I have not fired my Mark II in a couple of decades. I took it apart to inspect it, and the last trick you showed for turning the gun upside down and aligning the strut did the trick. I was not able to pull the hammer back before that. So many years later and this video still in demand!

Easiest, fastest instruction video ever! Made a dreaded job a breeze! Thanks

This is THE BEST video when it comes to explaining how to reassemble the gun. Good job!

You make this look sooo easy... Bought mine back in the 80's and I still have nightmares of cleaning it... I recently started shooting it again and I'm afraid to take it apart :) after watching this , well there is a small chance I might do it :)

Dude thank you so much for this! I was having so much trouble putting it back together, watched like 3 different videos and they all said "just put the pin in and fold it over" nobody explained the hammer strut having to be in a certain position. I couldn't cock the hammer back at all until I watched your video. You're a life saver!

I’ve had a slab side for probably 20 years. Takedown and reassembly isn’t really so terrible once you get used to it and it’s certainly not impossible. After you do it a dozen or so times, it’s just another gun cleaning routine. Kind of fun actually, knowing that you can do this without thinking twice while so many others are intimidated.

Wow I had mine for 10 yrs before I sold it and the whole reason I did was taking apart to clean it. Had to go to a gunsmith twice for re-assembly to bad this video wasn't around in 2007. Great video and a big help to Ruger community

I have a MKII just like that. In 30 years I have never once taken it apart and don't ever plan to unless it stops working. Fantastic gun, put thousands of rounds through it.

Yours is the best on the Ruger MK II field stripping. Especially the trick at the end. Now I am going back out to the garage and try to get mine put back together, now that I understand what to do. THANKS A LOT. You have done the MK II community a really good service.

I purchased my mark II in the 90’s - today it still looks and fires like new Great target pistol Excellent video Explained how to disassemble and reassemble very well Easy to follow your instructions Thank you

I've owed my MKII for 20+ years. I cleaned it once and struggled to put it back together. I shot it the other day and dreaded cleaning it. Thank YOU for this video. I am no longer apprehensive about breaking it down. 🙏

This process can be a nightmare if you mess up the strut. I've watched a few videos on this, and this is by far the best and simplest. Thank you.

Great video plain, simple and easy to follow. It helped me finally fully clean my favorite piece.

Thank you. That the first time someone mention the hammer strut need to be in the middle position. I'll been fighting to put this together for an hour.

I have this pistol and a Taurus 92 stainless which also works brilliantly. I can take the 92 apart in 4 seconds without tools. One safety switch mechanism pushed and turned by finger and the barrel, spring and everything else comes apart.. Works of art...

Great video. Helped me disassemble and clean my mother in law’s old Ruger. She passed couple years ago and my sons love shooting it because it was hers. We had been having feed issues. Good cleaning resolved it. Thank you again.

Great video. I've had my mark ii for years and never field stripped it because I didn't want to take it to a gunsmith. I was able to do it on the first try after watching this. Piece of cake.

My grandfather left me a mk 2 after he passed. I have very fond memories of plinking around when I was a child, however I’ve never seen it cleaned. Your video is exactly what I was looking for, and will allow me to keep this memory we shared alive for decades to come.

Outstanding video. Thanks for pointing out all those "issues" that can be a problem with these great guns.

Excellent and very helpful video. Wish I could have seen it 15 years ago when I bought my MK II .

Fantastic job on the instructions, easy to see, easy to under stand, easy to hear. I like that you didn't add a lot of talk. Great job.

Wow, I just spent over an hour trying to reassemble my Ruger Mark II pistol. I looked at several video's with no success. Your step by step instructions made it possible for me to complete. My problem was I failed to squeeze the trigger towards the end, until you mentioned it. This is a very difficult gun to field strip, but with your help, it was possible. Thank you very much, you are a life saver.

THANK YOU for this excellent video! About 25 years ago I inherited my dad's Mark 2 Target pistol, but had it has been stored away and not working properly. With help from your video I was able to (finally!) take it apart and give it a MUCH-needed cleaning and oiling, got it back together, and now everything seems to work smoothly and perfectly. I can't wait to take it to the range and shoot it... it's been far too long since I have shot it! (since my dad passed away 25 years ago.) I think he'd be very happy to see me shooting it again. Thanks so much for your very clear and easy to follow instructions. Best video I found for this gun.

Have had my mark II for several years and shot it sparingly because was always told how difficult it is to reassemble after watching your video I have confidence in putting it back together Wished I saw this year’s ago, I guarantee it’s going to get more use now lol, thanks , I was even thinking about trading for a IV ,but not Now , may go ahead and have barrel threads added!! Pew pew

These Mark II's are awesomely reliable. I compete in Steel Challenge matches in a variety of classes, including rimfire class. I use a (basically "stock") Mark II Slabside, while all these folks are sinking dollar after dollar in 22/45's and much more expensive pistols. When you look at the scores, me and my Mark II are in the upper echelon of competitors. I wish I could say we were a #1 team, but while the Ruger Mark II does its job, the shooter often leaves a much to be desired. Though I like the release lever on the Gen 4's, which is L O N G overdue, I think I'll stick with my old faithful Mark II. Good instructional video.

Watched 3 videos, yours is by far the best. No one else explains how to line up that pin in the middle slot.

The simply design of Ruger Mark 2 is so elegant and beautiful

Thanks! Just did a complete cleaning of my Mark II for the first time. Wouldn't have attempted this without this detailed video.

I've got a Mark I and Mark III. This is by far the beat video for disassembly/assembly out there! Very well done.

Thanks so much for a great video bgallaher77!!! I belong to a pistol league and shoot my MKII every January - March. Then the gun sits for 9 months. Too much time for my old mind to remember all the little tricks to reassembling it. The manual is helpful but your video makes the job so much easier. A word of caution for MKII owners. Always make sure the firing pin retaining pin is in the bolt prior to sliding the bolt into place. If the pin fall out and you don't notice, the first time you pull the trigger you will damage the pistol. Unfortunately I know this from experience. Had to take it to a gunsmith for some machining to get it operational again. Other than the headache of breaking these pistols down and reassembling them, they are a great pistol. Extremely reliable and accurate. Once again, thanks for a great video. I've used it 3 years in a row. Wish I could buy you a beer!

Thank you for detailed, good lighting up close filming. So many times guys film to far away. Most of us watch on tiny iPhone/ipad screen so up close is great!!!!!

Good job; thanks so much for helping with this complicated little beast. Once you broke it down it all made sense. Many thanks.

I watched other videos on assembly ad this is the first one that was concise, to the point and exact. I put the Mark II together with ease after other instructions failed me. Bookmarking this vid now. Thank you!

Awesome vid!!! Owned mine for over 20 years and it was a pain to figure out assembly and disassembly of this great gun...even with the book. This vid will help a lot of people. Thanks again!!!

After an hour of struggling with the strut, I finally decided to look it up. THANKS!

J'ai monté et remonté pas mal d'armes, quelques fois sans les connaitre. J'avoue que j'aurais du mal à procéder au démontage remontage sans notice ou youtube! Mais bon, une fois qu'on connait, c'est pas trop sorcier! Ce qui me dérange c'est tout de même d'avoir besoin de taper sur l'arme pour sortir la culasse! Et puis un Ruger, c'est vraiment sympathique pour le tir! Très bonne vidéo!

i am glad you gave that tip on the hammer strut getting stuck, because that's exactly why came looking for a video.

Just got my dads mark II and had no idea how to break down. this video saved my hours of pain and suffering. I was able to reassemble in just a few minutes. Thank you sir!

Best treatment and photos of the HS I've seen! Stainless steel makes it visible.

Great video with exceptional information. Agree that Ruger's Mark series pistols are great shooters and require occasional cleaning.. You made it look easy.. Thanks

Absolutely the best tutorial for this task. Thanks

Thank you for publishing this. I am going to clean mine tonight for the first time since I bought it new in the year 1989. IT still shoots fine with no hangups. I just felt like it needs a good cleaning

Thank you, it has been quite sometime since I have brought out my MK ll's and this video was so helpful to re-jog my memory on how to disassemble and put it back together. Forgot about that tricky maneuver with getting it back in place! You saved the day and much frustration.

I'm glad you did this. I have 2 that were my fathers. That haven't been touched in 20 years. I was scared to force things and the hard part with the final was truly the confusing. The whole lever in the handle coming out and going in was hard. Had to tap it both ways. Thank you sir.

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it, and that you got your pistol back, too.

Best video I've seen yet on disassembly and assembly of the Ruger Mark II. Thanks!

Finally a good explanation of how to lineup that final pin in the last reassembly step. Thanks!

Excellent video. Clear, straight forward, easy to follow. Thanks for posting.

Thank you for sharing this, just got a new Mark II for target and this makes cleaning it a lot easier than I have been told....thanks again!

just wanted to say THANKS! you are the ONLY person that mentions the need to have the hammer strut is aligned in the middle position. only until i found your video was i able to reassemble mine. AWESOME attn to detail!!!!

Very good tutorial video. Straight to the point, clear and simple. Thank you.

The wood grips make it look beautiful.

Great video. I inherited my Granddad's target model a few years ago (he passed in 1995, and my Grandma gave it to me later on) and have been needing to break it down to clean and strip it of old, gunky oil. Getting it apart and going through it was a fun learning experience and it made me feel close to my Granddad. Thank you for making this video

After mine being stored for more than ten years, this was a great vid to remind me of the tips, to give me the confidence to break her down.....

always had trouble with the hammer strut until i saw this video. thank you!

Bro it took me like over an hour fighting this gun reassembly until I saw your video. Thanks! I didn't want that walk of shame to a gunsmith lol

Thanks for making this video and saving me another half hour of frustration. Damn hammer strut.

Thanks, great video, appreciate you going through the trouble to do this video!

Great pistol. I bought mine new in 1986. Still looks and functions like it did way back then.

Best MKII field stripping video ever. You made it easy. Thank you!

Awesome video. Was really struggling with it until I kept rewatching and like you said, I had to have the hammer strut just perfectly aligned. So I used a bent out paper clip to put it exactly in the right spot and hold the gun at an angle and it actually draws all the way back to slingshot now. And now I can dissasemble and reassemble very easily. Thank you for the great video!

6:46 hold the gun so that gravity is pointed down LOL. Good video. I owned one of these about 30 years ago and I never took it apart or cleaned it but back then I didn’t know really anything about guns. Now I own several firearms and I am meticulous about keeping them clean and lubricated

By far the best video on this subject I’ve watched.

Thank you! That was the easiest and best Ruger mark 2 disassemble and reassemble video ever. Got it the first time.

Excellent tutorial, thanks so much. Just bought one with a Leupold M8 2X scope attached for cheap! :) Fairly complicated reassembly & your video is BY FAR the best on YT. Many thanks!!

Very helpful video and well lit and shot. Thanks for taking the time and posting it. I've bookmarked it for future use. Good work!

THANK YOU FOR FOR THIS VIDEO. I LEARNED A LOT MORE BY WATCHING IT. I HAVE THE GUN AS PICTURED FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS NOW. LOVE MY RUGER.

Thank you for the east to understand instructions. The print manual is lacking. You answered a number of questions and pointed out pitfalls. I appreciate this video.

Simple yet effective weapon. Love it!

thank you so much - this has taken me shy of 3 hours to work out, you vid helped in the end.. even so, bloody temperamental thing.. I cant always repeat it the results..

Yeah, great vid. Exactly what i was looking for. Even easier in real time then you make it seem. Thank you.

Good job. A lot easier than trying to follow the instruction manual that comes with the gun.

Thanks for the video! My dad was taking his gun apart and that clip you mentioned had fallen and it was jamming. Made me look cool when I just grabbed the gun and turned it upside down and the hammer strut got free lol.

Thanks for the video! I've owned my Mark II for years, but always dreaded taking the darn thing apart.

THEE BEST Ruger Mk 2 Disassembly video on KZfaq! I greatly appreciate it!

Good instructional video on basic breakdown for general cleaning,thank you.

Thanks a lot! Great vid, helped me making the assembly a lot easier! Good job!

Good Job your video and explanation has been the best one of many I've watched.

excellent demonstration and video!

thank you your video was the easiest video to understand to me on KZfaq. after watching several others i watched yours and finally got my pistol back together correctly.

Very clear and concise (with the subtitle added.) THANK YOU!

Finally a video showing clearly how to do it.

One of the best looking pistols ever made

Just looked at the mark 4 the other day at a local gun shop. What a smart re design they have come up with!!! Just push a button and boom!! It comes apart!!

thank you very much the first time I tried to disassemble this firearm it took me a whole day didn't know you had to turn it upside down thank God for KZfaq and you keep up the good work☆

excellent tutorial the more you do it the better you get at it !

Thank you for the great video. I've bought one of these pistols from a friend who needed to sell it for $200 many, many years ago. It's also my wife's favorite pistol. It's been inside a pistol rug, hasn't been used for around 7 years and it has never been cleaned. That is, till now. Didn't have to use a mallet to remove or reattach the top. Maybe I was lucky. The entire process went very smooth. Bought a low-end pistol cleaning rod from Academy. Used some old Hopps bore cleaner I still had laying around. Sprayed Rem Oil in every nook and cranny then applied some Tetra-Gun gun grease. Life is good!!

I have owned 3 of these pistols plus one I have now. One was suppressed being an NFA weapon. It was effective and accurate. All of these guns are reliable but getting the assembly / disassembly is tricky at first but become easy after you do it a few times.

Well made and very helpful video. Thanks for posting.

Excellent, one of the best videos on the subject!

Great video has helped me heaps!

Excellent and very detailed description and video. Thank you!

Good video. I have been frustrated putting my 22 back together. After watching your great video I took the gun apart five or six times just for the practice. Thanks.

Thanks so much for this vid. Its the only vid help me get a mark II back together someone had given me years ago and I would never figure out how to get it all together. VERY good vid. Thanks again.

Glad I waited for the MK4

Excellent video thank you for showing the tricky part on reassembling

Thanks man! I got it all cleaned n step by step perfect! Hammer strut got me but kept at it on assembly! Thanks a lot man!

Thanks for the video just bought one a while back and it jammed the other day excellent video and instruction

This video is a game changer. Direction is spot on. THANKS!

awesome video. I I have never cleaned my markl ll because I couldn't figure out how to tear it down. I followed the video, never been easier.