Okay, I was really trying to avoid this, and I did search, but it seems that every person who tries this has a different problem.
Against all common wisdom, I field stripped my Ruger Mark III. I'm glad I did, since there was all sorts of gunk from manufacturing in there (I assume...doesn't look like the usual shooting gunk), but now...I can't get it back together. Surprise.
I have it mostly assembled, but I can't get the mainspring pin completely through the receiver and bolt. I can get it through the bottom of the receiver, and the bottom of the bolt, but then either on the top hole of the bolt, or the top hole of the receiver, something is out of line and won't let it go through.
I'm following the directions here: http://guntalk-online.com/fsprocedures.htm
They seem pretty good, but I still can't figure out what is mis-aligned. I've been trying to get this one part for an hour and a half or so.
Can anyone toss out some pointers?
Against all common wisdom, I field stripped my Ruger Mark III. I'm glad I did, since there was all sorts of gunk from manufacturing in there (I assume...doesn't look like the usual shooting gunk), but now...I can't get it back together. Surprise.
I have it mostly assembled, but I can't get the mainspring pin completely through the receiver and bolt. I can get it through the bottom of the receiver, and the bottom of the bolt, but then either on the top hole of the bolt, or the top hole of the receiver, something is out of line and won't let it go through.
I'm following the directions here: http://guntalk-online.com/fsprocedures.htm
They seem pretty good, but I still can't figure out what is mis-aligned. I've been trying to get this one part for an hour and a half or so.
Can anyone toss out some pointers?