I have long loved shooting the Browning Buck Mark .22 pistols, having owned several in my lifetime. They are accurate, have an excellent trigger, and the only small drawback to ownership thereof is that stripping them for cleaning can be a PITA until you get used to it — unlike say the Ruger pre-Mark IV models, which were almost impossible to reassemble without assistance.
Anyway, here’s Browning’s excellent Buck Mark Micro Bull Barrel, on sale at Collectors:
What makes this model so special? As Collectors notes, it has a threaded, suppressor-ready barrel.
And they have four of them on sale.
Read into that what you will.
And Texas residents should note, there are some interesting legal developments coming up re: the issue of Texas-made suppressors and the Supreme Court. But I’ll cover those in a separate post later, once the dust has settled.
I have to say that I’d like to own one of these little sweethearts anyway, but this may be a deal-closer.
I’ll have to look up a video on disassembling and reassembling a Buckmark. My 22lr semi autos have been from Ruger and Mk IIs. I tend to wave it around to get mars to line up with venus and suddenly the thing is back together. the only variable is the amount of cuss words used to complete the task
JQ
Having owned a Mark-III, JQ is spot on. It was a nice little pistol, accurate to a fault, but damn, what a pain. I’m one of those few nutcases who actually read and followed the manual for reassembly. I now have a Buckmark .. and other than releasing the set screw to remove the barrel, I find the field stripping isn’t too awful .. except when I lost the 3mm c-clip which retains the recoil spring onto the guide rod. Ho Lee Phuq .. I needed four hands to get that thing back together. I now keep a supply of extra clips in case that happens again.
– Brad
Oh, come on, those Ruger .22’s aren’t THAT bad to re-assemble. Heck, after the first 7 or 8 times you’ve tried to follow the manual exactly and then been able to draw the bolt back only a half-inch, it goes right together on the 10th or 12th time…
That’s right: brag about your luck.
You mean?
https://youtu.be/pjvQFtlNQ-M
I have a Ruger Mark I purchased in El Paso in 1982. I have given up thoroughly cleaning it myself, Instead I clean the bore and every couple of years take it to a gunsmith. I just bought a new Ruger Mark IV and haven’t had the time to shoot it yet. I will probably shoot both Rugers on Sunday and Monday at the Crump Conservation Club in Linwood. I am preparing for three engineering job interviews: Baton Rouge, Old Ocean, TX near Houston and Topeka, Kansas. If this happens “Bond in Michigan” will be obsolete and my budget for guns and ammo will be much larger. In the fall I might schedule range trip to Plano.
$374 at CDNN.
I have a Buckmark with cocobolo grips. The damn thing is too pretty to shoot.
I’m going to jump in here as the odd man out and say that I never found the Ruger .22 pistols particularly difficult to re-assemble. That said, I have spent most of my adult life wrenching on guns in one form or another. I will allow as how the later marks were indeed more fussy about manipulating each gun part/control in the proper sequence, all while holding the gun at the proper angle.
Bought my Mark I in Roseville, CA in 1978. A few years later I installed a SS 8-inch barreled AMT top end (the same one you shot, KIm). A few years back I noticed that the recoil spring was showing its age. Volquartsen to the rescue. Although their website does not specifically say that this kit is for the Mark I, I am happy to report that it does indeed drop right in and runs fine.
https://volquartsen.com/inventory_configurations/1086
20+ years ago, I nearly bought a Browning Buckmark .22, but needing to replace a totaled car precluded that. Were I buying something today, I’d probable get the Ruger Mk IV. I’ve got a S&W Mod 41 that I mostly love. Perhaps the Ruger Mk IV is simply to field strip and clean, but not by much. I’m trying to carve grips I like better than the stock grips, but my gosh, it’s a struggle that’s almost beyond me.