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Post by hairtrigger on May 17, 2006 0:19:10 GMT -5
What is the easiest pistol to field strip?
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Post by TMan on May 17, 2006 5:59:56 GMT -5
I would say that anything with a blowback design.
My first thought was Glock, but you have to hold down levers on both sides and my fingernails aren't that great.
Probably the Beretta 92 because Jackie Chan can do it real fast.
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Post by MLB on May 17, 2006 11:44:28 GMT -5
I really don't like any design where you need to pull the trigger to field strip a firearm. That's just foolish IMO.
Thinking about TMan's comment though, the ppk/s is very easy with the trigger guard release. Pull down guard, pull off slide. This of course also violates one of the safety rules, but not to the extent of actually pulling the trigger though.
The P99 is similarly easy with only 2 steps, but requires that you pull down on the spring loaded release on both sides of the frame.
Of course, a revolver is rather easy too... ;D
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Post by hairtrigger on May 18, 2006 3:25:20 GMT -5
My 220 is easy enough, so I would like any other pistol to be stripped justly so.
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Post by MLB on May 18, 2006 8:36:24 GMT -5
I'd think it would be an item of consideration, but I put too much importance on it, I would have never bought the Ruger Mark II ;D
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Post by TMan on May 21, 2006 6:25:36 GMT -5
I'd think it would be an item of consideration, but I put too much importance on it, I would have never bought the Ruger Mark II ;D Say it isn't so MLB.  It may be worth repeating (probably not) that my first Ruger 22LR pistol experience wasn't good. It was a 22/45, and I was using Federal Classic ammo - the 78 cents a box type. I didn't take the time to understand how the pistol worked, nor did I take time to figure out what was happening in following Ruger's instructions. I sold the gun and swore I'd never buy another Ruger - stupid on both accounts. Also, I had heard that the gun was sensitive to ammo, which I didn't believe - I do now. I don't believe that ease in field-stripping should be a factor in a purchase. It doesn't matter how simple it is to field-strip, I can still screw it up. My most common mistake is to forget to remove the magazine. Of course with the Mark III, it gets really interesting because during the process you have to insert and remove the magazine. I thought with the Ruger MK II that Ruger couldn't have made it more difficult. Wrong!!! The MK III is worse. |
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Post by MLB on May 22, 2006 8:10:17 GMT -5
The only thing that attracts me to the Mark III over the II is the location of the magazine release. That's a plus in my book, but the magazine safety pretty much cancels that out, and the loaded chamber indicator doesn't improve the handgun appreciably IMO.
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Post by TMan on May 22, 2006 14:53:14 GMT -5
Yes, but as I've mentioned before, they did the magazine disconnect safety the right way, not the way that Browning did with the High-Power. This safety adds nothing to the trigger pull.
Personally, I liked the Mark II magazine release better. There is no question whether or not you have the magazine seated all the way. Not that I've ever screwed that up... well, not much more than a dozen times on various pistols.
It is real easy on the Wolverine to not get the magazine all the way in, and it even has the Mark II, european style.
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Post by TBT on May 24, 2006 9:25:20 GMT -5
I think most anything is rather simple to the point that its splitting hairs factoring it in. The only gun I own that is somewhat harder is the Ultra Carry II that you have to use the take-down-tool to strip it. XD's, SIGS, Glocks, even the M1911 is pretty easy.
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