Good report. Thanks

 

Since you think it was hardly used, maybe it just needs a little breaking in time. 22 caliber pistols can be picky about ammo so those 500 mini mags may solve any issues. My guns love them.

 

I like that pistol! The two buckmarks I've handled and shot in the past were both extremely accurate and ran flawless. I bet after you get it broke in a little and with the ammo it favors it'll be a great shooter.

 

I've been stashing Mini Mags for my BM. They work well in my Ruger SR-22 pistol as well.

I do have a big stash of CCI SV, but that is for my Trailside. I'll try that ammo in my BM, but not sure if that will work on new, fresh springs. Maybe after it's broken in.

EDIT: Those BL's are so gorgeous, love those blue grips.

 

Very pretty buckmark. Mine is a shooter. Fairly well broken in. Runs everything without failure. Cci standard velocity and sk are it's favorite foods.

 

Very pretty buckmark. Mine is a shooter. Fairly well broken in. Runs everything without failure. Cci standard velocity and sk are it's favorite foods.

That's a good-looking gun! I'm starting to look at red dot sights. The Vortex Crossfire is of interest as it's what Browning is offering on a couple of new models.

 

The best advice I received when I bought my first Buck Mark was 1) clean it before you fire it. 2) Run a brick of CCI Mini Mag RN through it before you start testing different ammo. 3) Clean it again after that first brick. There are lots of good YouTube vids on how to clean a BM. You might be surprised at how well they shoot right out of the box. They will get even better. If you get more than a few FTFs or FTEs during that 500 round break in; check the screws on the sight base / top strap. If the screws are loose (the ones on the gun), you might want to apply Blue Loctite 242 very sparingly when you next clean it. Btw, most of my BMs shoot SV better out to 25 yards than HV now that they are broken in. Enjoy.

 

Thanks to all for the replies and the advice.

After the first visit to the range I gave it a pretty good cleaning. I didn't take it down, just cleaned what I could access with the slide locked back using CLP, patches and picks and by running patches through the bore. I also lubed anywhere I clearly see metal-to-metal contact with the slide.

Today the Mini Mags I ordered arrived, so back to the range. I put painter's tape on the bottom of each magazine and numbered them. I ran 240 rounds: FTE=0, FTF=0. I know, a pretty boring report, right! I'm thrilled and I'm ordering more Mini Mags!

After today's session, I cleaned the gun again and checked the screws. I read in another post that the hex screws weren't a common size. Good thing I'm a bit of a pack rat. I went out to the garage and started trying allen wrenches. I got lucky and I have 2 that fit. They must have come with I can't remember what - but I kept them. One of the grips needed tightening and 2 of the 4 screws in the top rail moved a fraction.

Question: When storing your Buck Mark, do you leave it racked or do you use a snap cap to release the tension on the spring?

 

Thanks to all for the replies and the advice.

After the first visit to the range I gave it a pretty good cleaning. I didn't take it down, just cleaned what I could access with the slide locked back using CLP, patches and picks and by running patches through the bore. I also lubed anywhere I clearly see metal-to-metal contact with the slide.

Today the Mini Mags I ordered arrived, so back to the range. I put painter's tape on the bottom of each magazine and numbered them. I ran 240 rounds: FTE=0, FTF=0. I know, a pretty boring report, right! I'm thrilled and I'm ordering more Mini Mags!

After today's session, I cleaned the gun again and checked the screws. I read in another post that the hex screws weren't a common size. Good thing I'm a bit of a pack rat. I went out to the garage and started trying allen wrenches. I got lucky and I have 2 that fit. They must have come with I can't remember what - but I kept them. One of the grips needed tightening and 2 of the 4 screws in the top rail moved a fraction.

Question: When storing your Buck Mark, do you leave it racked or do you use a snap cap to release the tension on the spring?

I leave my Buck Marks racked for 2 reasons. 1) I can never find my snap caps. 2) They all seem to have a noticeably harder slide pull when discharged than any of my other semi autos.
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My buckmark has the browning badged sight mark. Has 4 different reticles. It's sorta a piece of crap in a way but it hasn't broken and works fine holds zero etc. I have a vortex venom on a .45 it's pretty nice.

 

I have the exact same gun. It runs flawlessly with CCI standard velocity. I picked it up a couple of years ago new at a great price,. I was going to get a S&W 41 for my target league, but the trigger on this is so good and the price was so good I figured I'd give it a shot. I've never looked back!

The only things I've done to it is, flip the spring and add a TK trigger,

Really a great gun, if it not running well, number your magazines so you can be sure there are no mag issues, clean it well (although mine runs filthy, no problems), get some CCI SV. If it still doesn't run, replace the extractor and the recoil spring. You should be fine.

 

I have the exact same gun. It runs flawlessly with CCI standard velocity. I picked it up a couple of years ago new at a great price,. I was going to get a S&W 41 for my target league, but the trigger on this is so good and the price was so good I figured I'd give it a shot. I've never looked back!

The only things I've done to it is, flip the spring and add a TK trigger,

Really a great gun, if it not running well, number your magazines so you can be sure there are no mag issues, clean it well (although mine runs filthy, no problems), get some CCI SV. If it still doesn't run, replace the extractor and the recoil spring. You should be fine.

Before my second trip to the range, I did exactly what you said, I had numbered the magazines. On that trip I used CCI Mini Mags and it ran great.

I think, as others suggested, it needed to have some break-in time.

Yesterday I ran 160 Mini Mags with it and had 1 stovepipe. Otherwis flawless. I’ll probably stick with the Mini Mags over the SV as I’ve been getting them at a good price from Palmetto State Armory.

I was alternating shooting a couple of magazines with the Buck Mark and a couple of magazines with my 9mm. The Buck Mark is accurate and fun to shoot.

 

To the OP--Really like your black label but hey I like blue color stuff cars trucks etc. I have a stainless 7.25 inch URX contour.Running mini mags to break in a rimfire pistol is the best thing you can do excluding vintage hi-standard target pistols which standard velocity only. Good choice on the romeo 5 looks good on that buck mark.

 

Thanks. If I had to pick a favorite color, it would be blue. The blue grips and the top rail were the things that caught my eye. I knew I wanted a red dot sight and that the rail would make it easy to mount.

The fact that I found it used for a decent price with 3 mags was another big factor.

My first car, a 1966 Mustang convertible, was blue. I bought it in 1976 for $275. It was rotting everywhere. If you threw 10 coins in the trunk, 8 would end up on the ground. I also had a blue 1970 Buick LeSabre. A blue 1974 Chevy Vega. A blue 1994 Plymouth Voyager minivan (for the wife and kids. I was driving a Mazda 323 at that time. But… I’ll admit that the minivan was one of the best family vehicles we had). A blue 2000 Ford F150. A blue 2010 Nissan Altima I also at one time had a blue Ez-Go golf cart and now have a blue Yamaha golf cart.

There were also red and white cars in the mix. I guess I like the colors of the flag!