Removing the Bolt of a Ruger Mark 2 Gun

Video Transcript

"And now that we have the mainspring housing out, the next step is just to physically remove the bolt. Now, as you can see here, my bolt won't come out. Now what that simply means is, inside here is your hammer strut. Your hammer strut needs to be right inside here. There is a spring stop pin. If your hammer strut is caught on that pin, your barrel cannot be removed from the firearm. So simply just take your screwdriver, or you can just lift the firearm back itself. This can be somewhat interesting at times, because this hammer strut can catch on this spring stop and make this disassembly kind of frantic for some people who aren't necessarily used to taking apart firearms. But, to no avail, you just remove it and once that strut is not caught on that spring stop, here's our bolt, it slides right out."