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BryanP

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Dear Ruger ...
« on: January 26, 2010, 07:48:41 PM »
... Spend some of your money on freaking illustrations with the instructions for installing the Hi Viz sights and rear sight blade on your MkII/III pistols.

I bought the Hi Viz sights for my Mk II 22/45.  Front sight went in easily enough.  Rear sight was a pain.  I got the blade out, but misinterpreted the wording on the instructions for getting the new blade in.  Fortunately after wasting about 20 minutes failing I dug around online and found this:

http://www.guntalk-online.com/2245detailstripping.htm#sightblade

Better instructions.  With illustrations.  2 minutes later the new sight blade was installed. 

The only other problem I had was needing 3 hands.  And I don't have a vise, padded or otherwise.  But a couple of minutes looking around the house, two cases of soda and some rope later and I had an improvised redneck soft vise that did the job just fine:   =D

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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2010, 08:00:25 PM »
How much money ya got sunk into that gun vise? =)
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2010, 08:59:06 PM »
I thought the Ruger owner's manual was stamped into the side of every barrel.
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2010, 09:27:19 PM »
Why would Ruger include instructions for installing aftermarket sights on their guns?   ???

I don't believe Hi Viz are a Ruger product...
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2010, 09:28:13 PM »
Vise fail. Needs to be beer. Make sure gun is pointed towards camera. Add hammer. Instant internet perfection.
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2010, 09:54:39 PM »
Quote from: Regolith on January 26, 2010, 09:27:19 PM
Why would Ruger include instructions for installing aftermarket sights on their guns?   ???

I don't believe Hi Viz are a Ruger product...

I ordered them from Ruger's web site.  And the packaging had a nice big Ruger logo on it.  And they are now selling new Mk III pistols with those sights already installed.
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2010, 09:55:44 PM »
Quote from: French G. on January 26, 2010, 09:28:13 PM
Vise fail. Needs to be beer. Make sure gun is pointed towards camera. Add hammer. Instant internet perfection.

I don't drink much beer.  And what I do drink wouldn't come in that sort of packaging.   :P
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2010, 10:00:44 PM »
"Hold muh gun n' watch beer!"

No, wait...

"Hold my beer n' watch muh gun!"

Not quite right.  Hummmmm...

"Hold the sights while I whack 'em good with this here soda can!"
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2010, 03:19:20 AM »
Run a string to the trigger and you've got a nice test shooting platform (full of refreshing beverage and 48 future .22lr victims).  :D
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2010, 08:46:56 AM »
Quote from: Sergeant Bob on January 26, 2010, 08:00:25 PM
How much money ya got sunk into that gun vise? =)

2 24-packs of canned soda: $6 each.

~20 feet of nylon rope from Home Despot: ~$2, max.

Add a few bucks for gas, I suppose.

Having a cheap homemade vise to work on your several-hundred-dollar revolver: PRICELESS.  =D

Still looking at under $20.  Not too shabby.
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2010, 08:50:08 AM »
Quote from: erictank on January 27, 2010, 08:46:56 AM
2 24-packs of canned soda: $6 each.

~20 feet of nylon rope from Home Despot: ~$2, max.

Add a few bucks for gas, I suppose.

Having a cheap homemade vise to work on your several-hundred-dollar revolver: PRICELESS.  =D

Still looking at under $20.  Not too shabby.
That's... not a revolver.  :P
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2010, 08:57:32 AM »
Quote from: Dionysusigma on January 27, 2010, 08:50:08 AM
That's... not a revolver.  :P

That's what I get for glancing at the photo, thinking I'm seeing a cylinder, and calling it a revolver without REALLY looking.  Where's my 'embarrassed' smilie, again? =)

Mea culpa.

A relatively smooth-sided semiauto WOULD work better in a setup like that, wouldn't it?  Man...
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2010, 12:30:23 PM »
"Hey beer!  Hold my gun and watch this!"
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2010, 02:53:08 PM »
Now, when I nod my head, you hit it!
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Re: Dear Ruger ...
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2010, 02:59:24 PM »
Quote from: erictank on January 27, 2010, 08:57:32 AM
That's what I get for glancing at the photo, thinking I'm seeing a cylinder, and calling it a revolver without REALLY looking.  Where's my 'embarrassed' smilie, again? =)

Mea culpa.

A relatively smooth-sided semiauto WOULD work better in a setup like that, wouldn't it?  Man...


I did the same thing.
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