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Pistol: Browning Buckmark Hunter 7.25" bull barrel, stock grips and iron sights
Ammo: Remington Golden and CCI Mini Mag
Distance: 65' (estimated)
Weather: far too nice to be at work, so I wasn't
So here's the deal - I bought this Browning Buckmark from Bass Pro Shops on Saturday 2/10, and picked it up last night. Today was far to nice to sit on a vault working on powerpoint presentation slides, so I bolted, came home, read the entirely-too simplistic and skimpy handbook, then disassembled and cleaned the pistol.
DW and headed out to the range where I set up some targets about 21 yards from the pad's edge, and shot from a bench rest about a yard behind that (hence the 65' estimated muzzle-to-target distance)
My first shots were so far away from the target I'd thought I missed the paper entirely, when I saw the hole about 6" right and 6" up. OK, now I have something to work with. Several sighters later I was getting neat the bull, but still not shooting consistently - a personal complaint that plagued me all day. But what the heck, I'm a rifle shooter and this was the first time I - or anyone else - had ever shot this pistol. I'm willing to make allowances for "not broken in yet", remembering that my 10/22 took about 500 or so rounds to settle down.
This pistol has some recoil with both Remington Goldens and CCI Mini Mags, but it's not at all unpleasant or harsh. The bull barrel really does a pretty good job of holding the front end down, and it returns nicely to point-of-aim after each shot. Since I did all of today's shooting off of a bench rest, I can't comment about the weight of the pistol during extended shooting; I was at the range for about 3.5 hours - give or take.
Here's my best group of 5 shots, shot near the end of the day. After this, I believe that fatigue may have been starting to set in. At least, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
This gun gets a solid "BUY" recommendation.
All the best,
Rob
Ammo: Remington Golden and CCI Mini Mag
Distance: 65' (estimated)
Weather: far too nice to be at work, so I wasn't
So here's the deal - I bought this Browning Buckmark from Bass Pro Shops on Saturday 2/10, and picked it up last night. Today was far to nice to sit on a vault working on powerpoint presentation slides, so I bolted, came home, read the entirely-too simplistic and skimpy handbook, then disassembled and cleaned the pistol.
DW and headed out to the range where I set up some targets about 21 yards from the pad's edge, and shot from a bench rest about a yard behind that (hence the 65' estimated muzzle-to-target distance)
My first shots were so far away from the target I'd thought I missed the paper entirely, when I saw the hole about 6" right and 6" up. OK, now I have something to work with. Several sighters later I was getting neat the bull, but still not shooting consistently - a personal complaint that plagued me all day. But what the heck, I'm a rifle shooter and this was the first time I - or anyone else - had ever shot this pistol. I'm willing to make allowances for "not broken in yet", remembering that my 10/22 took about 500 or so rounds to settle down.
This pistol has some recoil with both Remington Goldens and CCI Mini Mags, but it's not at all unpleasant or harsh. The bull barrel really does a pretty good job of holding the front end down, and it returns nicely to point-of-aim after each shot. Since I did all of today's shooting off of a bench rest, I can't comment about the weight of the pistol during extended shooting; I was at the range for about 3.5 hours - give or take.
Here's my best group of 5 shots, shot near the end of the day. After this, I believe that fatigue may have been starting to set in. At least, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
This gun gets a solid "BUY" recommendation.
All the best,
Rob
