Your most HATED handgun to fully disassemble ?

[Mountain]

Once you do it a few times it’s not horrible. But hands down it’s the most PITA gun to break down in my collection of pistols.

But who in their right mind does it a few times? LOL imagine trying to get a Mk III back together in the ancient times of dial up modems and the only thing on the internet was "You've got mail!" and porn pics that took 30 minutes to load. You damn kids don't know how easy you have it these days...

 

[Chevy 2 65]

another vote for the Mark III... I'll never clean it again, I swear.
The 92FS is easy peasy. Definitely easier than a 1911 (which is fairly easy, barrel bushing kicks my ass sometimes).
A highpoint carbine is another PITA (but not a pistol).

You clean Hi-Points I just hose them off.

 

[Mountain]

You clean Hi-Points I just hose them off.

Wut? Do you wash paper plates and plastic forks too?

 

[MAJoe]

How often are you guys taking apart your guns down to every pin? And why?

I usually do it when I buy a new to me used gun. Good time to inspect everything and give it all a good clean. I can’t think of a time I’d do it again unless installing upgrades or repairing.

 

[pastera]

S&W 19-3
Not complex but stressful pulling the side plate to deep clean & lube makes me cringe
First time I pulled it apart I just sat there thinking "do I really want to smack this with a hammer?"

But it really did need a good clean & lube of the internals - I don't think it had ever been apart in the previous 30 years

 

[Chevy 2 65]

Wut? Do you wash paper plates and plastic forks too?

No, but my grandmother did.

 

[mac1911]

CZ 82

 

[Shark_Cage]

Mark III. I stopped cleaning it. I’ll run a patch down the barrel but that’s is.

 

[DarkJoker33]

The 92 is a walk in the park.

The trigger spring can suck and I think the sear spring thats in the grip that goes up and down.

Theres a simple tool for the trigger spring that i have yet to get though

 

[mac1911]

Mark III. I stopped cleaning it. I’ll run a patch down the barrel but that’s is.

When I bought a mkIII i decided to break it down . Could not get the upper to move.
Said f*** it and started shooting it. Ran into a member who shoots bullseye and has a shit ton of ruger target pistols.
I grabbed and and said . Can you give me a run down on tearing this down.
Thick heavy southern accent
“Whats the matter with it , did it break? “
I said no
“ shoot it till it does them get back to me”

He proceeded to show me how he cleans his. Removed the grips warned me of any plastic shit that might be on the new ones.
Stepped outside to his truck and sprayed it down with gun scrubber. Wiped it dry and dropped in a small container with what he said was just simple machine oil.
Says when he gets home he will wipe it down and its good for another few years

 

[Mark from MA]

Mark III. I stopped cleaning it. I’ll run a patch down the barrel but that’s is.

Mark III I really don't get this........first time it sucks...after that its not that bad. And I assume we are not taking the gun down to pins here.

I don't get taking a handgun down to pins and parts unless something is broken or worn. Field or detail strip maybe.

 

[Mark from MA]

How often are you guys taking apart your guns down to every pin? And why?

Almost never unless I'm adding or fixing something.

Most of the time its to add a trigger....like it the Canik or M&P.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

Keltec sub2k. Give me a Ruger Mkii any day over that hunk of junk.

 

[straightshooterjake]

When I bought a mkIII i decided to break it down . Could not get the upper to move.
...

He proceeded to show me how he cleans his. Removed the grips warned me of any plastic shit that might be on the new ones.
Stepped outside to his truck and sprayed it down with gun scrubber.

Do not do this!

The Ruger pistols are not difficult once someone shows you how to do it. And now that we have good demos on youtube, there are lots of quality demos available.

But, on the Ruger Mark pistols, the hammer and sear pins are retained by the grips. So if you take the grips off, the pins can slip out. And if those pins come out, then you have inadvertently done a full strip of the lower, not a field strip.

With help from youtube, you will eventually get it reassembled even if the pins do come out. But I really don't recommend an accidental full strip for anyone who thought the field strip was difficult.

Let me also add a few additional notes. On many guns the pins are pretty well retained by friction, so lots of people will remove the grips without an issue. But on some guns the pins are pretty loose, and they can also get looser over time as the gun wears in. Also, this issue only applies to the traditional metal grip frames. The pins on the plastic 22/45 frames have spring detents.

 

[Wickedcoolname]

Am I the only guy on this planet that has no problem with a mark iii?

No, you're not alone.

 

[mac1911]

Lets just say its been years and I have found no reason to do more than a quick wipe and a little Qtip action in the breach area if it looks gunky.

 

[bolt]

+ `1 for Ruger MK II/III series =

I mean there manuals advise in reassembly one hold it sideways 'n crap!

 

[drgrant]

How often are you guys taking apart your guns down to every pin? And why?

50% probably had a real reason

Other 50% probably like getting punched in the nuts for sport

I don't detail strip anything unless i have to.

 

[drgrant]

Once you do it a few times it’s not horrible. But hands down it’s the most PITA gun to break down in my collection of pistols.

One of my roommates had one of those f****** things by the time he was done cleaning his One pistol I would clean the seven guns that I had brought to the range..... I think even the people who are familiar with that thing f****** hate it.

I s*** you not if you had a gun shop if you put a big sign up to clean/lube those guns for 30 bucks a piece you would have a steady stream of people dropping those f****** off to get cleaned because nobody wants to take them apart....

 

[drgrant]

The mkiii.... im surprised that f***ing thing doesn't start like, playing the paul mccarney christmas song when you pull on that thing to take it apart. Like thats how much the process sucks.

 

[slap shot]

Almost never unless I'm adding or fixing something.

Most of the time its to add a trigger....like it the Canik or M&P.

What Canik needs a new trigger?

Also, only take guns apart for the pure enjoyment of cleaning and tinkering. Love all of them the same.

 

[meh]

The only handguns I fully disassemble are used revolvers that I've just bought. Seems like there's always something that makes a revolver annoying to disassemble, or more probably, to reassemble.

 

[Mark from MA]

What Canik needs a new trigger?

Also, only take guns apart for the pure enjoyment of cleaning and tinkering. Love all of them the same.

Freedomsmith......it litteraly makes the Canik trigger better than a 1911 or damn close, by taking all the forward play/takeup out of it.

 

[Buck F]

But who in their right mind does it a few times? LOL imagine trying to get a Mk III back together in the ancient times of dial up modems and the only thing on the internet was "You've got mail!" and porn pics that took 30 minutes to load. You damn kids don't know how easy you have it these days...

The MKIII isn't hard to take down... it's putting it back together that's the problem. I'd rather take a glass catheter, dip it in lemon juice, insert and break it off than try and put a MKIII back together.

 

[PATRON]

I hated my MKII until I picked this thing up.

 

[szaino]

anything other than a Glock

 

[stoneypete]

Ruger mkiii …. until I got the quick takedown kit installed….it was like trying to do the rubic cube blindfolded, drunk while fighting an angry cat.

I want to see the video of you doing the comparison research.

I will also go with the MKII

 

[Amputee Marksman]

Ruger MK II. This was about 2 weeks ago when I stripped it all the way down to install a bunch of Volquartsen parts.

 

[SquareShooter]

Another vote for my Ruger Mk II.
My Mk IV is a dream!

 

[horton21]

How often are you guys taking apart your guns down to every pin? And why?

Because it's not mine until I do.