pancamo

Picked up a new 22/45 Mark III Hunter today! This is the first Ruger rimfire pistol I have ever owned and was impressed by the fit and feel of it. I took it home and prepared myself for the reported nightmare of disassembly and assembly. Was I suprised!!!! Disassemble, inspect, lube and assemble in less then 15 minutes. No problems what so ever and it even fires! This forum is a wealth of info that is a great asset to me. Thanks.....

BuckJM53

pancamo ... Welcome from SW Ohio and congrats on your new 22/45. Thanks for demonstrating once again that the "nightmare" MKIII field strip is nothing more than a overstated "fairytale" .

jbird60

Yup Buck i listened to everyone and was a little nervous but it was easy enough just watched the video from ruger.

tgwillard

Glad your first disassembly and assembly went smoothly. Also found the information at this site very helpful when I first took apart and reassembled by Mark III Hunter. Now I no longer need to refer to the manual. Read one thread where the new Mark III owner was contemplating using a Dremel tool because he was convinced the bolt stop holes were not aligned. If that were true the gun never could have been assembled at the factory.

GunsAreGood

+1. While I had a bit of trouble the first time I took mine down it is a breeze now.

shayne

i just put mine back together for the 5th time no fairytale but worth it all the way do you guys seperate barrel from reciever to clean

hutchman

Congrats on the 22/45. I just replaced my Stainless MKIII with a 22/45 RP and love it.

Tater

shayne, no. I consider the barrel/receiver assembly one piece.

BuckJM53

shayne ... the MK series barrels are screwed into the receivers with a significant amount of torque at the factory and would be very difficult to remove (without damaging the barrel, receiver or both) without specialized clamps and tools. I wouldn't recommend doing this.

BronxBoy

As BuckJM53 and others have said, don’t try to do this and I will add that there is no need and no advantage even if you could. I will add one other little tidbit to the cleaning process. There is a recess (channel) next to the chamber that allows the extractor on the bolt to latch the rim of the cartridge when the bolt goes to battery. If you are not sure what I am referencing, next time you gave the bolt out, locate the extractor and then insert the bolt to see where that recess is.

Make sure you clean that recess when you clean the barrel/ receiver assembly. Drop a little solvent in there, let it soak for a bit and then use a toothpick or other non metallic tool to get any GPR out of that area. Build up in that recess can and does cause ejection stove piping issues.