Ruger vs. Browning 22’s

[misswired]

Had two of three Buckmarks fail after months of no use..... Grabbed some idle Rugers out of curiosity. No failures out of Five pistols. Just the facts......after a good cleaning the Buckmarks ran 100%

 

[bummer]

Maybe i am lucky ,the only failures that I have had with my 2 buckmarks is from either the ammo ( dead primer) or having my thumb ride the slide.

 

[crazyphil]

Teaching hundreds of students in a Personal Protection class, part of their
score was from shooting 9" paper pie plates from various positions and
distances. Each student fired 100 rounds. The number of holes in their
plate was part of their final score. Only 2 students scored 100. Both of
those students used Ruger Marks. That tells me a lot.

 

[Drm50]

The Brownings use to be a grade higher pistol in Challenger days over the Rugers. Now I would say Rugers, the steel models are a better pistol than Buckmarks. The Rugers of Lite type models are about equal to Buckmarks.

 

[Johnnu2]

It almost never fails.......... that is..... a clean gun.
Chute'm and clean'em....

p.s. I have Rugers just because............Buckmarks are good too but I don't have any (yet).



Volquartsen trigger kit......

IMHO,
J

 

[diyj98]

I'm not a fan of some Ruger products, but I have to admit that the have a winner with the Mark pistols. They're accurate and dependable. I can't say the same thing about the Browning and S&W 22LR's in the same price range.

 

[misswired]

I shoot the Ruger 22's better.......Wouldn't be popular at all suggesting Ruger big bores outshot S$W...... so I won't

 

[BearBio]

The Medalist was great. My experience with Ruger (MkI and MKII) have been excellent. Not impressed by Brownings. Also had Woodsman and Model 41. Accuracy was much the same but reliability went to Ruger.

 

[Gunhacker]

I guess I got a good one... my Buckmark has been nothing but reliable and accurate, but then it's an earlier one (1988). It's much less finicky about ammo than my M41's and almost as accurate with the bull barrel. I've never owned or shot a Ruger Mark... maybe it's time to check one out.

 

[misswired]

Wow!

Stunning!

 

[Abflyboy]

I have owned seven different Buckmarks over the years, down to a couple now, both are GREAT guns and have been for a very long time ...

BUT

Shot a few rounds through a buddy's Mk IV 22/45 Lite, got one for myself to put some serious round count through and ... well ... total of 4 Mk IV 22/45 Lites later, I gotta say that Ruger has that platform well figured out.

Bone stock, Browning has a slight edge with the stock trigger but loses that edge with reliability issues. If both the Buckmark and 22/45 have some quality aftermarket goodness installed, the Ruger is a much more accurate, more reliable, less finicky shooter than Browning could ever hope to be.

 

[Toddlars1]

After shooting a friend's Browning Medalist, nothing seems to compare..

 

[OLDSTER]

This thing's a real "garbage eater". It'll shoot anything reliably. I shoot it far more than any other handgun I own. Somewhere north of 12,000 rounds.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I own Ruger Mk II's and Browning Buckmarks . Both are flawless if you clean them occasionally. Other than the beautiful S&W 41 I own I think S&W's attempts at a .22 autloading pistols have been and are butt-ugly. I won't own one.

 

[huntsman22]

ugly is, as ugly does......

 

[huntsman22]

The Bunkmarp Black Label is a handsome pistolie, tho....
even with the tacsol barrel and suppressor.

 

[hogblue]

Have a Mk ll 22/45 6 7/8" slab side. If I do my part it will almost keep up with a 41. Its a keeper

 

[Valmet]

I don't have any experience with Buckmarks, but I love my Ruger Mark IV Target.

 

[Professor Frink]

I briefly owned a Ruger 22/45 " . Perhaps I had a lemon. It was wildly inaccurate. I considered putting one of those Tac-Sol uppers, but for my use it wasn't going to be cost effective.

Ended up getting a Bucmark, the gray/black two-tone one CDNN was selling. I've been very pleased with mine. Reliable and accurate.

I don't think Ruger would sell many if they were all as inaccurate as mine was. but I'm content with my Buckmark.

 

[LEO918]

Here's my Ruger MKII I've had it about 20 years and is my favorite .22 pistol. I had one Buckmark, nothing wrong with it but didn't keep it long.

 

[stansdds]

The Buckmark is easier to field strip and might have a slightly better trigger, but I have shot both the Buckmark and the Ruger, I'm keeping my MK II Gov't Target Model.

 

[627Pro]

My Buck Mark UDX outshoots my old Ruger Standard model, which outshoots the Mark IV Target, which outshoots the Mark II 50th Anniversary model. So to me, the Buck Mark is more accurate. Since Huntsman22 monkey-wrenched the S&W Victory into the mix (nice gun by the way), I also have one of those but haven't shot it enough to definitively determine where it falls into the accuracy list while in my hands. Preliminary results put it about equal to the old Ruger Standard model.

I encountered a few ammo-related problems however. Norma Tac 22 fired cases jammed and Federal AutoMatch sometimes failed to feed in the Buck Mark. Aguila SV produced several fail to feed problems (3 of 20) in the Ruger Standard, and fail to fire problems (5 of 20!) in the Ruger Mark IV Target before I quit shooting it in the Rugers. The only non-ammo reliability problem I had was a minor one with the S&W Victory, which was easily resolved by tweaking the ejector tab using the advice found on this website. No problems with it since.

 

[Farmer17]

I had a cheap Buckmark Camper and it was an excellent gun that was totally reliable with everything, very accurate, and had a near perfect trigger. I've owned 3 Rugers and none had near as good triggers or ergonomics and the safety and slide release look very crude compared to the Browning and they are more awkward to use. I don't like the Glock grip angle on the metal frame Rugers and the polymer Rugers just don't seem as solid or classy as the Browning but when I bought a suppressor a Ruger 22/45 tactical was the only thing I could find that was threaded. It's a great gun and looks pretty good with the checkered walnut grips but it's still not a rich looking or feeling compared to the Browning.