Ruger MK III in pieces!

[SMS]

That was a terrifying picture.

I'm scared of my MKIII.....

 

[Gabriel42]

The new bushing will remove the parts circled in red, except for the small detent.



Here is a good reference for install:
http://imgur.com/a/JFLHm

 

[druryj]

The new bushing will remove the parts circled in red, except for the small detent.



Here is a good reference for install:
http://imgur.com/a/JFLHm

That small detent worried the crap out of me until I figured out it was the detent for the safety. A person needs like 4 hands to put this sumbeotch back together but I finally got it done. Once again. the MK III curse bits me in the azz. I can field strip and reassemble it in nuthin' flat but man, when that thing fell apart on me like it did. I was like; "oh crap". The website guntalkonline.com saved me. Gabriel42 was good enough to plan on meeting me this morning too. Gotta love OSA!

 

[orangeRcode]

That small detent worried the crap out of me until I figured out it was the detent for the safety. A person needs like 4 hands to put this sumbeotch back together but I finally got it done. Once again. the MK III curse bits me in the azz. I can field strip and reassemble it in nuthin' flat but man, when that thing fell apart on me like it did. I was like; "oh crap". The website guntalkonline.com saved me. Gabriel42 was good enough to plan on meeting me this morning too. Gotta love OSA!

Awesome man. Glad you got it back together and there are great peeps on here that are willing to help a brother out!

 

[okietom]

Glad you got it worked out. Here is the kit I was talking about from Tandem Kross

This is what you need. The MK2 hammer bushing and the load chamber indicator delete.

 

[okietom]

There are some Ruger MK owners that never take them apart. Why do we need to?

 

[Yourshoesareuntied]

I removed the mag disconnect and placed some small washers in its place. Here's a good 3part video series on how to do this mod. No waiting for parts to arrive and it works great.
http://youtu.be/QWHEMJDFBSc

 

[druryj]

This ended up a blessing in disguise, I ordered the bushing from Tandem Cross to get rid of that pesky magazine disconnect and learned a heck of a lot more about my MK III pistol in the process. Man, OSA is a wealth of knowledge and help when a fella needs it; good to have this resource available! Thanks.

 

[TulsaGeoff]

Every gun owner should have to go through this right of passage

 

[okietom]

I removed the mag disconnect and placed some small washers in its place. Here's a good 3part video series on how to do this mod. No waiting for parts to arrive and it works great.
http://youtu.be/QWHEMJDFBSc

Ya, I saw that fix on youtube too and waited on the parts to come before I took it apart. I had four of them I wanted to do that too and wanted it to be easier. I had them all apart like the OP did by choice. I wish I had taken out the loaded chamber indicators too.