Browning Buckmark .22 optics?

[Lone_Sheep_Dog]

I am almost ready to buy a new buckmark camper for $300 at academy sports. I am curious to know if it is easy to add a rail for optics to it. I have a steel target for 22s that needs to be 75 feet away to shoot. So I will definitely need optics to shoot that distance. Is $300 a good price for this gun? It is a black buckmark camper.

 

[rondog]

Sure, I just put one on mine. Tactical Solutions, I think it is, got it from Midway. Cost about $65 or so. It's a whole new rear sight assembly with rail built-in. You remove the two allen screws, take off the old rear sight assembly, and put on the new one. You've got to have the correct lockwashers though, so don't lose the originals, or just buy new ones when you get the rail.

This is the one I bought http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=790216 , but there's also rails without the rear sight. I wanted the option of optics or sights, but my red-dot hits the rear sight so I have to crank it down all the way. If you intend on using optics only, there's just a rail with no sight, also much cheaper. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=467423

 

[Magoo]

That is a fair price for a Buckmark.

Here is a "must read" for anyone interested in Buckmarks:
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212717

There are four sources of rails listed in that thread. Like rondog, I opted for the TacSol unit with the rear sights.

 

[oldfool]

nothing at all wrong with optics on a Buckmark, but do not assume up front that you need them to shoot steel at 75 yards
"baseball size" stuff at 75+ yards is not hard to hit with a Buckmark or Ruger MK, or "golf ball size stuff" at 30-40 yards, try before you buy

if doing a scope, suggest keep it low power ~2x... pretty hard to miss a soda pop can at 100 yards with a 2x scope

I run a 2X handgun scope on a Ruger 10" MkII bull barrel (up to 100 yards)
and a Millet SP1 3 MOA 1" tube red dot on a Ruger MkII 6 7/8" barrel (up to 50 yards, after which the dot covers a bit too much)
but open irons only on k-frame and j-frame 22s
and any of them will easily do that sort of accuracy, as will any typical Buckmark

whoops.. he said FEET, not yards
"75 feet away to shoot"... 25 yards.. good distance for hard foam practice golf balls, strung on spiderwire as swingers
(really, give a try with open sights 1st)
and a 3 MOA red dot is a good choice vs a scope at that distance as well, will give a ~3/4" dot picture at 25 yards, easy to center on & shoot 1" shoot-n-cee dots with, and fun to shoot those golf ball swingers on the swing with, and no ricochet factor like with steel