Ok, I am the kind of guy who has always taken EVERYTHING apart just to see how it works. There are plenty of times I have purchased firearms and taken them apart (just to see how they worked) before I even shot them! One time I even purchased a .40 S&W Sigma and a "new" SW40VE just to take them apart and see how S&W "fixed" the sigma. I am also a Glock armorer, a 1911 armorer, an Ar15 armorer, and a one of the general armorers for the department I work for.
With all of the above said, a couple weeks ago, my new Ruger MK III starting jamming (FTE) at the range. I only had about 500 rounds through it but, it had never been cleaned. I decided to take it down and clean it when I got home from the range. It was different in design and function from most current production firearms but, I found it interesting. I took it down, cleaned it, and got it 90% reassembled without any issues. However, when it came time to get the mainspring housing back in, well I got so mad I had to put it down and walk away. Today I finally had a little bit of time and got the chance to mess with it again. After about 45 minutes of messing with it, I finally figured out that not only did I have to pull the trigger while pushing forward on the hammer (with a screwdriver), I had to have an empty magazine in the firearm (due to a safety feature on the newer production MK IIIs).
I guess that it really was not that overly complicated and I feel ridiculous that it even took me so long to figure out something so simple but, I am sure that we all have those stories.
With all of the above said, a couple weeks ago, my new Ruger MK III starting jamming (FTE) at the range. I only had about 500 rounds through it but, it had never been cleaned. I decided to take it down and clean it when I got home from the range. It was different in design and function from most current production firearms but, I found it interesting. I took it down, cleaned it, and got it 90% reassembled without any issues. However, when it came time to get the mainspring housing back in, well I got so mad I had to put it down and walk away. Today I finally had a little bit of time and got the chance to mess with it again. After about 45 minutes of messing with it, I finally figured out that not only did I have to pull the trigger while pushing forward on the hammer (with a screwdriver), I had to have an empty magazine in the firearm (due to a safety feature on the newer production MK IIIs).
I guess that it really was not that overly complicated and I feel ridiculous that it even took me so long to figure out something so simple but, I am sure that we all have those stories.
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