Yeah I would say the thumb safety on my Buck Mark is also a bit on the stiff side. I think that's generally how they are on these pistols. I don't know if it loosens up with use because I never actually use the manual safeties on my target / plinking guns which is how I treat the Buck Mark and I've probably only interacted with it a couple times as a test. Good luck with yours and congrats on the new Buck Mark! I agree that it's a fantastic shooter 😄
@@GigatonsGunworks I see, thanks a lot. How often do you clean it? And do you happen to know if you can switch barrels, like put an 7 inch barrel on it instead of the 5.5?
There are aftermarket barrels for Buck Marks out there but I've never personally looked into them myself as I'm pretty happy with the one it comes with. I clean the pistol after every time I use it but that's completely overkill if I'm being honest. I cleaned it after making this video and there was almost no carbon coming off on my patches. The unique design of this pistols action shoots really clean compared to traditional autoloading guns with normal slides. I'm just OCD and I clean all my guns after I use them and before storage because it gives me another way to enjoy them when I'm away from the range. The Buck Mark is really reliable and a mild bit of oiling can run many many hundreds of standard velocity .22LR rounds without the need for a cleaning or oiling and it'll still run smoothly.
👍 that’s right, I saw the manual recommended cleaning after every use. Do you clean it like the manual recommends or do you have any other methods you could share?
You really don't need to clean the Buck Mark very much unless you are shooting unjacketed (exposed lead) projectiles in which case you should run a rod through the barrel after each use to prevent lead build-up in the rifling causing your accuracy to drop. Otherwise you can just do as the manual suggests and run a brush and some cleaning patches through the barrel as needed. You really don't need to field strip the gun like conventional pistols and you can easily get away with only cleaning it once every 1000 rounds due to it's unique clean-shooting action design especially if shooting normal jacketed ammo. The Buck Mark is a super low maintenance gun. When I clean mine, I actually do remove the barrel and disassemble just the action / slide behind the barrel. You can find many videos on how to do this on RUclips and it's fairly easy but you really shouldn't need to do it often unless you just like to clean guns for the fun of it. If you decide this is something you want to do, you'll need a 7/64 hex wrench to remove the barrel and a 3/32 wrench for the screws that secure the top rail.
Try telling us if it’s keeping zero , etc.
It hasn't lost zero. I haven't had any issues with this red dot.
Hey, just picked up this Buckmark today, nice shooter but the safety is very rigid, is yours like this? Does it loosen up with time? Thanks in advance
Yeah I would say the thumb safety on my Buck Mark is also a bit on the stiff side. I think that's generally how they are on these pistols. I don't know if it loosens up with use because I never actually use the manual safeties on my target / plinking guns which is how I treat the Buck Mark and I've probably only interacted with it a couple times as a test. Good luck with yours and congrats on the new Buck Mark! I agree that it's a fantastic shooter 😄
@@GigatonsGunworks I see, thanks a lot. How often do you clean it? And do you happen to know if you can switch barrels, like put an 7 inch barrel on it instead of the 5.5?
There are aftermarket barrels for Buck Marks out there but I've never personally looked into them myself as I'm pretty happy with the one it comes with. I clean the pistol after every time I use it but that's completely overkill if I'm being honest. I cleaned it after making this video and there was almost no carbon coming off on my patches. The unique design of this pistols action shoots really clean compared to traditional autoloading guns with normal slides. I'm just OCD and I clean all my guns after I use them and before storage because it gives me another way to enjoy them when I'm away from the range. The Buck Mark is really reliable and a mild bit of oiling can run many many hundreds of standard velocity .22LR rounds without the need for a cleaning or oiling and it'll still run smoothly.
👍 that’s right, I saw the manual recommended cleaning after every use. Do you clean it like the manual recommends or do you have any other methods you could share?
You really don't need to clean the Buck Mark very much unless you are shooting unjacketed (exposed lead) projectiles in which case you should run a rod through the barrel after each use to prevent lead build-up in the rifling causing your accuracy to drop. Otherwise you can just do as the manual suggests and run a brush and some cleaning patches through the barrel as needed. You really don't need to field strip the gun like conventional pistols and you can easily get away with only cleaning it once every 1000 rounds due to it's unique clean-shooting action design especially if shooting normal jacketed ammo. The Buck Mark is a super low maintenance gun. When I clean mine, I actually do remove the barrel and disassemble just the action / slide behind the barrel. You can find many videos on how to do this on RUclips and it's fairly easy but you really shouldn't need to do it often unless you just like to clean guns for the fun of it. If you decide this is something you want to do, you'll need a 7/64 hex wrench to remove the barrel and a 3/32 wrench for the screws that secure the top rail.