And see what my Marvin The Martian highly modified Buckmark would do. After warming her up fine tuning the red dot, here was 3 mags of 10 rounds each at 25 yards.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Gandog56/GEDC0048_zpspr1lgmjh.jpg)
An by highly modified I mean I took a Browning Buckmark, threw on a Tactical Solutions 10 1/2" fluted barrel, and mounted a BSA Red Dot scope on it. Tactical Solutions doesn't even MAKE these barrels any more.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Gandog56/PICT0001-1.jpg)
Pretty cool. But I would've taken you for a Ruger 22/45 guy.
Looks great gandog!
Quote from: sstewart on October 12 2015 05:05:20 PM MDT
Pretty cool. But I would've taken you for a Ruger 22/45 guy.
My first ever pistol was a Ruger Mk. II .22. I hated that thing. It was very accurate, but I never could quite figure out how to reassemble it correctly and would have to disassemble and reassemble it many times to get a click when I pulled the trigger after field stripping it for a detailed cleaning. I ended up trading it in for the very Buckmark I pictured. Then I put on the Tactical Solutions 10 1/2" fluted barrel and BSA red dot on it years later. (Thought it would make it even more accurate with the long barrel and optics, and it was!)
No problem reassembling the Buckmark!
Yeah the ruger is a pain to disassemble I think. I don't own one. I just thought since the 22/45 was a 1911 on the bottom, that you would like that.
I have the SIG 1911 .22, I am NOT real impressed with it accuracy wise. And it's HARD to stuff it's mags full.
That's a great group. Easily minute of squirrel or rabbit.
I've owned a Ruger MK I, II and III and prefer my Buckmark Hunter to all of them.
If you haven't already done so and are interested, Browning makes a trigger with an adjustable overtravel screw. They're really inexpensive. Alternatively, you could drill and tap your stock trigger for an overtravel screw if desired.
My one complaint with the Buckmark trigger (and it is really a minor one) is there is a little pretravel before you're up against the sear. This will be tough to explain but rather than drill, tap and install a trigger return spring to eliminate the pretravel, I simply built up a layer of Acraglass gel on the top of the trigger where it contacts the frame. Once it setup, I filed away material til all but the tiniest amount of pretravel is detectable. It's almost like my bolt action rifle triggers now in terms of creep and overtravel.
This summer I installed some Volquartzen parts in my Hunter Buckmark. Immediately started experiencing light strikes so I put it back to it's stock configuration. I didn't really like the trigger pull weight with the aftermarket parts, too light for my use.
I've owned both a Camper model and this Hunter model and they both have run great right out of the box. Definitely, my favorite 22 pistol. Easier to load the magazines than the Ruger too.
Quote from: sep on November 14 2015 01:49:59 PM MST
That's a great group. Easily minute of squirrel or rabbit.
I've owned a Ruger MK I, II and III and prefer my Buckmark Hunter to all of them.
If you haven't already done so and are interested, Browning makes a trigger with an adjustable overtravel screw. They're really inexpensive. Alternatively, you could drill and tap your stock trigger for an overtravel screw if desired.
My one complaint with the Buckmark trigger (and it is really a minor one) is there is a little pretravel before you're up against the sear. This will be tough to explain but rather than drill, tap and install a trigger return spring to eliminate the pretravel, I simply built up a layer of Acraglass gel on the top of the trigger where it contacts the frame. Once it setup, I filed away material til all but the tiniest amount of pretravel is detectable. It's almost like my bolt action rifle triggers now in terms of creep and overtravel.
Nah, as the target proves, the stock trigger is a non factor to me. I can use it as it is. I would be afraid of messing up an already good thing.