Most difficult pistol to clean?

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I tought that the desert eagle was tough until I remembered the diminutive AMT 380 backup that you cannot lock the slide back on.
 
Ditto the Mark II. ...specifically my neighbor's Mark II. He is an old dog who can't learn new tricks and I have to put his back together for him.

Tom, Pa
 
I agree that the Ruger MK II is one of the harder guns to field strip. However, it does get easier with time (and a good set of instructions). The above link to "ontarget" has good info. In fact, they did some work on one of my MK II's. They sell a trigger shield (small piece of metal that keeps fouling from entering the trigger mechanism) which seems to work pretty well. As for the original topic which got this thread going, no offense, but I don't see the full size nor compact USP's as being very difficult to field strip or clean. Just my $.02
 
Ruger mkII wins hands down. You guys with the problems breaking down the CZ-52--are you guys using the front tip of the magazine to push the barrel out of its locking grooves?? It is a snap using the mag as a tool (as the CZ armorors do).
 
The SW 59/59 series of pistols. Easy to take apart, but if you don't get the guide rod in just the right position when reassembling it can get ugly. Buddy of mine had a guide rod fly off at near supersonic speed and break a costly vase. Another time he nearly blinded me. Good thing I had on glasses, if not I'd be looking like a cyclops.

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Any of the Ruger .22 SA pistols like the 22/45. had to break the whole thing down and jiggle the crap out of it to get it together.

Kahrs aren't easy, that locking pin in the middle of the gun is a bear to work out - then its easy to clean.

HKP7s are a pain in the but to fully clean too.

I hear AR-15s have to be almost completely disassembled for cleaning.

Easiest guns - Sigs and Glocks

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The Seattle SharpShooter
 
I don't claim to be a genuis but after stripping a new Ruger 22/45 twice(2) It was a piece of cake. I think it is just an old wives tale that this gun is hard to strip. Someone refered to the web site ontarget, print it out and read it sure beats the company manual.
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Hayden
 
You guys got me thinking about my (20 odd year old) MK1 ruger which I think is pretty similar to the MK2.

What is so hard?

On my MK1, you drop the magazine, clear the chamber, drop the hammer and the use the mag lips to pry out the locking lever on the hammer spring, tug out the hammer spring assembly, drop the slide in your hand and it is done. 15 seconds tops. Assembly is the opposite, but you have to swing the hammer strut into position before you lock the hammer strut home. 20 seconds if I have to look at it.

What is so different about the MK2?

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I'd vote for a Colt Huntsman .22. You can clean the barrel OK but everything else is hidden. I took the slide off it when I was a kid and it took a gunsmith 3 weeks to figure out how to put it back on.

I think the hardest one spot to clean is the cylinder face of a stainless steel revolver. It's tough to get the stain off of it.

Rick

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Peter M. Eick:
On my MK1, you drop the magazine, clear the chamber, drop the hammer and the use the mag lips to pry out the locking lever on the hammer spring...[/quote]

One little piece of advice, don't use your magazine to pry things, or you'll be wondering about why you have feed problems. :)
 
There is no differance that I can see between the MK I and the MK II.
The Instructions you gave sound the same as the MK II.
Both are easy to strip as you pointed out. :eek:

Tony Z
 
Johnwill,

I appreciate your advice on the magazines, but after several decades of doing what I describe, if my mags fail I will just rack it up to good hard use and replace them.

I only have 2 mags for this gun and they still feed just fine with reasonable ammo.

Now, if they were sig or beretta mags, now way would I abuse on them like that.

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If you guys would learn your Mark IIs you would realize that they are deceptively simple to reassemble. After you figure it out, you are gonna be embarassed that you remained in the dark so long.

If you want a real bitch to take apart, try my Kimber Custom Combat Carry. It has no barrel bushing and you have to capture the mainspring with a straightend out gem clip. How cheesey can you get, great gun but a pain in the butt to take apart.


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I have a Ruger 22/45 .22LR pistol, and the first few times were a real #$%@& to get it back together..until I came across the great set of instructions on the ontarget guns website. They use a slightly different approach than the Ruger manual suggests, and it works MUCH better. Now I can strip it and put it back together in a min or so.

Nathan..
 
I would have to say that the hardest gun to clean is a .357 revolver after you have fired 100 rounds of .38 and then 50 rounds of .357. the crud in the chambers takes me a week and 4 cleanings to remove. I wised up now I shoot the .357 first then the .38.
This avoids baking the .38 crud on with the heat of the .357 rounds.

The Ruger mark II I own 2 and I found that if you stick with it for 5 or 6 disassemblies / reassemblies it gets very easy after that. I do remember 14 years ago
when I bout my first MKII the cursing and a good cut knuckle.

George Hill the last step in your chemical fog process should be see pink elephants and little green elves and pass out.

Do you clean outside??? Does this alarm your neighbors. Huffing solvent inside with my wife and kids is not an option. I use solvent amounts that would fit on a Q-tip.
The Q tips and dirty patches go in a water filled cofee can with a lid.
 
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