What is happening is the hammer's partially cocked. When that happens, the mainspring has enough tension on it to push the bolt stop and MS housing out of the receiver. That is why when you squeezed the trigger simultaneously as you slowly closed the mainspring housing, the spring tension forced the hammer all the way forward instead of pushing out the bolt stop and MS housing and you were able to properly close the housing.I disassebled my Mark III 22/45 for the first time today and I'm frustrated. Every time I try to push the main spring assembly back in, it pulls down and I have to start the procedure over again. What am I doning wrong.
It's hard the first few times, but after that it comes apart and goes back together with hardly any effort.I'm going to answer my own question.I watched the Ruger video one more time and realized that when he presses the magazine release button with his right thumb, he also squeezes the trigger with his left thumb. However, he doesn't say to squeeze the trigger at this point, he only later mentions to pull the trigger 'again' when you do it 5 times and hold it. Once I pulled the trigger when releasing the magazine, I was able to correctly install the main spring. I sure hope this gun is worth the effort.
Do this;I disassebled my Mark III 22/45 for the first time today and I'm frustrated. Every time I try to push the main spring assembly back in, it pulls down and I have to start the procedure over again. What am I doning wrong.![]()
Use these:I disassebled my Mark III 22/45 for the first time today and I'm frustrated. Every time I try to push the main spring assembly back in, it pulls down and I have to start the procedure over again. What am I doning wrong.![]()
I second Moe's video. Not sure why the hammer looks like a "cheese" to him!Try this utube moes MKIII disassembly I think it's one of t*he best out there
The more you take it apart, the easier it gets. The mag disconnect bushing is the biggest cure. Really crazy that a first class manufacturer would have come up with a "safety device" that makes the firearm virtually impossible to maintain. Even after 2 years, and many thousands of rounds fired, I take mine down fully every other range trip (about once a month) and at least once every two months, I either have a fallen hammer or the hammer strut gets out of position and either the bolt can't be pulled or the mainspring won't close. You would think after nearly 50 years of making these things, that they could find a way to make it easy, safe and reliable.So much thanks for this. Came up in a google search having the exact same problem. Took my pistol apart to install the mag disconnect bushing. Last part of putting it back together had me so frustrated. I don't plan to ever do that again, unless I decide to put the slingshot mod in it. But will be some time before I want to take this apart again.