I just for the first time in my life was handed a Ruger Standard that spent a long time stored with 3in1 oil, it was locked up solid.I have to say that anyone that has field stripped a Ruger Mk I, II, III pistol probably had a hard time reassembling. Also agree with the Marlin rimfire rifles giving people fits when it comes to having to replace the buffer or any other part in the fire control group.
The funny thing I found about reassembling my Rossi 92 after replacing the ejector spring was, I watched a video, saw how it should be done, did the same thing several times and it didn't work. Doing it again, like magic, it worked. No idea why it didn't work the previous times.
I guess sometimes the planets just align and that's that, don't ask why.
I just for the first time in my life was handed a Ruger Standard that spent a long time stored with 3in1 oil, it was locked up solid.
Flip down the lever in the back of the grip, pull out the bolt retainer assembly, separate the grip frame from the barrel assembly, pull the bolt out, remove the recoil spring assembly, push out the pin and remove the firing pin and return spring & guide.
I heard all along about how bad these are to take apart but the only trick was making sure the hammer was aligned right when I put the retainer back in.
Oh, and my gunsmith refused to take a Winchester 190 .22 apart to improve the trigger, said doing so would take more labor costs than the gun was worth. Still has a lousy trigger and indifferent accuracy.