Is this normal? bad craftsmanship on Ruger mark iii

I have owned multiple MKll’s and I have never had to resort to a hammer to take it apart or put back together. Also why did you remove the barrel and bolt housing from a new gun. That only puts wear on the lock that holds them together. It’s not necessary to remove the barrel assembly to clean. It might make it easier but still not what I would consider necessary.
I have one MKll that’s over 20 years old and it’s never had the barrel off the receiver and the bolt is only removed once a couple of years for cleaning. Everything I do is with the bolt locked back and Q-tips and cleaning rod.
 
Having had a MKII for over 25 years, I have never needed a hammer, or had the desire to remove the barrel from the frame - works just fine.
You say you are a first time gun owner, why would you need a hammer? The manual says to use a paper clip on the latch.....
 
I take mine apart and clean it every few hundred rounds, I have probably had mine disassembled a couple dozen times now. .22 ammo is filthy and you won't beleive what the inside looks like after a few hundred rounds of .22. I can disasemble and reassemble the gun in a matter of a few minutes, it really isn't as much of an ordeal as people make it to be.
 
Mark pistols need to be field stripped when they are dirty.

On most copies the first ten or so disassemblies are a bit of a bear.

Once you get the hang of it disassembly/reassembly is not difficult.

A rubber mallet is nearly essential the first ten or so field strips.

The issue that the OP is bringing to our attention is nothing. Forget it and enjoy the pistol.

When you master the process, Ruger sends you a secret membership decoder ring like we all used to get in cereal boxes.

OK that last statement is not true.:eek:
 
My point wasn't that the Ruger is hard to field strip. My point was that my LGS screwed me hard on my first pistol purchase.

They sold this gun to me as brand new, but it has damage made by someone trying to dissemble it.

I am -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED-, but have no way to prove their wrong doing.

Next time, I am buying online.
 
You think it's from factory?

I am gonna go to my LGS tomorrow and check out their plastic 9mms. I will bring my Ruger and ask the guy.
 
Next time, I am buying online.
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I often do as you intend, but I also accept that I do not get to inspect my purchase prior to laying down the cash.

You had the opportunity to inspect this Ruger, and just like I would have been , were too excited by the purchase to see any small details.

Go shoot it and look stuff over better the next time at the counter.

BTW, did you make your dissatisfaction known to the manager of the store ? His reply would tell me if he was interested in me as a future customer.
 
so, I went to my LGS today. the guy who sold me the ruger said if anything happened to the gun, it didn't happen in his shop. he then walked away to work with others...

was gonna make a purchase... just left with some bitter taste in my mouth.
 
They are not nearly as difficult to dis/reassemble as people claim. Once you do it a few times it's simple, and yes, a rubber mallet (not a hammer) does help a bit.
 
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My tool for easy Ruger auto reassembly, the brass wedge is for flipping the lever up, the point is hardened for forcing alignment of the holes.
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Shown in use, the prototype was soft and I soon discovered that the taper had to be hard, it works very well.
A screw driver with a large enough shank could be repurposed to do this, using a lathe with ceramic inserts even hardened steel submits, but even carbide would work. It has to have a cylindrical section exactly the same diameter as the pin that goes in there, long enough to line things up, as seen below;
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Decades ago, a "how to" tip was published in the American Rifleman: You merely take some heavy duty monofilament fishing line, loop it over the takedown lever and pull.

Sounds pretty simple to me...
 
Removing the mainspring housing and bolt is the easy part, separating and rejoining the upper and lower receivers is the hard part that requires the mallet.
 
I've had a MkII for over 25 years and I still need to look at the manual to disassemble/reassemble it. PITA but I wouldn't trade it for any other .22 pistol.
 
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