Browning Buckmark Disassembly

[alfsauve]

Bill and Chuck, nice.

Here's my Buckmark.  Same model as Chuck's, though I have the rubber wraparound grips.   Hoping to use this in the American Marksman challenge.

[billt]

So the problem here is if I buy them, carefully label them and put them in the parts cabinet, when I need them I won't remember I already have them.

I know what you mean. I'll remember because it pisses me off that I had to pay $6.00 plus shipping for 2, .05 cent pieces of plastic that I'd have to get on my hands and knees to find, if I dropped them on the rug.

[billt]

Bill and Chuck, nice.

Here's my Buckmark.  Same model as Chuck's, though I have the rubber wraparound grips.   Hoping to use this in the American Marksman challenge.

That's the one problem with the Buckmark I'm trying to work around. I would like to replace the factory black and grey rubber grips with some nice wood ones. The issue is Browning makes 6,876 different styles and types of grips for all the various Buckmark models. And NONE of them interchange. It's really hard to find which grips fit which models. I'm afraid to take a chance. Some of the Buckmark models have a better selection than others. Ruger Mark pistols are much easier to put aftermarket grips on. Companies are reluctant to produce custom grips for the Buckmark, because there are so damn many different models.

[PegLeg45]

Bill and Chuck, nice.

Here's my Buckmark.  Same model as Chuck's, though I have the rubber wraparound grips.   Hoping to use this in the American Marksman challenge.

Nice... I see yours has the ramp front sight (don't know what year they started that). Mine came with the square front post that is adjustable for two widths (also had a removable hood on front and rear).



The sights on the standard models have come a long way. In the beginning, it was their weakest point......the guns have always been accurate, but the first standard model like the one below had dreadful sights to actually adjust. For windage, you had to loosen two tiny screws and manually slide the blade, and then try to tighten without losing position.

[Big Frank]

Those are some good looking pistols.

[Sponsor]

[Rastus]

This is a 80's Ruger Mark II Competition Target I have, with some 10 shot groups I shot with it back in the 90's. It prints pretty good. Better than some .22 rifles I've got. That's one of the reasons I never tried to take it apart. That and them being such a PITA to put back together. <snip>

Sweet group.  Mine shoots very well too but I've never really tried to pattern it...I did adjust the windage shooting at a plastic jug floating against the bank of a canal at the mouth of the Mississippi River.  I shot from a table at the camp out 200 yards...yep, the bottom of the reticle and the dang thing dropped them in the same spot when I did my part.

I really, really would like to change the trigger, but like you, I've never taken it apart to clean because it's such a pain.  The boresnake, qtips & plastic picks have done yeoman duty on it however....