Buckmark pistol

[mcwjr13]

I've had mine for over twelve years and put tons of rounds through it. I kept it stock and have had zero problems with it.

 

[Craig M. Arnold]

I have owned a couple of Rugers in the past. I do not own any now. I do own seven Buckmarks, so that should tell you how I feel about them.

Best regards.

 

[ChemicalArts]

I've got a plain jane Camper with a 4" barrel. Of the 4 .22 pistols I own, it is my favorite. I don't think you'll find too many people who will speak poorly of these little guys. My rear site base comes loose as well. That would be my only complaint.

I've got the 5.5" SS Camper, and it has the same problem. After cleaning it, I now use the red loctite to keep it together better. I also make sure that I never go to the range without the allen wrench.

I would probably try the Ruger for my next 22, but the BM is a straight shooter.

 

[no.5enfield]

For those of you that don't like the trigger do a search on "heggis flip" I hope I didn't mispell that! Simple and works good.

 

[HKIWB]

My 07 Camper goes to the range with me on every trip. In 25K rounds, the only problems I've had are a cracked sight rail (plastic on the Camper model), a broken sight rail screw, and the tab on the slide release lever came loose needing a dab of JB Weld. The higher priced models come with metal sight rails from the factory, but may not have a rail for optics. That's one advantage of paying less for the Camper model if you are going to have to upgrade to a different rail for optics anyway. Mine now has a Tactical Solutions sight rail ($80, less without an integrated sight) and one of their 5.5-inch barrels ($105, and makes the pistol significantly lighter). I also flipped the sear spring (Heggis mod), giving it the crispest and lightest trigger I've ever experienced on any pistol.

I only remove the sight rail after every couple thousand rounds for a full cleaning. The rest of the time it cleans up quickly and easily in about five minutes. The barrel rarely needs to be cleaned, but the firing pin assembly, action and recoil assembly beneath the rail get pretty gunked up after a while. The screws that hold the sight rail need Blue Loctite to stay tight between takedowns. Normally, no re-adjustment of the sights is necessary after removing the sight rail. Shooting off hand with the stock sights, I can routinely put ten rounds on a 1-inch target dot from 7 yards.

 

[Kingcreek]

I've got 2 Buckmarks- a 5.5 target and the silhouette model. no problems, great triggers, very accurate.

 

[Kurt S.]

Mine started jamming, mostly extraction failures with a few failures to feed, about every other magazine.

This was after between 2000 and 2500 rounds without cleaning. I cleaned it and the problems cleared up.

 

[Hanafuda]

I would like to hear more about this necessity of removing the sight rail for a field strip. Someone said something about there being an aftermarket workaround?