Browning Buckmark- yeah or nea?

I owned one for a long time, loved it. I've never found anything better for teaching a new shooter. Wish I had never sold it.

yes on the buckmark, mine has several thousand problem free rounds through it, feels nice in the hand, great trigger, what's not to like?

i own 2 a buckmark and a buckmark varmit, ill always keep 1 around

Buckmarks

Good to look at? Yea.

Good to shoot? Yea again.

Love my Buckmark, but she don't love Federal ammo. Never a problem feeding anything else, though, and VERY good with CCI Mini-Mags.

Love my BuckMark, and I have just one recommendation: WATCH YOUR EXTRACTOR.

I lost my extractor assembly during a cleaning, and didn't even notice it until the next time at the range when I had a lot of FTEject/Feeds. Amazingly, it managed to cycle half the time without an extractor.

Anyway, keep an eye on it while cleaning or you'll have to wait a few days for browning to send you the parts (only $5 total)

I don't own one, but a buddy does, and he loves it. When we shoot together, he makes very tight groups with his. He shoots it very well.

I just shot 100 rounds of Federal Champion ammo and had 1 round that failed to fire. Happens every once in a while, but I'd call it a fun little shooter. The worst problem to me is the takedown screw behind the rear sight that works itself loose by the end of every session. Because of the placement of this screw, if you mount a scope you can't tighten the screw or disassemble the gun without moving the scope. I don't like putting loctite on takedown screws. Maybe I need to buy a bunch of the little washers and replace them from time to time.

My primary use is small game hunting (I have the 5.5 target model), and if I had it all to do again I would get a Ruger Single Six Hunter instead. I really wanted a .22 revolver anyway, but I got a good deal on the Buckmark about 10 years ago.

Great shooting .22 with a nice trigger..
I have around 700-800 rds threw mine with no problems..
It is kind of a pain to disassemble for cleaning though...drf

I like them, it's a good little gun. Check 'em out sometime.

They are good guns, attractive and comfortable in the hand. Many compare the grip feel to that of a 1911.

My pistol is a Buck Mark Plus with the wooden grips and fiber-optic front sight. It has about 2500 rounds through it. An accurate shooter with good adjustable sights and a nice crisp trigger out of the box.

I occasionally have a hitch chambering the first round -- the bullet tip hangs up on the feed ramp, the slide stops halfway closed and you have to give it a tap with the palm to coax the round into the chamber, closing the slide. However, I can avoid this glitch by leaving the slide open while I change mags and using the slide release button to close the slide and chamber the first round.

Some find that the two lock washers in the sight base (which you must remove to field strip the pistol) tend to come loose with extended shooting. They recommend putting Loc-Tite on the threads. My pistol has never had this problem.

I have heard some reports that subsonic target ammo will sometimes fail to fully cycle the Buck Mark. I shoot mostly regular CCI Mini-Mag 36 gr hollowpoints so I have never had that problem either. I did recently run a box of Eley Club (expensive, relatively soft-shooting target ammo from the U.K.) through the Buck Mark. This yielded some really nice groups. The Eley ammo never hitched up the pistol, but it did fail to lock back the slide at the end of each mag. I don't regard that as a serious problem in a .22.

If I get a second .22 pistol (which is quite probable) it will either be a S&W 41 or another Buck Mark.

I got the only lemon

It seems that I missed out on the buckmark. I had bought a standard model a few years ago. Went back to Browning twice. First time I had put only a few rounds through it when I noticed the front sight was off of center by about 1/8". I got it back in about 4 weeks and started to run through some ammo. Jammo-matic. I went through about 600 CCI Minimag hoping it would clear up, nope. After about 50-60 rounds it would start to jam about twice per magazine. I completely dissasembled it and cleaned and lubed thoroughly. Still had problems. Back it went. Got it back in about 2 weeks this time. I still continued to get problems with it so I traded it for an RIA compact. Didn't regret trading the Buckmark for it, but I did regret getting rid of the only 22 autoloader I had. I think I'm gona pick up a stainless Mark II next week. So far the RIA has only had 1 stove pipe in about 400 rounds. Mostly because of trying to get the extractor tension right so that the empties don't come back towards me, but that is another story.

To answer your questions, Yes they are good and yes they shoot great. I just wish that I had one that was perfect out of the box. I seem to be the only one to have had any problems with the Buckmark.

Don't feel strange, others have reported problem Buck Marks on this very forum. Rimfire pistols can be quirky, period. But I think the Browning is a very good bet.

Definate YES. I have one, and my buddies have all bought them after shooting mine. Fantastic guns.

I LOVE MY BUCKMARK!!!
It loves Federal and Dynapoint bulk, hates Remington and most subsonic loads.

Definite "yes."

Can't say how they compare to the Ruger .22 offerings (the other option) because I haven't shot the Rugers. The reason I haven't shot the Rugers is that the Buckmark just fits my hand so well and the accuracy and reliability have been excellent with a variety of rounds.

At first, mine prefered higher velocity ammunition. After a few hundred rounds this was not an issue.
The trigger on mine is very crisp and it is very accurate.

Have a Buckmark Standard and a Micro....good stuff......

I own the BM Camper and it is an excellent shooter. Concur with all the positives mentioned, BUT. The Camper specifically, has one very annoying feature - the plastic sight base which is prone to cracking right behind the rear screw. If you plan to get a scope rail from say Tactical Solutions and put a red dot on the gun, you'll have a very nice setup. However, if you like open sights you might as well go for the upgraded model. Getting a metal sight base from Browning also means buying the actual sights too, as the ones on the Camper won't fit the metal sight base - total cost is about $65.00. I don't really object to the intelligent use of plastic parts but Browning made a bonehead decision on this part IMO.

The rear screw holding the sight base does come loose after about 250-300 rounds but most BM owners just use a little loctite when assembling their gun and that works like a champ. Other minor difference, I believe the slide on the upgrade model has little wings on it to make gripping easier.

Greeting's All-

Yeah, the Browning BuckMark Plus is the way too go! Camper models
are OK, but they do have a PLASTIC rear sight base; as opposed to the
metal ones used on other models.

Had a Buckmark, like my Ruger 22/45 better. Easier (no tools) take down and no screws to shoot loose. Just my opinion...