RUGER MK III Reassembly help

Savage Sniper · Aug 1, 2010

First day on the forum and I already have a question :?: I Disassembled my MK III for the frist today to clean, I used an online video on how to do this and used another to reassemble http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-reass ... ol-258785/ and everything is fine right up until installing the stop pin assembly (2:52) the tip of the pin extends beyond the top of the receiver and I even tapped on it to ensure it is in all the way. My problem comes when I close the latch, something is pulling the pin back out as I try to rotate the latch closed. (3:00) It's making me mad tonight so I'll come back to it tomorrow. Any help is appreciated. Thankyou.

Midnight Raver · Aug 1, 2010

I know some of our members have one of these pistols, somebody help the man out please!

Savage Sniper · Aug 4, 2010

Thanks anyway. I did come back to it today and figured it out. I thought the hammer was ALL of the way up but it was preventing the latch from closing. I inserted the magazine, pulled the trigger and was able to push the hammer up further allowing me to close the latch. Will know from now on!

Frost · Aug 4, 2010

Glad you got it back together.
You ought to eliminate that silly magazine safety.
That and the Volquartzen parts make a big difference.

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