Ruger 22/45 Love/Hate
Posted: February 20th, 2016, 12:23 am
A trip to the range yesterday with my brother and a buddy. We shot 2 of my P64's, my Yugo Tok, My new Pt111 Taurus, an old Taurus 38 revolver and a Ruger 22/45. We all liked the new Taurus very much. I believe my 2 guests are now going to get one when they get back in stock. All weapons fired without any problems with my reloads and 22's.
So I start to clean my stuff this morning. I did 5 of them in under 45 minutes. I saved the Ruger for last, remembering what a pain in the rear it was. My memories served me well. I spent over 2 hours fooling with it. I followed procedure and all went well until I tried to re-assemble it. I ended up with it jammed, unable to take it apart or put it back together. I searched multiple videos and finally stumbled on one that helped. I was able to get it back together knowing I could do it again. I took it down again and did get it back together. Once I got the method down, it still took a long time and I did not like doing it. I think I will get rid of this thing. It's a shame because it is such a sweet shooter. New shooters absolutely love to fire it, as do seasoned veterans.
My P64's are still the easiest to strip and clean. Well, maybe the old revolver is easier.
The Tok throws the best fireballs, hands down.
Mike
So I start to clean my stuff this morning. I did 5 of them in under 45 minutes. I saved the Ruger for last, remembering what a pain in the rear it was. My memories served me well. I spent over 2 hours fooling with it. I followed procedure and all went well until I tried to re-assemble it. I ended up with it jammed, unable to take it apart or put it back together. I searched multiple videos and finally stumbled on one that helped. I was able to get it back together knowing I could do it again. I took it down again and did get it back together. Once I got the method down, it still took a long time and I did not like doing it. I think I will get rid of this thing. It's a shame because it is such a sweet shooter. New shooters absolutely love to fire it, as do seasoned veterans.
My P64's are still the easiest to strip and clean. Well, maybe the old revolver is easier.
The Tok throws the best fireballs, hands down.
Mike