Buckmark or Mark 3?

[machine]

Both are good guns but I like the ruger a little better.

[jeepster]

id take a ruger mk3 with a 4 inch barrel in stainless and black rubber grips...

i like the rugers cuz for some reason they remind me of an old luger pistol

[h2ofowlr]

Head to the gun shop and hold both.  See which one feels better in your hand.  You can't go wrong with either.  I have the Ruger's and love them.  Don't like taking them appart, but they are tack drivers. 

[TheSkyBuster]

I have the Ruger's and love them.  Don't like taking them appart, but they are tack drivers.

Taking the Ruger apart is easy, it's the back togather part thats a P.I.T.A.  but it gets easier the more you do it.  Try reassembling a Colt Woodsman.

As far as the 2 the O.P. is asking about.   They're both good, I like the looks and feel of my MK II,  but I shooting the Buckmark better.  Why does Ruger put fixed sights on the tapered barrel models.        The Browning Is a Sweet Gun, Mines Crazy accurate......... it's just ugly and heavy. 

[high country]

I have both. A basic buckmark and a mark III hunter. They are both silly accurate and eat and poop like you expect. The Browning is more comfy to hold, the ruger has more pizzaz. There are more options for a ruger, but in stock form, they both work well.

[mr user]

The one thing that is pushing me from the ruger a bit is the painful reassembly proccess. 

[high country]

Realistically, you don't have to tear one down very often. Some brake cleaner or such and a hose down takes care of a lot of crap.

[FC]

Realistically, you don't have to tear one down very often. Some brake cleaner or such and a hose down takes care of a lot of crap.

How many rounds are you putting through yours between tear-downs? Mine needs to be stripped and cleaned every 500 rounds minimum, it usually starts having failures after about 300 and a lot after 400. The magazines are about the same, once they get a little grit in them they start hanging up.

[runamuk]

Get the Buckmark, Rugers are junk.

Ruger all the way.  Except for the 22/45.  They're cheap.

yeah that 

I love mine tearing it apart to clean is not bad putting it back together can be a bitch (usually involves a whole lot of cussing followed by *censored* I forget that step every time    ) but mine likes being a dirty gun so I don't do it very often. I have had 2 or 3 hangups the last 3 boxes (525 rounds per federal blue box) I put through it and the one was a shooter who had a loose grip once I helped her fix that issue she did fine...
it also makes a great prop for my photography and always gets attention in my images. 

actually those buckmarks look sweet as well so I say buy both

[Mookie]

What makes a 22/45 cheap? The upper and internals are identical to the MK3. Just the lower is polymer. Since the grip angle is identical to the 1911 it is usually more comfortable and if you get the RP model you can use factory 1911 grips with nothing more than a tiny shaving off the corner.


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[high country]

Realistically, you don't have to tear one down very often. Some brake cleaner or such and a hose down takes care of a lot of crap.

How many rounds are you putting through yours between tear-downs? Mine needs to be stripped and cleaned every 500 rounds minimum, it usually starts having failures after about 300 and a lot after 400. The magazines are about the same, once they get a little grit in them they start hanging up.

I hose mine down with carb of brake cleaner every 500-1000 rounds. I haven't HAD to physically tear them down in a long time.

[runamuk]

What makes a 22/45 cheap? The upper and internals are identical to the MK3. Just the lower is polymer. Since the grip angle is identical to the 1911 it is usually more comfortable and if you get the RP model you can use factory 1911 grips with nothing more than a tiny shaving off the corner.


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I didn't like the way the 22 45 felt in my hands it felt kinda flimsy for lack of a better term, I also have very long fingers on a small frame hand being a girl and all, and find the 45's I have shot in 1911 were extremely uncomfortable to shoot.  Buy what fits and you feel most comfortable with I like the weight and design on my markIII ....also like most sigs because they fit in my hand well.

I also want to say I don't neglect my pistol just find running a few patches through it is about all the cleaning it needs  I do like to tear it down and make all the stainless all clean and shiney but that has little to do with actual function 

[thinkingman]

I have a pre-Mark my dad gave me 41yrs ago, a MkII with Volquartsen upgrades and a Buckmark.
All 3 shoot where you aim, the Buckmark does it with more finesse.
Buckmark has grip angle and mag release more like a 1911 which is what I shoot for other sports, so it's a better trainer.
Rugers are crude...that's why there are so many upgrades for them.
Buckmark trigger is much better than Ruger.
I have all 3 so I feel justified in saying this.

[Mookie]

Buckmark has grip angle and mag release more like a 1911 which is what I shoot for other sports, so it's a better trainer.

The 22/45 has an identical grip to the 1911, it takes the 1911 grips even. I do agree the Buckmark is a bit more refined, but you make it sound like the Ruger has serious casting issues. It doesn't, far from it.

[Blacklab]

u can't go wrong... there both great shooters. imo.. A buddy has the bench mark & I have the mark 3/ target he's spot on with his. I'm developing...lol. What ever feels good run an enjoy... wink. Either or I don't think there's a wrong answer...GL...