Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

I have been looking at getting one of these, but here they are a real pain to clean. I have seen people complain about it and others say its not that bad. Looks like a nice 22 pistol to shoot, anyone have one and what do you think?

I have never cleaned one , or haven't disassembled one either....A buddy of mine has quite a collection of Ruger 22's. I've shot his 22/45 Lite and Target models . Great shooters and very accurate ! His favorite is his Mark IV Target . He says all are very easy to clean and disassemble . I'm thinking about a Mark IV Hunter for myself for Christmas .

If memory serves me I believe they introduced a new version that is much easier to clean. I think I saw in a magazine. Google it.

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The new Mark IV is much easier to disassemble and is a big improvement. However, Ruger jacked up the price a bit.

The older models are a pain to completely take apart. Not impossible, but not trivial either. The guns are great, fun to shoot, and very reliable.


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Read and follow instructions and they are easy to disassemble and reassemble. I have had or have MK II and MKIII and especially like the featherweight 22/45 as it is great for my wife and soon for grand kids.

I bought the 22/45 LITE NRA edition https://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/def ... ?item=3911 about a month ago. First disassembly - a pain. Then it gets easier, especially with a little oil on that big pin, so it will get in without much effort.
Very nice pistol. My daughter likes to shoot it; she can't control a 9mm yet.

jmax wrote:Read and follow instructions and they are easy to disassemble and reassemble. I have had or have MK II and MKIII and especially like the featherweight 22/45 as it is great for my wife and soon for grand kids.

YUP! It's a trick of the hand, and that lil' sucker comes together quicker than you'd imagine.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I like the price of the 22/45 , the new one looks nice but it has a premium to it. I also would like the one with the threaded barrel and dont know how long it will take to get the mark 4 that way.

There's a handy tool called the Pistol Pal from gunsmithertools.com that makes it easy to remove the mainspring housing and bolt stop pin. It also has a tool for removing the extractor which is the best I've seen.

Even a complete teardown, for example to upgrade the trigger and sear, isn't too difficult, once you know how. But the learning curve is unforgiving. Frankly, that's true of any firearm or mechanical doohickey.

Speaking of unforgiving, I have to return a Walther CCP for warranty repair that a customer broke this week by not following the instructions in the owner's manual for field-stripping.

The Ruger Mark IV is a great concept. But I have heard mixed reviews of its accuracy compared to the Mark II and Mark III.