I'll take my Walther PS22 with a 4" all day long ... accurate, all kinds of fun to plink with, easy to clean.
Posted on 10/16/2010 4:17:23 PM PDT by Captain Ray
The Ruger MK. III 22/45 is a fine weapon.. for plinking.. killing small varmints, shooting at pop cans, and just an all around fun .22 to shoot.. It sure is hard to take apart and put back together!
Not that there is any real good reason to take it apart and put it back together... It's just something I like doing with my down time. Helps me focus on lifes real problems..
I've owned this little shooter for several years.. but hadn't taken it out of the safe for a long time.. Just had the thought that I would put it in my grizzly man hands and take it apart and put it back together for no good reason. Getting it apart was no problem.. simple enough.. putting it back together was a problem tho'! LOL
So.. after several attempts, and not much success, I go online to a wide variety of U-tube videos to help me.. and they did help.. I got it put back together.. and immediatly took it apart to see if I could put it back togther again.. and then I went back to U-tube to get it put back together again... then I tore it apart again.. (Cuz my hunny is off in Warrenton for the weekend, and I really don't have anything else to do..) and.. I managed to put it back together again three times in a row!
I'm wondering.. why the heck do you have to turn it upside down, insert the mag, then right it, pull the trigger and take out the mag and all that stuff.. as sweet a little gun that this is, why is it so hard to maintain? And what is more irritating.. is that now that I know what a pain in the keaster it is to maintain it I am compelled to take the damn thing apart and put it back together again until I know exactly why each step has to be taken!
It's not OCD.. I dont think.. But still.. If someone out there could explain the individual steps to me I would really apreciste it.
Raymond
I'll take my Walther PS22 with a 4" all day long ... accurate, all kinds of fun to plink with, easy to clean.
What I didn’t like was the little thingy in the magazine well that flips back and forth. My browning is a pain too.
I have a Unique model L. It is nothing like a Browning Hi-Power but it does have a 3” barrel, is pretty accurate and is remarkably reliable.
I have owned it for many years and it is the pistol I often put in my pocket when I walk around the yard or nearby woods. It has never jammed, ever, tho I do recall it failing to ignite a cartridge a couple of times. That is not too unusual for .22 rimfire rounds. I have had one do that occasionally with just about any .22 including rifles.
I had one of these as a loaner, and felt compelled to give it a thorough cleaning. I almost thought I was going to have to return it to the owner in pieces. Gawd, what a pain in the a$$!
I sell these, so I know how... So, to get back to the orig. ? you can see videos showing Ruger MK III disassembly if you go to Youtube and type that into the search.
Mary Kay at PersonalSecurityZone.com
When I go to the range, I always start with my Smith 41, It is a cheap way to get into the zone before shooting .40.
It’s about the same weight as my SIG.
I need a couple of mags for the little Unique Model 52, .22 LR. No one seems to have any, even for the Corsair Model D which is the same gun! I have a 15 round mag for it. Got the last one Numrich had.
Gravity. This gun was not made to reassemble in Space.
BTW, the Winchester .22LR ammo seems to be the best in .22 handguns. I’ve had the very least trouble with it. Remington, on the other hand, is rife with misfires!
I shot that as a child and just love that thing.
Just feels good in the hand.
As far as the cleaning goes, every gun is little different but it comes apart in 5 easy pieces and goes back together pretty easily.
I know I was a little perturbed with my first Kimber but now I clean them lickety split.
Just practice with it.
I used to visit the magazine vendors every time I went to a gun show. I finally found one but the price was way too high. Since I have a couple of other pocket pistols in .22 (A Walther PP and a Hungarian copy) and each came with a spare mag, I just don’t worry about it any more. Still would like to have a spare one tho.
I pocket carried a Phoenix Arms .22 LR for years, with an extra mag in the other pocket. Great little cheap gun. I even have two of them in stainless and the interchangeable five inch barrels for range fun. Does Phoenix arms make a .32 that’s reliable?
I bought my Unique in a pawn shop for $55. It sort of looked a bit like the cheap pocket pistols but I could tell it was very well machined.
I looked it up in the Blue Book and was surprised how much they are valued at. I think over $300 in excellent shape.
If you have access to the Blue book, what is a price range for the Unique Mod 52 in excellent condition. This little pistol looks like no more than 50 rounds have been through it! Bluing is in excellent condition and has black grips I bought for it.
I don’t have one. I looked it up at a dealers.
It is probably available on-line but I am not sure.
Thanks
I think Gunbroker has at least one mag.
Thank you! I’ll check them out ... that’s an ‘ebay’ for guns, right?
Just did a search for Unique Mod52 and Corsair ModD, none at gunbroker.
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