Ruger MKIII 22/45 .. what a PITA putting back together!

[Honeybee]

And all the while you are thinking I'm not spending $35 for labor to tear down the gun to do a trigger job or a deep cleaning when I can do it myself!

Now you know why we charge.

 

[Cue]

First thing I do when we get a new mark III is remove that crappy mag safety and disable the loaded chamber indicator. I use 2 number 10 stainless washers. You have to enlarge the holes a little. Then contour them to match the hammer. I also trim a coil or 2 off the slide stop spring.

 

[dieseltech09]

What is so wrong with a mag disconnect and loaded chamber indicator? What do you gain when you remove these? I need to strip my MarkIII down for its first cleaning but I am waiting till I have several hours to mess with it. I figure it cant be any wose than the first AR lower I put together.

 

[Cue]

What is so wrong with a mag disconnect and loaded chamber indicator? What do you gain when you remove these? I need to strip my MarkIII down for its first cleaning but I am waiting till I have several hours to mess with it. I figure it cant be any wose than the first AR lower I put together.

The reduced reliability. When you fire a few hundred rounds, these parts start to gum up and cause failures to feed. The Loaded chamber indicator had a major flaw in it which caused the gun to go off when dropped on it.

 

[257wby]

Here is a video that might help...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoaVe2z6cRo

 

[_CY_]

yikes.... I'm disabling the loaded chamber indicator too.
what's the best way to do this? remove it entirely or file off tip?

The reduced reliability. When you fire a few hundred rounds, these parts start to gum up and cause failures to feed. The Loaded chamber indicator had a major flaw in it which caused the gun to go off when dropped on it.

 

[dieseltech09]

answered my own question never mind

 

[grwd]

yikes.... I'm disabling the loaded chamber indicator too.
what's the best way to do this? remove it entirely or file off tip?

Remove it.

 

[_CY_]

thanks... will remove the loaded indicator

that's two out of two "improvements" removed

Remove it.

 

[tul9033]

I replaced the sear, removed the mag disconnect, but left the LCI in. It was a PITA! The video on the Ruger website is the one I used for assembly. Point the pistol up while