Safety Operation
Posted: February 13th, 2010, 10:29 am
I find the disassembly/reassembly of the safety/firing pin components to be relatively easy. However, I think stripping Ruger MKII's are easy as well and a lot of people hate doing them. Once you experiment with it a bit, you'll catch on. I put the safety between safe/fire. Push the firing pin down with a scribe/thin punch with one hand while holding the slide. Use a common screwdriver (slotted) with the other and lightly pry the safety out. Once it gets over the firing pin, you can get rid of the punch and cup your hand over the back of the slide. Keep pushing the safety out the side. I haven't had the safety detent launch out on me and the firing pin can be kept under control with your hand cupped around it.
Anyway, I used fine sandpaper to polish the area that the detent (plunger) rides on, you can spot it because there's a line from each indent. I also filed a little on the area of the indent where the plunger exits the indent so it has more of a ramp effect and doesn't rely exclusively on the cone shape on the plunger to compress the spring. This made my safety relatively easier to engage when drawing the pistol.
Anyway, I used fine sandpaper to polish the area that the detent (plunger) rides on, you can spot it because there's a line from each indent. I also filed a little on the area of the indent where the plunger exits the indent so it has more of a ramp effect and doesn't rely exclusively on the cone shape on the plunger to compress the spring. This made my safety relatively easier to engage when drawing the pistol.
