Dang, I fell in love with an out of production Buckmark,,,

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aarondhgraham

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Dang, I fell in love with an out of production Buckmark!

Wouldn't you know it,,,
I finally see a buckmark that rings my chimes,,,
Only to find out that it's out of production and nowhere to be found.

Buckmark Challenge with 6 3/4" barrel.
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The Evil Pawn Shop Guy spent a few hours trying to find one for me,,,
But apparently there are none to be had for love or money.

Dang it!

I'm offering a free "KeySlinger" to anyone who comes up with a source for a new one.

I know it's a long-shot,,,
But some of you guys have great resources.

Help a guy out,,,

Aarond

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I for one know how you feel, I fell in love with the challenger (4" barrel) about 30 years ago, and grabbed it. Right now it's in pieces for cleaning.:D
I think mine was made in 1974, the only year they used plastic grip(s)

Ps. I agree, "The Evil Pawn Shop Guy" just baited you.....:D:D...hihi. it takes two....It's easy to take Judy to dance if she want's it too.:D
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My barrel is 41/2".
 
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If you like that Buckmark ( I have two ) try to find a Belgian Browning Challenger.

If you find one in good shape, you will love it. Be prepared to pay for it. I gave mine to my uncle many years ago and have kicked myself a lot for doing it.
 
Barrels are not that expensive, so maybe if you really liked the configuration you could snag the cheapest Buckmark and then slap a new barrel in it.

I snagged one with the stock bull barrel, and then ended up putting my money into a 1911 grip adapter so that it would feel like a 1911, use my 1911 grips, etc.
 
The Buckmark is an outdated antique. IMHO..sorry
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Can you explain how that is so?

My buddy has a Browning like you posted a picture of that he bought 35 years ago or so. But it has the high gloss finish. Its lighter than my MK I ruger and is a shootin' SOB. Good luck finding one. They are worth what someone wants for it, outdated or not.
 
The one I had had a lot of FTF and jamming with most ammo. I hated breaking the Buck Mark down for cleaning It involve tools and small parts. One of the few pistols I sold.
 
Peggysue,

Why did you take it apart? I have never taken mine apart and neither has my son.. Run good ammo through it like CCI, and likely you never have a problem with it. A lot of 22 pistols have needed spare parts and repair because someone felt the need to fieldstrip them. I DO fieldstrip all my semi-autos EXCEPT the 22.
 
Wow, this is a first for me,,,

Wow, this is a first for me,,,
I've been here on TFL for many years now,,,
This might be the first time I've read anything bad about a Buckmark.

I've exhausted all of my resources trying to find a Challenge,,,
It is just too old a model to find a brand new one,,,
I have never been comfy buying used semi's.

So I guess I'll fall back to my second choice,,,
It doesn't have the long skinny barrel,,,
But I can live with a long bull barrel.

Monday I think I'll call The Evil Pawn Shop Guy,,,
Order me in a 7 1/4" Buckmark Hunter.

I don't have a long barreled pistol of any make,,,
This gem will compliment my CZ-452 military Trainer very nicely.

Aarond

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Why did you take it apart? I have never taken mine apart and neither has my son.. Run good ammo through it like CCI, and likely you never have a problem with it. A lot of 22 pistols have needed spare parts and repair because someone felt the need to fieldstrip them. I DO fieldstrip all my semi-autos EXCEPT the 22.
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22s are about the dirtiest ammo you can shoot. I strip all my guns for cleaning and most especially semi auto 22s weather they are rifles or handguns. Plus its so easy to shoot up 4 or 5 times as much 22 ammo in a session as the centerfire stuff because its so cheap and easy on the hand and ears.

If you have never broke your 22s down your'e going to be shocked at how dirty they are when you do.
 
Monday I think I'll call The Evil Pawn Shop Guy,,,
Order me in a 7 1/4" Buckmark Hunter.
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Thats what I was thinking when I first saw yout OP photo.
You cant go wrong with the Hunter, I really like mine a lot, enough that its on my short "never sell" list.
It hasnt fired a round in almost 2 years... damn ammo shortage.

I recommend getting a Burris Fastfire for your Hunter, its a fantastic combo that looks and works really good together.
It can be quicklyremoved/installed using only a quarter and will hold zero.

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This might be the first time I've read anything bad about a Buck Mark.
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I will gently mention something I found out the hard way.

To truly clean the Buck Mark, you must remove the slide. While it is much easier to do that than the slide removal on the S&W 622 / 2206 family, it still means removing two screws from the panel that sits above the slide.

I didn't buy my Buck Mark as new and the little, easily lost, lock washers that sit under those two screws may not be the factory ones. The screws loosen up when I fire and eventually I get misfires as the slide is not being kept on the rails quite right. So a standard step (when I remember :mad:) is to check and tighten them as needed, at the start of my shooting session.

But I do like the Buck Mark very much.

Bart Noir
 
Unless the parts have been changed, the sight rail on the Buckmark is plastic. The metal star washers eventually dig into the plastic and allow the sight base screws to go in too far and interfere with the slide. The first Buckmark I had, did have detailed field strip instructions. The last one did not and specifically stated in the manual that field stripping was not necessary.

I replaced the plastic rail with and aluminum one from Weigand ( I think ) and bought the base with the integral adjustable rear sight. I locktighted the screws in place and never looked back.

I laser bore sighted the irons and then installed a red dot sight and did the same thing. I can shoot either/or with no problem and have over 4000 rounds through the gun and have never had the slide off. Spray the innards and maybe snake the bore and oil the rails and it is good to go.
 
peggysue The Buckmark is an outdated antique. IMHO..sorry
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Bull@!^&, and I'm not even a browning guy.


I had a 5.5" Browning buckmark camper about 9-10 years ago. Laser accurate, high quality piece that would cycle even the most crappy of Fed. Bulk pack. I never really had to disassemble the thing to clean it either. Only reason I got rid of it was my 'ol fuggy fingers were having a harder and harder time grasping the slide comfortably, I traded it out for a Ruger MKII target.

OP wish you lived near me. 20 min from my place there is a honey of a Browning challenger II. that is close in style to that buckmark you wanted.

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