Post by TMan on Nov 21, 2005 14:46:00 GMT -5
The last time I was at my dealers, I looked at a Browning "Classic" .22LR. I'd seen the Buckmark rifles before and thought they looked goofy. This was in two pieces because the barrel is removable. It would have cost me $429, which is a little pricey for a 22LR rifle. I also didn't care much about loading it through the stock.
However, I'd seen a guy at the range shooting one, and he really liked it.
I mentioned the gun to him, and he told me he would bring it today and let me shoot it, which I did.
He had the barrel drilled and tapped for a red-dot sight. He said that because of the removable barrel, having the scope on the receiver doesn't work well because you don't get the barrel back exactly in the same place.
I had trouble loading it. I'm short, and there was a shooting bench in front of me. In retrospect, I should have brought the barrel onto my side of the bench. You really need to point the barrel down to use gravity.
I shot it well, but not as well as my Ruger 77/22, but I'm comparing a red-dot to a regular scope on the Ruger.
The first couple of rounds, I had my left arm too far back, and the brass was hitting my left wrist. It ejects the brass through the bottom. I then moved my grip further forward.
What I really didn't like was that in the 40 rounds that I shot, I unintentionally dry-fired it 3 times. It doesn't lock the bolt open after the last round. Consequently, you have to remember to manually pull the bolt back each time you reload. "Remember" - yeah, right.
The trigger was crisp, but not particularly light. He hadn't done any work on it.
It was nice of him to let me shoot it, but I'm still not sure that I want to own one. I'd say probably only about a 20% chance that I'll buy one.
However, I'd seen a guy at the range shooting one, and he really liked it.
I mentioned the gun to him, and he told me he would bring it today and let me shoot it, which I did.
He had the barrel drilled and tapped for a red-dot sight. He said that because of the removable barrel, having the scope on the receiver doesn't work well because you don't get the barrel back exactly in the same place.
I had trouble loading it. I'm short, and there was a shooting bench in front of me. In retrospect, I should have brought the barrel onto my side of the bench. You really need to point the barrel down to use gravity.
I shot it well, but not as well as my Ruger 77/22, but I'm comparing a red-dot to a regular scope on the Ruger.
The first couple of rounds, I had my left arm too far back, and the brass was hitting my left wrist. It ejects the brass through the bottom. I then moved my grip further forward.
What I really didn't like was that in the 40 rounds that I shot, I unintentionally dry-fired it 3 times. It doesn't lock the bolt open after the last round. Consequently, you have to remember to manually pull the bolt back each time you reload. "Remember" - yeah, right.
The trigger was crisp, but not particularly light. He hadn't done any work on it.
It was nice of him to let me shoot it, but I'm still not sure that I want to own one. I'd say probably only about a 20% chance that I'll buy one.