MkII aftermarket takedown kit

[AJumbo]

Has anyone tried one of these? My dad loves shooting his MkII, but hates having to clean it, and considers no gun to be clean until he has every little part out of the gun and on the armorer's mat. If the kit works well enough, I may buy a MkII for myself.

 

[MADDOG]

Where would one find information about this kit?

 

[johnmcl]

I think AJumbo is talking about the Majestic Speed Strip kit.

http://majesticarms.com/id10.html

These work really well removing the need for magic to get the bolt installed correctly in a Ruger Mark II after cleaning.

AJumbo, pass along to your dad that tearing down of a Mark II to parade rest is a leading cause of injecting tolerance wobble into the pistol. There's some great material out there suggesting that a bolt out level of disassembly is about all that's needed for routine maintenance.

Have fun shooting that great gun,

 

[bigfatdave]

the majestic arms kit requires a detail strip to install

once you've done a detail strip, a field strip isn't a problem, so the kit becomes pointless

 

[WardenWolf]

Once you've learned how to work with the mainspring assembly, it's not that bad getting the sear leg lined up properly. I always keep a wooden block and hammer around for working on guns, and I use that if necessary to reseat the vertical strut after takedown (or knock it loose to begin with). Those are easier to keep track of than an Allen wrench, and there are no screws to strip. When you don't remove the mainspring housing, there's also the very real risk that you'll pull the trigger with the bolt out and cause you to have to manually reset it and realign the hammer leg while doing so.