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Removing magazine safety on Ruger Mark III

posted by: mace on 2011-11-23
tagged: pistols, gunsmithing, ruger, .22lr
score: 4

How can the magazine safety on the Ruger Mark III be disabled so that disassembly isn’t such a pain?

Answer 763

posted by: mace on 2011-12-10
score: 2

The easiest way I've found is to replace the hammer and hammer bushing with equivalent parts from the Mark II. As you can see below the difference has to do with the notch in the hammer where the hammer bushing is installed:

Mark III hammer and hammer bushing

Mark 3 Hammer Mark 3 Hammer Bushing

Mark II hammer and hammer bushing

Mark 2 Hammer Mark 2 Hammer Bushing

If you've got more time than money and feel like tinkering, you can also achieve the same result by shaping a couple of regular washers to fill the notch:

DIY bushing

A few particularly handy people have machined custom hammer bushings, but all I've found appear to have been overwhelmed by requests and stopped offering them:

Custom bushing

Answer 673

posted by: Ray J on 2011-11-24
score: -1

Do these videos help?

Part I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWHEMJDFBSc

Part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E35jZoQKmUk

Part III http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHvqApQTcss

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