I love my Ruger pistols. They’ve got a little learning curve, but it’s not hard once you get the routine down.
Here’s a video from Ruger on disassemblyand reassembly. The hammer is just to ensure a good tight fit between frame and barrel assembly.
If you want to avoid all the trouble, do 2 things to every Ruger pistol you have: put a Pacliteupper on it, and remove the mag safety disconnect. With the proper Mark II bushing in a Mark III or 22/45, the magazine flies out, and you don’t have to do the mag dance during dis/assembly. Plus, there’s no one in the background yelling…
My 22/45 with a Paclite upper, scope, and suppressor weighs less than just the original steel barrel itself.
I don’t have any of my vids uploaded just now, but this guy has my same setup. I use quieter CCI subsonic 40grn hollowpoints, so mine’s a lot quieter than this. Remington subs are loud as hell.
Stray cats & stereo thumping wiggers? not in my neighborhood!
Many years ago I was shooting with my brother (two hitches in the U.S.M.C.) at his indoor range. We had rented a couple of Mark IIs. He had the FTF you describe, and tried to solve it by pushing the slide closed with his thumb. Unfortunately, he was also squeezing the trigger at the same time. He shot me in the leg.
I teased him about it for the rest of his life. The last time he called a was a little late answering. When I realized who it was I said: “I am really sorry, Jack. I had to limp to the phone.”
The first time you take apart a Ruger Mark, particularly the Mark III with its magazine disconnect, it’s intimidating as hell. Do it 5 times and it should take you no more than 2 minutes to take down and reassemble. It’s mostly difficult because of the tight fit, and that loosens up considerably the more you do it. There are alternatives, however. You can buy a speed strip kit that takes all the hassle out of it, and for the Mark III owners you can very easily remove the magazine disconnect. It requires nothing more than a spacer, and there are kits for that as well if you want something other than a few garden variety washers.
The point is, don’t be overly intimidated. It can be hard, but to hear Mark owners describe it it’s the hardest thing ever and don’t ever take the blasted thing apart or you’ll never get it back together. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just like anything else it gets easier the more you do it, and frankly, it’s kind of fun to do if only because it highlights the construction of a unique machine and how simple yet complex they can be.
I bought one of these about 8 years ago at a gun show. Very handy for Ruger pistols. The loop of wire pulls open the latch, the plastic end pushes out the barrel bolt pin, and the little wire helps remove the extractor.
Oh, come now. You simply have to shop around! I paid 240 for my 22/45 over a year ago. The Paclite upper was 279. Add a hundred bucks for a nice red dot scope, 500 for a suppressor, 200 to the BATF, another 80 for 4 more magazines, and you’ve got a nice quiet .22. And we haven’t even visited the kids at Volquartsen…
Or you could buy a car.
The Beretta 1932.
Put the safety on, pull the slide back and rap the barrel.
Barrel comes out of the ejector port.
Take the safety off, slide moves off the front of the frame, spring and ejector rod (?) fall out.
Some screws on the grips to get at the trigger.
Of course, I can’t hit shit with it fifteen feet away, and I could get brain shots at zombies at 30’ with the Ruger.
If it doesn’t jam.
I thought about buying a short barrel and pistol grip stock for the Mossberg, but if I have to shoot a burglar, I want the cops to find me with a duck gun that just happens to be loaded with #3 buck, not some sexy assault shotgun.
I have a Remington Model 12 slide action .22 rifle (circa 1935) that belonged to my granddad. Like this one. Great little gun–I need to get out and shoot it more.
As I mentioned in the other thread, I already want another gun; and I want it to be MY gun. I’ve got my heart set on a bolt action. I’m thinking about the Savage Mk II or the Marlin 980.
The Savage MKII’s sometimes suffer from a problem where they don’t like to reliably eject the spent cartridge. On the other hand, some people love them and never have a problem with them. I’m not sure what the problem is with them and what it takes to fix them if you do run into it, but it’s worth researching.
The Savage accutrigger is better than the Marlin trigger. I’ve never shot the Marlin, but I know some folks complain about its trigger being a bit harsh.
Overall, though, I think both are fairly decent for the money. If you want something a bit better you might want to look into the CZ-455, but that’s also going to require you to bump up your budget a bit.
Marlin makes a great boltgun, triggers can tend to be a little rough, but as your only frame of reference is your 795, and that rifle isn’t particularly known for a nice trigger feel, you may not notice much of a difference
If this Marlin has their new adjustable trigger with the safety tab in the center, it may be decent, I have no experience with the new Marlin trigger system
I’ve owned Marlin, Savage, and CZ guns, and IME, the Savage AccuTrigger has the best feel of the three stock triggers
The absolute best triggers I’ve experienced are a Savage with a Rifle Basix custom trigger, trigger pull was 9 ounces, and the gun was strictly a bench gun, using that gun in the field would be unsafe and irresponsible, you barely had to touch the trigger to fire, and a YoDave trigger shim equipped CZ-452 Trainer Special
In all honesty, if you could find a decent used CZ-452 (Trainer, Lux, FS, American, Ultra Lux) I think you’d be very happy, either way you can’t lose
Somebody at work was just telling a scary gun story. How do people manage to do this shit? I didn’t get the whole thing, just the gist, but apparently they were at a party, two guys were talking, one had a handgun. He took the handgun and pointed at the other guy…pointed it away. Pointed it back and somehow pulled the trigger. From like five feet away. Thankfully it hit him in the shoulder (as opposed to the head). Not so thankfully, of course, it went right through, doing massive damage on the way out.
How does this even happen? Not only does some crazy asshole get their hands on it, he plays with it like that, and no one around says “Hey, Joe, maybe you ought to put that down?” or better yet, takes it away from him.
Sigh. Anyway.
I have fired heavier guns before, but only once. So I don’t have a complete dearth of experience in different kinds of trigger pulls; just very little. I’ll do some research on the guns you mention, thank you very much!
I know from years of shooting experience that it’s often difficult to call someone out about safety if it’s not a blatant violation. Last week while we were shooting skeet one of the fellows who was waiting his turn had his auto loading shotgun over his shoulder with the barrel pointed toward some other shooters. I noticed that the bolt was closed rather than open and asked that he open to bolt so it was easy to see that it was unloaded. He said that it wasn’t a big deal as it was unloaded and we shouldn’t worry. I insisted that he open the bolt or leave the squad. He wasn’t happy but complied. An uncomfortable situation for both of us, and why I shoot an over/under shotgun. Easy to see that it’s safe if it’s broken open.
