A few questions about my new Ruger 22/45 MarkIII

[TechBrute]

I was at a gun show a couple weekends ago, and I noticed Ruger was making 22/45 pistols with a factory threaded barrel. On a lark, I got one, and so now I've got a couple questions...

1) Are the removable grip panels interchangable with standard 1911 grip panels?
2) I found information on removing the magazine disconnect, but I'm not quite clear on whether the Mark II internals will drop in there once it's removed.

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[Confederate]

There's a YouTube video on how to remove the magazine safety. I don't believe the grips are interchangeable, but am not sure.

 

[1KPerDay]

The Ruger grip panels use slim bushings and are slimmer in profile than standard 1911 grips. I THINK ruger offers larger/thicker panels that will work with the slim bushings. But I'm not sure standard 1911 grips will.

I only know this because I am currently having my non-RP 22/45 modified for standard thickness 1911 grips as we speak.

 

[1KPerDay]

BTW JP grips will make you any grips you want, slim or standard, with the bottom rear rounded/shaped to fit your 22/45 and the cutout for the bolt release.

EXCELLENT customer service.

http://www.jpgrips.com/

 

[1KPerDay]

As for the magazine safety, it comes out easily but then you need to either make a hammer spacer/washer (see here http://guntalk-online.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=387 )
OR get a Clark or Sam Lam hammer bushing. Or you can drop in the MKII hammer and bushing.

Info and pics here:
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=371927

http://rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=364518&page=3

I made some spacers but the trigger pull still sucked, so I bought the Clark bushing (took a bit of fiddling to install but is rock solid tight), and also added a Volquartsen sear and trigger. TRANSFORMED the pistol.


BTW Bullseye's site is invalulable:
http://guntalk-online.com/2245detailstripping.htm

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

If you want to do it cheap and still have an acceptable trigger ---all you need is a plain ol MkII bushing for a few bucks to take out the mag safety.