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I'm going to get the TacSol rail also.

I have a C-More red dot that needs to be relocated...

yes

Ride of the Valkyries playin' in the background of that pic?

All this jibber-jabber about suppressed, tacsol-ized Buckmarks made me get off my azz and order the Black Label I've been eyeing, from Darrik.

Now to find the threaded TacSol barrel....

Lunchtime - think I'll go look at Buckmark pistols right now!

True story...guy in our gun club in Pasco, WA was shooting a match somewhere and complaining that rimfire pistols weren't accurate and a Browning rep overheard him and asked if he could do better.

So this guy (Bill, and I can't remember his last name) designed the Buckmark for Browning. But he wasn't totally happy with the finished product as I recall him telling me years ago. Guy had 2 hearing aids and was deaf as a post.

I have a Ruger 22/45 MKII and I never thought they were that hard to take apart and reassemble once you figure out how to do it.

Do you mean little Billy Browning?

The Browning Medalist dates to the 1960's, and was a Belgian-made pistol. There was also a lightweight plinking version also made in Belgium, called the Challenger, which borrowed some of the Medalist's design.

I think the Challenger is the pistol that eventually morphed into the Buckmark, and was eventually made by ATI in Utah.

Did the hole dimensions for the tacsol barrel correspond to the Black Label rail?

no. but I figger if I have to D&T the bottom rail to the TacSol, I might as well redo the top hole, too.....

deflave,

My rig has been seen here before, so bear with me....

It runs awesome on just plain ole Blazer bulk and is silly accurate.

That's an el-cheapo Tru-Glo reflex sight that has been nothing but a champ.

The loader is called The "Ultimate Cliploader" and works very well to keep mulitiple mags running with ease. It also works with Ruger Mark II, III, and 22/45.

Yep. Yours is the one that got me interested in them.

Nice setup.





Travis

i bought a former son in law a buckmark some years ago. One of the issues if i am remembering correctly, was some plastic in there.

'flave's thread here got me to go look at Buckmarks yesterday and I'm on my way in a few minutes to pull the trigger on a BM Lite Gray because of you!

I've never been a fan of the toggle link on my Ruger pistols so this works great. Like i said fight it once to replace the bolt link then every cleaning after that is merely taking the allen screw out to remove the bolt and then clean the barrel on the frame.

Especially if we have a shooter topside as well.

I had a Tactical Solutions barrel on my Buckmark for a while, but it wasn't as accurate as the factory barrel. It did look cooler though.
I do like the Tactical Solutions top rail, it was a good addition, especially since my factory plastic top piece was warped.

The Ruger's are still quieter suppressed though. The Buckmark lets out more ejection port noise and makes a "tink" sound when the bolt closes.



Shortened factory barrel and QD thread adapter

Uber.

Reminds me of High School when we still had jackrabbits down here.

We had to make due with Hendrix though.

Deflave: And this... I am at a small SW Montana gunshow last Friday scooping up the opening minute bargains along with my BuckMark owning friend.
I spy a minty Ruger MK-II all stanless heavy barrel target model obama proof pistol and soon its in the trunk of my car.
My friend buys a pair of older Remington rimfire Rifles there but that table holder who sold those guns to him had left a couple of important "add-ons" for one of the Rifles at his home and would bring it to "us" on Saturday.
My friend had family coming into town from out of state Saturday so I was "chosen" to drive the 120 miles (round trip) back to the show to retrieve said items the next day.
Bright and early Saturday I walk in and retrieve the items in question and NOW on his table is a heavy barrel stainless BuckMark WITH an extra barrel and Weaver mounting system rail on that extra barrel.
The rig was with the original box and a red dot sight was on the mounted stainless heavy barrel!
ALL for $275.00!
I cursed the VarmintWife for only giving me $1,000.0 per month allowance (mad money!) as it was the 13th and I had spent it all already!
I would have bought that pistol (NO obama forms!) in a heartbeat but I was right next to broke from buying 3 pistols in the last 2 weeks.
I did take his name and number and if he still has it on September 30th of this month I will drive to his home and buy it outright.
Yeah I REALLY like BuckMarks!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Yondering,

I agree the Browning is a little louder. I thought it was my imagination at first though.

I do want to try one more Ruger though:

http://ruger.com/products/markIIIDE/specSheets/10155.html




Travis