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GojuBrian
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My 95 model.
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RUGER...RUGER...RUGER...RUGER...
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Buckmarks are good guns, but they will never outlast or outshoot a RUGER...ever.
In South Africa back during sanctions, RUGERS were the overwhelming favorites. They seldom needed parts replacements and when they did, they could usually be made from stock supplies of springs and metal (though few ever needed to go to such extremes).
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Buckmarks are good guns, but they will never outlast or outshoot a RUGER...ever.
In South Africa back during sanctions, RUGERS were the overwhelming favorites. They seldom needed parts replacements and when they did, they could usually be made from stock supplies of springs and metal (though few ever needed to go to such extremes).
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I have a Ruger MkII bull barrel that for the last 20 years goes 1000-5000 rds. between cleanings ---- and I MIGHT get one jam every few thousand rounds { who can remember ??? } --- it will put 10 rds. in a 1"-1 1/2" at 15-20 yards so often it gets boreing !!!
tprice
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Most reliable 22? 22 pistols are often only as reliable as the ammunition they're fed
My 10-year old Ruger Mk II has 1/50 misfires on avg.
Interestingly, my Kimber Target II with Kimber 22 conversion has had only 2 in 500 (and is a touch easier to tear down and clean).
Had a 1990's Buckmark and it had a faulty ejector - spent brass would get "pinched" between the slide and breech. Sold it rather than send it back, got the Ruger.
My 10-year old Ruger Mk II has 1/50 misfires on avg.
Interestingly, my Kimber Target II with Kimber 22 conversion has had only 2 in 500 (and is a touch easier to tear down and clean).
Had a 1990's Buckmark and it had a faulty ejector - spent brass would get "pinched" between the slide and breech. Sold it rather than send it back, got the Ruger.
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I have to vote for the MK Ruger series and prefer the older ones. My MKI has lost a lot of blueing and fired many bricks of ammo and easily rates as my top fired 22.
The new contender for my favorite is the Kimber conversion, I have it mounted on a Pro Raptor and have to say that once it was broken in it has been very reliable and would never buy one of the 22/45 Rugers if I had a CF 1911.
Both are accurate and good small game guns and I really wouldn't look farther given the others I have had and shot.
The new contender for my favorite is the Kimber conversion, I have it mounted on a Pro Raptor and have to say that once it was broken in it has been very reliable and would never buy one of the 22/45 Rugers if I had a CF 1911.
Both are accurate and good small game guns and I really wouldn't look farther given the others I have had and shot.
CZ-75 Kadats are very reliable (owned two conversion kits over the years), but also pretty expensive these days. I have one of the Walther SP-22 (not the P-22) and it has eaten everything I've shot through it, but it will sometimes stovepipe the CCI standard velocity rounds. Maybe one stovepipe in 60 rounds, but just in the standard velocity stuff. The gun doesn't even have 1000 rounds through it yet so maybe the recoil spring will loosen up and stop doing that eventually. Mine is the M4 model with the adjustable target grips. I've added the Walther Nanopoint red-dot to it along with the barrel weight and the picatinny rail. Trigger is nice, but it does have some inconsistencies. If you pull straight through there aren't any issues. Sometimes if you use it like a two stage trigger and pre-load it, it will become hard to pull. I might end up sending back to Smith and Wesson so they can figure it out. It is a right handed grip only, but they make them in lefty and you can get the M1, M2, or M3 model with a normal pistol grip.
Meytind that is .22WMR, the expensive one.
The CZ-75 Kadet is my pick for most reliable, but it's fairly expensive as these things go. The upside is that you get a 75B steel frame out of it as well, so if you were to, say, buy any other 9mm or .40 CZ you could do some mix and matching of frames and slides.
The CZ-75 Kadet is my pick for most reliable, but it's fairly expensive as these things go. The upside is that you get a 75B steel frame out of it as well, so if you were to, say, buy any other 9mm or .40 CZ you could do some mix and matching of frames and slides.
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ronto
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Don't buy a Taurus PT-22 unless you need a paperweight.
I've got a Ruger 22/45 bull barrel in stainless. Hasn't had a single hiccup, and I've fed it some old, junky ammo. It's got a strange assembly procedure, but once you've done it a couple times, it's easy.
I've shot a Buckmark as well but don't own one. I don't think you can wrong either way.
I've shot a Buckmark as well but don't own one. I don't think you can wrong either way.
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+1 on the Ruger's..My MKI will shoot anything in LR without fail. I mix up stingers, yellowjackets, golden bullets, thunderbolts, aguilas, etc. just to try to make it jam. It cycles all perfectly. Even when neglected for a time..it just works!
+1! Great little pistol, reasonable price.
I will add that every rimfire pistol I've ever shot eventually began to exhibit FTF problems if the pistol and magazines aren't taken apart and cleaned.
The Rugers have a bad rep here for being hard to reassemble after field stripping. But, if you learn how the action works, the directions in the owner's manual suddenly make sense. And, putting it back together becomes child's play.
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