Gob bless you, friend! This is the only tutorial that explains 'why' and not just 'what'. I've been trying to reassemble for over 3hours. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Excellent job explaining the complex disassembly and reassembly of a Mark III. I am so happy I bought a Mark IV! Thanks again.

Absolutely the best and most comprehensive tutorial to this frustrating procedure! Thanks.

By far the best video on proper reassembly of the Mark III. You save me so much headache every time I watch this video.

Well done! I’ll master this the next rainy day!

Thank you, thank you. After watching half a dozen other vids with no success, I found yours. You solved the issue for me. Great video had the steps others left out and now my Mark 3 is back together and functioning.

Thank you sir! This is the best video by far. I looked at dozens of videos to reassemble my markiii and this one did it for me.

Great video!!! Thank you for the info and the tip on "patience".

It is unbelievable that it took Ruger until the Fourth gen. to fix this issue. It is also amazing that people still bought them. I am hoping to get my hands on the MK 4 :)

Nice video. Well explained tutorial. I've built many semi custom and full custom MKII and MK III builds. Many times the receivers require some fitting. As is the case with the mainspring assembly unit. The important thing like was mentioned is to be mindful of the overlap of the receiver on the frame.

Thank you. Thank you so much!

I wish I could give this video two thumbs up

I just need to Disassembly just enough for cleaning!😱😱😱

Thank you so much! I was nervous about taking apart my Ruger, but with your guidance it was easy. What kind of light are you using at 11:38?

Watched a different video took me 5 hours. I had to point the gun up to get it back together, now I can do it quick. Grandpas gun was never cleaned. works great but it’s a little hard to get all of that gun powder off. There is an obnoxious amount I have not got to in the Handel

I was one of those unfortunate people who never had any problems ever, reassembling an early Mk 1-3 Ruger pistol. I used to LOVE lording it over others at home and at the gun ranges. Until of course, the Obvious consequence. So I got infected by the attitude that Ruger Mk pistols were an Intelligence Test. Friends, Family, I would get phone calls after dark, people would STRUGGLE for HOURS failing to perform what to me was this SIMPLE thing. And in their inept tiny little lizard brains, I was the Final Solution. I had enough. The last time one of my friends called, I told them - "You have proven that you are NOT smart enough to own guns! You should sell all your guns now and perhaps get into basket weaving, or gardening!" Needless to say, That did not go over well. When the Mk IV came out, I had mixed feelings about it. 1: why didn't they come out with this 40 years ago? And 2: Thank GOD, it's about time... So yeah, I now had an excuse to buy every model of Mk .22's again! So yeah. Mixed feelings... Somewhere, I once made a Video of reassembling a Mk II completely disassembled, in like 24 seconds. I know I posted it on some gun board way back in the early 2000's. I'm pretty sure it's long gone by now...

Install mag. Pull trigger to decock. Remove mag. Pull pin on rear of pistol. Lift barrel and bolt from pistol and note hammer posion, almost straight up, but to the rear a little. Remove bolt from barrel. Clean and reassemble in reverse order. This is much eaiser than going through mag install/remove/install........

thank you so much lol

The MKIII really is a pain in the A$$ to reassemble. I usually get to the final step to find that the bolt won't slide back more than a 1/4". It takes multiple attempts to get the final housing aligned correctly. UGH! Thanks to Ruger for the unnecessary frustration.

This is field stripping, not dis-assembly... Just saying.