Takedown and reassembly of the pre-MarkIV pistols is exaggerated. It's a piece of cake, if you simply remember what to do.

Never should have sold my Mark II pistols. But the 22/45 had the molded grip frame, which I think sucked. Now there are people making grip panels for it and you just need to D/T the grip frame for them. Recall that the 22/45 MKIII has removeable grip panels that the 22/45 MKII didn't.

Another minor complaint with the standard MKII is the heel mounted mag release. I have no issue with that location, but I was shooting my standard MKII so much that when I shot my centerfire pistols I would try to thumb the heel, when those centerfires have thumb-position mag releases. Not good, but I suppose more training would help.

I'd have no issue with the new Mark IV, but I wouldn't just buy it for the takedown feature.

Last edited by 4th_point; 06/08/21.