Bruggy55

I have a MKII Stainless Competition target model. I really like the pistol, but it has one fault. The windage has to be adjusted way off center in order to stay on target.
Is this something that Ruger would fix if I sent it to them? Have any of you run across this problem? I shoot with a bunch of guys at the local range after work in the summer, and we all shoot the ruger semi-autos, and mine is the only one that has this problem. I think my pistol was manufactured in 2005.
Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Bruggy55

Bud33

Are you assessing your group while shooting of a rest or freehand????
If it is of a rest it could be sight problems. Make sure they are not moving on you (both the front and rear..
If it is from off hand then it would sound like trigger control!

SnakeShooter17

Bench rest it and squeeze as carefully as possible. Do three-to-five-shot groups before making an adjustment. If it's still waaaaaaay off center, ship it to Ruger. It may have something wrong with the muzzle or the dovetails may have been cut incorrectly.

Marine Division Two

Rugers are 99% OP related,steup bench rest even an auto trigger squeeze,I will put your mind at ease about your new tackdriver

Bruggy55

You guys are probably correct, it is probably just me. I think I will follow your suggestions and hold off sending it to Ruger. Another reason I'm going to hold off is the expense of sending it to Ruger. We don't have any indoor ranges in the area that I live, and right now it is 17 below zero.
When I visually inspect the pistol and the sighting system, I can't see anything wrong. One of my friends suggested trading it in on a new one, but they don't make the MKII anymore, and nice used ones are getting harder to come by. Mine is 100% complete with the scope rings and everything, and is in like new condition.

Bruggy

CARSINC

Here's a link to diagnostic targets

http://www.targetshooting.ca/docs/grp-analysis.pdf

sarge912

Stick a cleaning rod down the barrel and see if the front and rear sight are on a plane with the rod. Use a straight edge. (use it to check the rod first)

I have seen folks get the barrel on kilted to the left and then beat the bolt stop pin in with a hammer. Hopefully this is not the case.

It sounds like you are putting too much finger in the trigger. You use the pad of your finger and should be able to a #2 pencil between the frame and your finger.

staff3704

We need to know if you were benchresting or freehand. Some people will pull the pistol down before recoil even on a 22 to hold on target or if the trigger pull is too hard you can pull off target. For a good price someone on here might buy it off you so they would not have to modify a MK III (mag disconnect).

Bruggy55

The pistol seems to shoot to the left when shooting from a bench rest. One thing that I did find was that I had the wrong screw holding the front sight on, so the front sight could have been canted.

At one time I had a Hi-Vis sight on the pistol which uses an allen head cap screw to attach it. I remember now that the reason that I used the allen head cap screw to attach the stock front sisght, was that I bunged up the slot on the original screw removing it.

I called Ruger Parts and they are sending me the correct front sight screw.

When comparing the original screw to the allen head cap screw I see that the under side of the head on the original screw has a taper that fits in a taper in the sight to keep it centered, and the allen head cap screw from the Hi-Vis front sight doesn't have the taper.
I'm pretty confident that I have found the problem.

In regards to selling the pistol, mines not for sale. As I mentioned already, finding nice MKII Competition Target Models is becoming more and more difficult. Mine is Stainless, totally complete with the scope rings, the manual, all the paper work, right down to the spent cartridge envelope, and the pistol is in like new condidtion.

Thanks,
Bruggy55