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| R.M.R. |
 Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:20 pm |
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Trust me,I don't hold a lot of stock in gun rag articles,actually I've
cancelled all but Shooting Times and American Rifleman however I just
read a pretty impressive article on the new Ruger Mklll Hunter in
22lr.One upgrade I liked that may seem trivial to some is they finally
put the stupid -WARNING- on the underside of the fluted barrel.
I don't think either are tack drivers and not advertised as being
however I've had several Mkll's and a Buckmark, like most .22lr firearms
both seemed a little finicky with ammo choices until you find the right
mix.Funny the Buckmark fancied CCI Stingers in the accuracy dept.I'm not
much of a small game hunter but if they wack Mr.Peanut as good as soda
cans they both would fit the hunting bill just fine.As mentioned Ruger
has more after market goodies but that's not a big plus with me to over
look the Buckmark.
As far as customer service I never needed Ruger's (guess that's a good
thing) but heard they treat you right.I did have trouble with a
Buckmark's safety.Browning instead of fixing it sent me a new upgraded
Buckmark-Plus with a few extra mags for the trouble so by me they did
right.
All considered if I was to buy another .22lr today I might give the
Mklll Hunter a try for no other reason then I like its looks and
possibly could be tempter into buying it in .17. Just wish both
manufacturers would go back to front steel sights and make the fiber
optics a customer option, I'm a little hard on some things and don't
need to be worrying about knocking out a plastic tube in the field...
Ray,
(Si vis pacem,
para bellum) U.S.A.
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| Jerry |
| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:20 pm |
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Mike@SalmonRiverDesign.com wrote:
# I've had both, and I currently own the Mark III. I have no plans to
# own a Buckmark again. Not until they do something about the trigger
# pull and that silly little scalloped slide.
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I've got a Buckmark and the trigger was crisp and smooth from the box.
Well, at least for a stock gun anyway but I agree with you on that damn
slide. It isn't so awful bad you can't get use to it but try and scope
the gun and operate the slide. Then you will know what a pia it is.
Thinking about getting some of that self adhesive non skid and cut some
small strips to stick on the side. That might give me something to grip.
Jerry
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| S. R. Sheffield |
| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:39 am |
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On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:20:13 +0000 (UTC), Jerry
<jlrice1655@earthlink.net> wrote:
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I got a "camo" model and it had the "bubbles or buldges" on the back
of the slide. Hellofalot better than the first one I bought.
SRS
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| zxcvbob |
| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:39 am |
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Joseph Lovell wrote:
# Mike@SalmonRiverDesign.com wrote:
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# #As for field stripping a Ruger... yes, comparatively speaking, it is
# #harder than stripping a Beretta 92, but not nearly as annoying as
# #stripping a Colt 1911. But what you have to realize with the Ruger is,
# #it's perfectly OK to smack it around a bit with a hard plastic mallet.
# #Necessary, in fact. And once you internalize that little bit of
# #wisdom, your quality of life will improve substantially.
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# Once you have, through frequent stripping and reassembly, worn away some
# of the close machine tolerance and hand fitting that Ruger features on
# all its MkIIs (That's a joke, boy. You're supposed to laugh) it becomes
# more of a finess game. Knowing when to pull the trigger to allow the
# striker to change position and knowing when to invert the gun to get it
# to do that. Once you get that down they go back together like bread and
# butter, like steak and eggs, like peanut butter and jelly, like biscuts
# and gravey, like brie and chablis.
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It took me almost 2 hours to put my Ruger back together the first time I
removed the bolt. Reading the manual didn't really help much (the bolt
would only pull out less than half way -- you knew that already), until
I found the section near the back of the manual about how to assemble
the gun so if can't be fired, and then how to fix it. That's where it
really explains how to invert the gun to reposition the striker.
Bob
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| Jerry |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:40 am |
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S. R. Sheffield wrote:
# On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:20:13 +0000 (UTC), Jerry
# <jlrice1655@earthlink.net> wrote:
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# I got a "camo" model and it had the "bubbles or buldges" on the back
# of the slide. Hellofalot better than the first one I bought.
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Bubbles or Bulges? Any recommendations for the older style slide to
make it more user friendly?
Jerry
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| TN65X57 |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:40 am |
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I have owned 4 Rugers and own one Buckmark.
Neither is better or worse, just that the Ruger grip does not suit me as well
as the Browning.
Ruger can teach you new words when you disassemble/reassemble it for complete
cleaning. IF I had one today I would clean with a bucket of kerosene or other
solvent and NEVER disassemble it.
Just my opinion.
LouisB
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| S. R. Sheffield |
| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:15 am |
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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:40:46 +0000 (UTC), Jerry
<jlrice1655@earthlink.net> wrote:
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You willing to let a GOOD welder put a vertical bead on each side of
the slide? Or purchase a later model slide (if they are
interchangeable)?
SRS
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| Guest |
| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:15 am |
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I saw a guy once who took a spare trigger from an old S&W and welded it
to the slide of his scope mounted Buckmark to make a "charging handle."
Clever... but damned ugly.
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