need help with Ruger MKIII

[bob king]

I need a good Ruger MKIII smith. I've owned it for quite some time shot thousands of rounds through it cleaned it after use but I can't get it back together. I've tried many times, put it away came back to and still can't get together. It has a Volquartsen frame, bolt and main spring. I need some help. I live on the south shore but would travel.

 

[milktree]

Is this the first time you've taken it apart?

 

[milktree]

And... what's the problem you're having?

Is it getting the pin of the hammer spring thingie up through the receiver, or getting the hammer strut into the correct place?

If the latter, the hammer needs to be forward (pull the trigger) and the strut resting on the spring assembly so it goes in like this: (match the red arrows)

 

[massgun]

I haven't taken my MKll apart in probably 10 years, but haven't shot it much in that time either. You shouldn't need a
"smith" to help you unless something is really broken, just google "Ruger mklll assembly/disassembly video" and dozens of video's pop up, take your pick and watch a few. If you still have a problem getting it together, I'm sure someone will be available in your area to help you, good luck.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Years ago I made a hook out of wire to put the thingy in position. Jack.

 

[67ray]

Ruger gets boxes of MKII//MK3 parts shipped back to them all time to reassemble into functioning firearms.

 

[jek]

Ruger has instructional videos for disassembly and reassembly. Check here:
Ruger Videos

 

[Mountain]

Try the videos- I think you can do it. Back in the days when it took 15 minutes to download one pic of Shannon Tweed, internet video was out of the question. I had to figure out how to reassemble the Mk III via written instruction. Not easy, but do-able. Youtube should make it more reasonable to crack the Ruger Mk enigma. Good luck.

 

[swatgig]

I have no idea if this will help, but I put together a crappy video on assembling an MKI.

Video on disassembling and reassembling a Ruger Mark I

 

[yogi]

I sent my mkiiii to Greg Derr....I think he's on the south shore....he installed a majestic arms speed strip kit in mine.....no more craziness....he also did an awesome trigger job. Good luck!

 

[slap shot]

Before you give up watch this video. It has to be the best, you are not just shown what to do, but the action is explained at every step. Why the hammer is up or down, safety on/off, mag in/out etc.

And get a mark IV


View: https://youtu.be/MwfpRMuEaBY

 

[92G]

as milktree points out above, the hammer strut has to fall in just the right place when the mainspring housing is pressed into place. pulling the trigger can help drop it into place. you'll know it's correct based on how much tension it takes to get the mainspring back into place.

 

[22lr]

My go to video:

 

[ns939393]

It's clearly junk.
I will give you seventy five bucks for all the parts.

Figured I would be the first to offer. Usually the NES members are much more supportive and you would have already had several offers. Must be the snow effecting everyone.

 

[45collector]

I’m on the Cape. Let me know if you still need help.

 

[AHM]

(I love how everyone blames the hammer uvula).

I don't rely on videos.

These photo galleries at the guntalk-online web shrine
have good photos you can magnify, painstaking descriptions,
and you advance the process at your speed -
not constantly hitting <Pause>, <Backspace>, and <Play>.

(In case you did more than a simple field strip:

Mark III Detailed Breakdown Description: Detailed Internal Frame Parts Installation​

)

But in any case:

Ruger Mark III Field Stripping Reassembly Procedures​

But in particular, any instructions that tell you to hammer on the gun are bogus.
Any internal part which needs to be moved
doesn't need to be moved by inertia -
they're accessible to a thin probe (see below).

You do have to visualize what you're doing,
and in certain steps keep the gun oriented
so that gravity keeps the hammer and/or hammer strut
from flopping around.

Years ago I made a hook out of wire to put the thingy in position.

Those slotted vest-pocket screwdrivers for an RS232 connector
that they hand out for free at trade shows work just peachy keen.

I can even use a full-length pencil to trip a mag disconnect -
I don't need to push a magazine into the well.