that place in TX has them for a little over $325

are they nice shooters / trainers ?

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I thoroughly enjoy shooting mine that I’ve had for over 20 years. It’s a very accurate pistol. I have the standard version and the only mod I made was to convert the front site to a fiber optic - which is standard on some of the other variants. I would recommend wearing eye protection, a good idea when shooting anything. The Buckmark can ‘spit’ a little powder toward your face during long shooting sessions and accumulation of dirt as is common for rimfire. Also, I would stick with Browning for spare mags. I’ve had reliability issues with after-market mags.

Michael

If I’m thinking of the right gun and I’m pretty sure I am, lots of guys have them at my club. They constantly have more issues than most of the other 22 guys. That screw that holds the barrel assembly on seems to come undone a lot. More finicky certainly than my MkIII’s. Pretty decent aftermarket but nowhere near the Ruger aftermarket.

I guess what I’m saying is if it was my money I would jump in the Ruger market.

Love my Buckmark. Older model with a heavy barrel fluted. Had a scope mount on it when I bought it used, but I bought sights for it (williams firesights) I put an aftermarket barrel, aluminum with the steel sleeve in it. Trigger has been tuned up too. Shoots great with no problems. I shoot chipmunks with open sights.

Buckmark is one of my favorites. I installed a fiber optic front sight, tandemkross flat trigger, and a set of g10 grips. No sweat to ring plates at 25 and 50 when I do my part.

I would not hesitate to buy another, and given the current unpleasantness, $325 is not a bad price for one.

I bought one in 1991, and other than the rear sight promptly breaking where the roll pin went through, it has been a good little pistol, but for some reason, has never appealed to me like my Rugers. I called Browning way back then to report the broken sight and they sent me a whole new top bar and sight, sight unseen. Accuracy has been about equal to my Ruger MkII and IIIs.

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Originally posted by sasquatch28:
Buckmark is one of my favorites. I installed a fiber optic front sight, tandemkross flat trigger, and a set of g10 grips. No sweat to ring plates at 25 and 50 when I do my part.

I would not hesitate to buy another, and given the current unpleasantness, $325 is not a bad price for one.

^^He said it all!

I bought a new Buckmark a little over a year ago and just love it. Problem is my wife just started shooting and now she has claimed it as hers and shoots very well with it.

I also have a Ruger Standard and it is a fine pistol but I don't like the grip angle nor the size of the grip. The UFX frame Buckmark Camper fits me perfectly and the trigger eas excellent right out of the box. I tried the Ruger 22/45 and for me it was a meh experience so went with the Buckmark and love it. So far it has been reliable with a wide range of ammo including CCI MM, CCI SV, Federal Automatch, Remington Golden, Aguila SE 40 gr plated, and Federal 36 gr bulk pack. Easy to shoot rapid fire sub 2 inch groups at 25 feet.


IMO you can't go wrong with a Browning Buckmark if it fits you well and the Ruger Mark IV and S&W Victory are great potential options too. Right now 22 LR pistols are hard to find. My LGS used to have around a hundred on display and last week that had only a handful as shooters desperate for ammo are turning to 22 LR too.

This is my Buckmark that I bought new for $324 after rebate. I also bought the Browning front fiber optic sight on Ebay for like $23 shipped and installed that which is super easy as a single bolt holds it in place.

I have a Buckmark after giving the Ruger MarkIII a try. The MarkIII was a major pain to disassemble and clean. (I think there is some black magic required) Got tired of messing with it and sold it.

The Buckmark replaced it and has been a solid performer. Don't miss the MarkIII at all. Couple of tips: use blue loctite to keep the screws on the top of the slide tight and clean it every now and again. Had some issues with the trigger reset and after I cleaned it, the issue magically disappeared.

The MarkIV was redesigned to make disassembly much easier, so there is that.

Well, since my wife has taken control of my Ruger Mk II.......I’ve been shooting my Browning Buck Mark. Both are great guns. I prefer the Ruger, due to the way it fits my hand better than the Browning, but that’s my only issue with the Buck Mark.

I have owned my old Buckmark for many years now. I don't own a more accurate, and trouble free .22cal auto, and I own a few. Mine has the flat sided 5 1/2" bbl. and is factory compensated. It make me look like I know how to shoot......and that takes a lot to do. I also bought a 4" bbl for it.

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One I really like it the Field Target Suppressor Ready, heavier barrel, wood grips, scope rail.

Fun guns. Reliable and accurate. Lots of accessories available (Tandemkross, Tactical Solutions, etc.).

You aren't gonna' get many folks who say, "nah, it sucks." Tried and true over many years. I had some fun with mine and added a lightweight fluted bbl and a heavy bull bbl. Both fun to shoot.

I have a plain jane model and it's a fun gun.

Cheap to shot and a great trainer for new shooters.

Its the modern version of a Colt Woodsman or High Standard.

It's the AR-15 of 22 rimfire pistols. Although the Ruger MK series has lots of aftermarket parts, you can't change the barrel on a Ruger, at least not easily.

The barrels on Buckmarks can be changed easily. One can also mate a top rail and barrel and make it a matched set. It's basically 2 screws and you can install a new barrel and top rail in minutes.

Mine is a factory Camper that I had the barrel chopped to 4 inches and threaded, then had the front sight moved back. I also added a Tactical Solutions top rail with rear sight.

As I just posted before in another thread, you can flip the sear spring upside down (search for "Heggis flip") and have an instant trigger job. Out of curiosity, I broke out my trigger pull scale just now and after 7-ish years of shooting with the sear spring flipped, the trigger breaks at 1 pound, 14 ounces.

Mine is a hoot to shoot!



Having a 4" barrel pretty much means any bulk 22LR is coming out subsonic. It's nice and quiet and stupid quiet with subsonic ammo.

Tony.

Great pistol. Make sure to keep a hex key on hand to tighten the top-rail screws. If you want to get creative, do the "Heggis flip" and add an overtravel-adjustable trigger. You'll have a pistol you can shoot bullseye with.

When shopping for my .22 pistol, I noticed the amout of Rugers on the used shelf, but the lack of used Buckmarks.

Numerous people at the range talked about the different versions of the Rugers, but the Buckmark was a steadier design.

I bought my Buckmark UDX and never regretted it. I ended up adding a railed top and a dot, and I keep a cheap set of Allen wrenches in my range bag. Mine is very reliable (even with Thunderbolt ammo!) .

They're great pistols, rugged, durable, accurate and with a great trigger and a standard grip angle unlike many of the ruger .22's, magazines are cheap. Super easy to change front site to a fiber optic, it's just an allen screw and the site comes off. I forgot who made the one I have. The standard (slab sided barrel) has metal site bases, I am not sure as the camper used to come with a plastic site base that could break. Other than that, I have the S/S standard with URX grips for almost 10 years now and it's been a great pistol with probably 40k rounds through it.

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Originally posted by pedropcola:
That screw that holds the barrel assembly on seems to come undone a lot. .

That sounds more like the S&W Victory.