Volquartsen Ruger Mark III Drop-In Accurizing Kit

One of my very good customers recently asked me to install a Ruger Mark III Drop-In Accurizing Kit on his latest copy of that fine pistol. As noted at the Brownells' web site, this kit manufactured by Volquartsen contains all the parts necessary to give your Ruger pistol a very smooth and light 2 1/4 pound trigger pull. As a bonus, once all the parts are correctly installed the Mark III will actually cycle the bolt faster.

As you well know, a heavy trigger pull is deadly poison to good accuracy. While struggling to pull a heavy trigger, you are also pulling the sights and thus the gun away from the intended target. A slower action allows more time for the sights to move off target during the interval between pulling the trigger and waiting for the gun to fire. The Volquartsen kit addresses and corrects both of these problems.

According to the specifications given at the Brownells' website, the kit includes a machined aluminum target trigger, trigger plunger, trigger rebound spring, a specially designed stainless steel target hammer, sear, sear spring, bolt release, Allen wrench and installation instructions. Although considered a drop-in kit, some minor fitting may be involved. I'd suggest you read the instructions and check out the parts before you disassemble your pistol. When you do take your Mark III pistol apart, remove all the original Ruger factory parts you will replace and take them to a separate area so you won't mix them with the Volquartsen replacements.

Because all guns are different and all shooters are different, I don't dare guess as to how much accuracy improvement you'll get with your own gun. If you're already shooting small groups, then the Volquartsen kit should make them even smaller. If you can't keep your groups under 3 inches with the factory Ruger pistol, you had better practice more before you buy the upgrade or you're bound to be disappointed. There are some problems every shooter has to solve for himself. Volquartsen can't do it all for you.

At $109.99 the made in the USA Volquartsen kit is not cheap, but then again, how much is hitting that bullseye worth to you? That's what I thought.

Information for this article was obtained at: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=22720/Product/RUGER_reg__MARK_III_DROP_IN_ACCURIZING_KIT