Browning Buck Mark
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The Browning Buck Mark is a semi-automatic pistol for .22 LR cartridges, made by the Browning Arms Company
. It began production in 1985 and is still produced. The Buck Mark replaced both the Challenger and International pistol models. The same action from the pistol is used in Buck Mark rifles.
ammunition, with a magazine holding ten rounds. The gun comes equipped with a thumb safety as well as front and rear iron sight
s. Features for some models include a bull barrel, full length scope rail, and wooden comfort grips.
Browning Arms Company
Browning Arms Company is a maker of firearms, bows and fishing gear. Founded in Utah in 1927, it offers a wide variety of firearms, including shotguns, rifles, pistols, and rimfire firearms and sport bows, as well as fishing rods and reels....
. It began production in 1985 and is still produced. The Buck Mark replaced both the Challenger and International pistol models. The same action from the pistol is used in Buck Mark rifles.
Design details
The Buck Mark pistol is designed with a straight blowback action, and is crafted using aluminum alloy. The gun uses .22 Long Rifle.22 Long Rifle
The .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge is a long established variety of ammunition, and in terms of units sold is still by far the most common in the world today. The cartridge is often referred to simply as .22 LR and various rifles, pistols, revolvers, and even some smoothbore shotguns have...
ammunition, with a magazine holding ten rounds. The gun comes equipped with a thumb safety as well as front and rear iron sight
Iron sight
Iron sights are a system of shaped alignment markers used as a sighting device to assist in the aiming of a device such as a firearm, crossbow, or telescope, and exclude the use of optics as in telescopic sights or reflector sights...
s. Features for some models include a bull barrel, full length scope rail, and wooden comfort grips.