.22 Auto- compare

[drmajor]

Looking at Browning Buck Mark series-
1. Hunter
2. Contour 7.25"
3. Contour 5.5"

Will be used mostly for target practice and getting rid of squirrels.

Like these as they have top rail already mounted for a Red Dot.

Any opinions or concerns?

What ammo do you like for these?

Anybody got one FS?

 

[jonnyc]

I have a Standard 5.5 Buckmark. Love it, love it, love it. You can get a scope rail for all the above. I experimented with 25 or 30 different brands of .22LR and Winchester Dynapoint came out on top. YMMV

 

[jimk66]

22's

Hi, I had a BBM and a Ruger MKII andIII for several years. I still have the MK's and love them. My MKIII SS Hunter with 67/8" fluted barrel has an Ultradot mounted on it's back and it loves targets, tin cans, tennis balls plinking and also loves ssquirels and anything you feed it.
However, it's a real pain in the a!@# to strip and reassemble until you get the hang of it....then it's a piece of cake. Another +++ for me is the Rugers are all steel.
I'm not saying the BBM's are bad in any way. I just prefered the Rugers quality, reliability and accuracy. +++They also love squirels.
Have fun,
JimK

 

[Confederate]

I have owned the earlier Brownings and have kicked myself for getting rid of them. They weren't very tough, robust, whatever you want to call it, and they were expensive, but ultimately it was its so-so accuracy that turned me off. I also had a S&W 41 with an extending front sight to increase sight radius. Very accurate, but I had a guy just pester me to death until I sold it to him. Now he's got it and I don't.

Hope he still has it and appreciates it....curse him!

Anyway, I ended up buying all Rugers. Who can compete with a Ruger .22 auto? No one. Still, the Browning was beautiful and the Smith was a GREAT gun. I just couldn't afford to keep it for the price I was offered, or so I thought at the time.

I keep telling people, and these are sacred words: you will never, ever, regret not selling a good gun; however, if you sell a gun you like, even if you only think you like it a little, you will always regret it.

Hard times and the need for cash will usually pass, but that gun will be gone, usually forever, or so that's been my experience.