HELP Browning Buckmark
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Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
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RE: HELP Browning Buckmark
I quess if the hammer is droopped then the spring is really stiff. We finally pulled it open but it took some force. As long as its not dry fired then the slide works. I will shoot it tomorrow and see if all goes well. Thanks for the reply. To start with my wife was pulling on the sight.. She picked this one out for mothers day.
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamiltucky, OH
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RE: HELP Browning Buckmark
ORIGINAL: James B
I quess if the hammer is droopped then the spring is really stiff. We finally pulled it open but it took some force. As long as its not dry fired then the slide works. I will shoot it tomorrow and see if all goes well. Thanks for the reply. To start with my wife was pulling on the sight.. She picked this one out for mothers day.
I quess if the hammer is droopped then the spring is really stiff. We finally pulled it open but it took some force. As long as its not dry fired then the slide works. I will shoot it tomorrow and see if all goes well. Thanks for the reply. To start with my wife was pulling on the sight.. She picked this one out for mothers day.
The slide is tough sometimes: I'd recommend trying it without the magazine (or maybe WITH the magazine...).
If yours has the plastic sight base, please do be gentle with the rear screw on it. Any cursory internet search will reveal the problems there. I'm working with the Browning parts folks onthat issue, & they're extremely pleasant folks. Still, I'm not altogether thrilled with their remedy for the problem.
However, that guns shoots so well, and is so much FUN, that I consider it a small inconvenience, indeed!
Good luck,
FC
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sand Springs, OK
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RE: HELP Browning Buckmark
I posted the other day about the buckmark, but I'll ask you guys since you own one. Did you compare the Ruger pistols to the Buckmark? I almost bought a camper the other day but then I saw the 22/45 and decided to hold off. Any big pros or cons that you know of?
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: HELP Browning Buckmark
Ours is the Camper and I looked at Rugers for quite a while first. I love the Ruger and have Had several of them. However my son likes his Buckmark so well that we decided to try one. The wife loves to shoot but she does not like recoil. She will shoot rifles up to the 35 Whelen but she doesn't like it and prefers to stick to her 250 Savage. She likes the 9mm and 38 special and has shot bowling pins with the 45 LC but she doesn't like the 45 auto.
You can't go wrong with the Rurer and as most Ruger guns, they are built to last.
You can't go wrong with the Rurer and as most Ruger guns, they are built to last.
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamiltucky, OH
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RE: HELP Browning Buckmark
ORIGINAL: 308BLR
I posted the other day about the buckmark, but I'll ask you guys since you own one. Did you compare the Ruger pistols to the Buckmark? I almost bought a camper the other day but then I saw the 22/45 and decided to hold off. Any big pros or cons that you know of?
I posted the other day about the buckmark, but I'll ask you guys since you own one. Did you compare the Ruger pistols to the Buckmark? I almost bought a camper the other day but then I saw the 22/45 and decided to hold off. Any big pros or cons that you know of?
I haven't yet held any Ruger, handgun or long rifle, which felt "better" to me than any other gun I was considering. That being said, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to buy one if it DID feel better. A company doesn't earn a reputation like theirs without doing things right, or without treating their customers well.
FC