Most complicated firearm you've disassemled

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Ruger MK3. I've heard that if you look at it just right, hold it at the right angle, and tap it a certain way that you can get it back together.

I guess somebody can but it isn't me, mine just gets sprayed out with some powder blast, a brush down the barrel, and some lube now.
 
Glad I came across this thread, 'cause I've been a-itchin' to tinker with my Browning Buckmark and CZ82. Nosiree, I'll go play with my ol' Cub Lowboy tractor if'n I get the urge to take something apart! :)
 
Ruger MKII, have one... heard the same thing about how hard it is to field strip and clean.

Believed it too, so i didn't take it apart for a while..
The only trick is holding it the proper way to get the trigger mech to drop in place before pushing the take down lever all the way back in.

Once i knew that, take down & reassemble in 2 minutes. not hard at all.
 
The MKII and Buckmark gave me fits the first one or two times.

While working in a LGS years back we had a customer come in with his Browning pump shotgun that no one working in the store could get back together, including the owner. So, I grabbed an owners manual and took my time going through the steps, and although it's no 870 in terms of simplicity, it wasn't all that bad. Mossberg 500's can be difficult too, as the order of reassembly is critical to getting it right. They will reassemble incorrectly just fine, as will many firearms, that's usually the biggest problem.
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For sure my CZ82. I took that thing apart down to the last bitty spring and when I got it back together I thought I was a genius when it worked again.
I've taken apart a lot of guns.
 
They are never disassembled, other than basic piston and action parts of the SKS, and the main components of the M-1.

The components of the Enfields (other than handguards/barrel bands) might not fit back together again. Can't take that chance, then needing to run to the gunsmith and get him to make parts fit. One of the FR8s already has a wider gap on the right side of the handguard. It arrived as such.
Guys on the Youtube videos already had plenty of practice with subtle, small adjustments.

For the Robinson XCR .308, you might try the FaliaPhotography Channel on Youtube.
 
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M1 carbine. I took down the bolt without the bolt tool. Took 2 hours to get back together. The rest of it is not that difficult but it's clunky as hell to field strip.
 
Olympic arms wolverine is kinda a pain to break down. Lots of little parts and kept dropping the firing pin lock.

Brion
 
I'm surprised at all the Ruger 22 pistols mentioned. I had one in the 70's, and was able to tell a guy on the phone how to put it back together recently. Whats the big deal?

I'm also surprised when people say Winchester 94's are hard to take apart and put back together (not in this thread tho). There isn't really much need to take them apart, but they aren't hard.
 
jp9mm said:
Ruger MKII, have one... heard the same thing about how hard it is to field strip and clean.

Believed it too, so i didn't take it apart for a while..
The only trick is holding it the proper way to get the trigger mech to drop in place before pushing the take down lever all the way back in.

Once i knew that, take down & reassemble in 2 minutes. not hard at all.
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Malamute said:
I'm surprised at all the Ruger 22 pistols mentioned. I had one in the 70's, and was able to tell a guy on the phone how to put it back together recently. Whats the big deal?
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This. I'm surprised at how may people here think it's the most difficult, it really isn't hard at all. It's certainly one of those internet myths that die hard.
 
Complicated? 1896 Mauser Broomhandle. Fits together like a jigsaw puzzle, though.

Pain in the neck? Ruger mark III. No gun should require a rubber mallet to assemble/disassemble. The mark II's didn't have this problem, why do the mark III's?
 
Ruger MK III 22/45. You put the magazine in, you take the magazine out, turn it upside-down and you shake it all about, do the hokey-pokey with the mainspring housing out...
 
The Ruger MK1/2/3 aren't that hard... it's just getting the hammer released and then making sure the strut falls in place correctly.

Screw the Keltec Sub2000. You have to push out a large pin in the stock so the plug can come out. Then the whole bolt drops out with the recoil spring... easy enough but getting it back together was like playing a game of chance. Without the bolt holding the hammer down it took dozens of tries sometime for me to get the bolt to go back. Sold that gun for numerous reasons.

To the person/people suggesting a detailed HK P7 strip...:evil: I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole. I've never even remotely thought of doing that. If the firing pin and gas tube is clean I've never had an issue.
 
Any crew-served weapon, any howitzer lol.

The Marlin Model 60 was a bit of a PITA, Hi-Point Carbine is a major annoyance to even field strip and the fact their pistols need a roll-pin punched to dissassemble the slide! :banghead:

For some reason the Kel-Tec P-11 has always been a pain to reassemble, the Phoenix Arms HP-22A is a PITA due to the springs wanting to jump away, since bought extra springs and have a good method of field stripping it, not complicated just annoying.

Really, no other guns have been a big pain to dissassemble and reassemble for me but I never owned any Ruger .22 pistols, the Ma Deuce and Mk19 are quite complicated though
 
I'm looking at a Rem Nylon 66 numbered A230xxxx that I took apart when I was somewhere around 14. I thought I'd never get it put back together.

Ruger Mk2 pistol can be a pain when I forget how.
 
I'm surprised at all the Ruger 22 pistols mentioned. I had one in the 70's, and was able to tell a guy on the phone how to put it back together recently. Whats the big deal?
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This. I'm surprised at how may people here think it's the most difficult, it really isn't hard at all. It's certainly one of those internet myths that die hard.
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The Ruger MK1/2/3 aren't that hard... it's just getting the hammer released and then making sure the strut falls in place correctly.
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Just so you know, I LOATHE ALL OF YOU! :what: It's NOT just an internet myth!
 
berettaprofessor said:
Just so you know, I LOATHE ALL OF YOU! :what: It's NOT just an internet myth!
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Calling it a myth implies that there's no truth behind it, which is not the case with the Ruger pistols.

Lots of people have had trouble getting them back together and they're not just saying so to be part of the myth club.
 
Regarding the Mark II/III, I've come to the conclusion that it's a heritable gift; you either can put them together or not, and no amount of teaching will suffice for natural talent; which I don't have.:evil:
 
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