22/45 and Hunter?
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:05 pm
Will these steps also apply to the Hunter as well????
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Yes the 22/45's are polymer framed pistols, and always have been.montanashooter wrote:Sorry about that.....I'm referring to both the field and detail stripping....I have the plastic style frame...Do all 22/45s have the plastic frames??
that doesn't sound exactly correct..montanashooter wrote:O.K. let see if I got this right.....A hunter is a 22/45 with the longer barrel and sights, eerything else as far as frame and internal parts are the same?
Just to be sure we're answering your question correctly:montanashooter wrote:O.K. let see if I got this right.....A hunter is a 22/45 with the longer barrel and sights, eerything else as far as frame and internal parts are the same??? Thanks for tolerating my stupidy on this, but I have this need to understand the differences between the two pistols....
Thanks again.....
Bullseye wrote:The answer is yes. Here is a set of pictures of the Hunter pistol models. As you can see they come in both styles of frames: 22/45 and Mark III (regular metal).
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This is a quote from the Ruger website, "All Ruger 22/45's (including Hunter) have the same grip shape, feel, and familiarity of the famous 1911 .45 caliber pistol."[/i]
The frame internal components are identical with their Mark III counterpart pistol. The field stripping and reassembly procedures are identical to the frame model of their twin Mark III pistol.
Montanashooter: You're questions are all solid ones - there's no such thing as a dumb question in the quest for deeper knowledge. This is the place to ask those basic kinds of questions.
R,
Bullseye
Thanks for the link!Bullseye wrote:I agree - the main problem with the 22/45 (both MkII and MkIII) grip style is the thinness of the polymer grips. Many folks have made permanent alterations to their pistols by adding 1911 grip panels to the frame thus giving the pistol a more 1911ish feel to it. Here's a link to a pretty good example of the modification. http://www.ar15.com/content/page.html?id=347 Probably the only thing I'd suggest is drilling the grip panels with access holes for sear pin removal. By doing so, one wouldn't have to take the 1911 panels off of the frame to remove the internal parts for modification or deep cleaning.
R,
Bullseye