I successfully followed the instructions to upload an image. This is the Mark III with my red dot sight installed. Yes I see I have a thumbnail attached to this reply. Used a little bit of lock-tite after cleaning the threads so we will see if the scope mount stays tight when I next take it to the range.
Last edited by tgwillard; November 6th, 2011 at 01:22 PM.
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