HawkeyeNRAlifer
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Ditto on the Ruger MK series. I'm on my second one and I go years between tearing them down. So I tend to forget the proper sequence to do it the correct way.
Hardest gun to fieldstrip and reassemble
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gunorthopod
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The Sig P220 with the heavy duty recommended recoil spring and arthritic fingers
spacecoast
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RickB -
They're easy if you follow the instructions in the manuals available at coltautos.com. Great pistols, the workmanship is impressive.
lee n. field
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Feldstrip, a 1911. Which isn't hard, it's just that everything else (that I have experience with) is easier.
Clean -- a revolver.
dreamweaver
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as already mentioned. the mauser C 96 (broomhandle) .
not for the faint of heart!
not for the faint of heart!
Miata Mike
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Ruger Mark I and Mark II.......before the Internet. Not a big deal now and I wouldn't hesitate to field strip after any range time.
TacticalDefense1911
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The Ruger Mark series is one of my least favorite guns to fieldstrip. Once you do it a few times it gets better but still a lot of stuff you need to remember or it does not come apart/go back together easily.
I also do not care for field stripping officer sized 1911's.
I also do not care for field stripping officer sized 1911's.
the worst that i have owned is my old High Power. it was a real pain in the butt.
when i got my Colt Delta Elite home i stripped it down for the first time. then couldnt figure out how to get it back together. the twin recoil springs make it a pain in the ass to hold everything together while putting the slide on the frame. lol i was searching for the recoil spring plug that got launched across the room and cussing the gun to no end when my buddy called and walked me through it and told me some tips. now i have no problems
when i got my Colt Delta Elite home i stripped it down for the first time. then couldnt figure out how to get it back together. the twin recoil springs make it a pain in the ass to hold everything together while putting the slide on the frame. lol i was searching for the recoil spring plug that got launched across the room and cussing the gun to no end when my buddy called and walked me through it and told me some tips. now i have no problems
Field strip --- Ruger MKII or 1911. Not difficult ... just has more steps compared to a Walther P99, HK USP or Sig Pxxx.
Consider field stripping a Browning Buckmark. Easy but requires a wrench and almost always requires readjustment of sights after assembly. So, Is the Buckmark easier than a Ruger MKII? I think the Buckmark requires more.
Consider field stripping a Browning Buckmark. Easy but requires a wrench and almost always requires readjustment of sights after assembly. So, Is the Buckmark easier than a Ruger MKII? I think the Buckmark requires more.
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I think the worst was the Campo-Giro. And detail stripping was an exercise in insanity. That one should be at the top of anyone's "don't go there" list.
Other tricky ones are the Roth-Steyr, the Frommer Stop and Baby, and the Browning 1900. One that comes apart easy and goes together hard is the Colt Pocket Model hammerless.
The Buckmark is easier to take down and reassemble than the Rugers, but I went off the Buckmark when I figured out that they could give away the pistols and just sell screws. Almost every owner I encountered had lost one or both screws at one time or another. The Ruger can be a bit of a pain the first few times, but the parts are hard to lose.
(The Ortgies is no problem to reassemble once you know the trick of locking the firing pin spring guide into the notch in the slide.)
Jim
Other tricky ones are the Roth-Steyr, the Frommer Stop and Baby, and the Browning 1900. One that comes apart easy and goes together hard is the Colt Pocket Model hammerless.
The Buckmark is easier to take down and reassemble than the Rugers, but I went off the Buckmark when I figured out that they could give away the pistols and just sell screws. Almost every owner I encountered had lost one or both screws at one time or another. The Ruger can be a bit of a pain the first few times, but the parts are hard to lose.
(The Ortgies is no problem to reassemble once you know the trick of locking the firing pin spring guide into the notch in the slide.)
Jim
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Edward429451
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The Ruger MK series isn't particularly difficult except when new and very tight.
The sear spring in the Gold Cups was hard enough to put in that I seriously considered pitching it but did not.
Don't ever take the side plate off of one of those 22 mini revolvers because it will go boing.
The sear spring in the Gold Cups was hard enough to put in that I seriously considered pitching it but did not.
Don't ever take the side plate off of one of those 22 mini revolvers because it will go boing.