One day I noticed the magazine safety lever on my then-new Ruger MkIII Target was just barely interfering with the magazine. All I needed to do was remove it and dress off a tiny bit at the very tip most part where it contacted the mag. This would allow the magazine to smoothly eject versus a stiff, tight removal.
While I managed to successfully accomplish the mod and all went well, it was a bear getting that little part to sit where it belongs while I maneuvered a pin in position along with its other part. Took a good part of an hour.
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July 01, 2018, 04:48 PM
tha1000
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Originally posted by Sock Eating Golden:
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Originally posted by tha1000: You can disassemble a M&P just like you do a glock, if you prefer.
By adopting a . 40?
??
Just saying you can drop the striker on an empty chamber instead of flipping the little doohickey
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July 01, 2018, 05:02 PM
Greymann
KZ1000 perfect example, it was tough before YouTube
July 01, 2018, 05:36 PM
barry1967
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Originally posted by rduckwor: S&W 5906
RMD
My very first real gun!
More than a few, less than others!
July 01, 2018, 06:50 PM
Rick_Perry
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Originally posted by SIGWolf: I didn't think the P365 was any more difficult than any other P-series SIG.
+1 - Mine was easy.
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July 01, 2018, 06:55 PM
captain127
The Luger is up there as is the old broom handle Mauser. The jap nambu is no picnic either
July 01, 2018, 07:05 PM
cas
I don't get it, I never thought the Ruger's were difficult. The M&P is dead simple. I think some people just aren't good at stuff. At all.
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July 01, 2018, 07:56 PM
GaryBF
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless-trust me.
July 01, 2018, 08:20 PM
MagnumU
Mauser C96. Hard to believe how much machining and hand fitting had to be done with these. I don't know whether they improved the mechanism for Han Solo's blaster.
July 01, 2018, 09:38 PM
wxl
Always refer to manual for my 2 MkIIs.
July 01, 2018, 09:49 PM
Clem Eastwood
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Originally posted by GaryBF: Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless-trust me.
Ive never had to do more than a field strip to my 1903 or any of my ruger MKIIs. Never had an issue. Reassembling a browning buckmark slide, far more difficult IMO.
July 02, 2018, 12:07 AM
Sock Eating Golden
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Originally posted by tha1000:
quote:
Originally posted by Sock Eating Golden:
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Originally posted by tha1000: You can disassemble a M&P just like you do a glock, if you prefer.
By adopting a . 40?
??
Just saying you can drop the striker on an empty chamber instead of flipping the little doohickey
Auto correct got me. Was inferring an unplanned rapid disassembly field strip.
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July 02, 2018, 12:16 AM
soggy_spinout
I'd add the Hi-Point. First time I tried several years back it stumped me. I had to watch a YT video to learn how; it wasn't intuitively obvious to me. Required a hammer with a punch to pound out a roll pin, mostly because the rubber mallet that I started with wasn't moving the pin much at all. Setting the gun on top of an armorer's block or a roll of masking tape helps as well. Once that pin was free, the slide comes off much like any other blowback pistol. But the bugger was figuring out that a roll pin removal was the key to getting the gun disassembly started.
July 02, 2018, 12:45 AM
redleg2/9
Have to agree with MagnumU: the Mauser C96 broomhandle is right at the top of the list.
Side-drifting a little: I would put the Nylon 66 at the head of the rifle class.
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The Sig P290RS....ah, that little imp of a pistol. I've had mine customized somewhat for cosmetic reasons, added better sights and springs for useful reasons, but there's not much you can do to make field stripping it easy....
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July 02, 2018, 01:54 PM
goforbroke
As mentioned numerous times my Ruger Mark II is the most difficult to disassemble. I did find a YouTube video years ago that explains and shows in great detail how to break it down. Without that I was a little lost and so was the previous owner of my Mark II who marred up the gun a little trying to break it down.
I can’t remember the last time I cleaned it though. You can definitely shoot a couple thousand rounds through it before it starts to give you problems. HA!
July 02, 2018, 03:04 PM
Warhorse
I have no trouble field stripping my Ruger MKII Competition, all that is needed is a paper clip. Reassembly is a little tricky, but once you have done it a few times it is very easy, you just have to remember when to elevate muzzle, then when to lower muzzle during the process. Read the manual, it isn't that difficult.
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July 02, 2018, 06:27 PM
tha1000
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Originally posted by Sock Eating Golden:
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Originally posted by tha1000:
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Originally posted by Sock Eating Golden:
quote:
Originally posted by tha1000: You can disassemble a M&P just like you do a glock, if you prefer.
By adopting a . 40?
??
Just saying you can drop the striker on an empty chamber instead of flipping the little doohickey
Auto correct got me. Was inferring an unplanned rapid disassembly field strip.
Ha!
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July 02, 2018, 06:59 PM
1lowlife
Back in the mid 1990s, my second handgun was going to be a S&W 4013 Tactical. Picked it out, paid for it, but before I left the LGS I asked them to show me how to field strip it. They couldn't get the slide off, ended up beating it with a rubber mallet. I asked if I could exchange it for the Nickel P229 I was also looking at. Since it was more money for them, they said SURE..