My First Rimfire Pistol (and the second)

View · by **Uffdaphil** on Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:34 pm

I thought the Buck Mark Standard en route would be my first rimfire handgun, but a local Armslist listing ambushed me today. Seller said he thought it was a MkII and not wanting to take the time to research and lose out, I took a chance since it looked in decent condition. Traded some 5.56 and cash.

So it turns out to be a 1952 Standard (37xxx) with some bluing loss on the grip frame and the rest pert near perfect. It's for shooting not display and I am a happy camper.

View · by **Snakeman721** on Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:43 pm

For a 1952 model, it looks to be in great shape. And BTW, it's the first model. Congratulations!

View · by **hirdlej** on Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:41 pm

What'd you have to give for that?

View · by **Uffdaphil** on Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:30 pm

Traded 300 rds of 5.56 + $150.

It's the second or third year, not the very first edition.The earliest ones had a red eagle on the grip. When Ruger's partner, Sturm, died the eagle was changed to black as a sign of mourning.

View · by **adoptedson** on Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:58 pm

Really nice piece! Congrats.

View · by **SSBotanyBay** on Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:08 pm

That's awesome. Enjoy!

View · by **Snakeman721** on Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:37 pm

Uffdaphil wrote:Traded 300 rds of 5.56 + $150.

It's the second or third year, not the very first edition.The earliest ones had a red eagle on the grip. When Ruger's partner, Sturm, died the eagle was changed to black as a sign of mourning.

I meant that it's not a MKII or MKIII, it's the first model. Yep, I knew about the eagle color change. Very nice pickup!

View · by **Rodentman** on Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:44 pm

Don't put (or try to put) a Majestic Arms stripper kit in it.

View · by **Uffdaphil** on Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:13 pm

No mods whatsoever for this one. Just try to find 4-5 mags and see how far I dare break it down to clean out the gunk. A quick CLPing shows little wear on the bolt/chamber/bore. Smooth light trigger. I like.

Buck Mark .22 should arrive Thur. So I will post a quickie comparison then. Wish I still had my Hopalong 2-gun holster.

View · by **mn4wheeler** on Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:29 pm

nice score.

View · by **PHATSPEED7x** on Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:39 am

Beautiful!

View · by **Uffdaphil** on Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:00 am

Posted pic of second one just brought home - ten year old Browning Buck Mark Standard in 95% condition. Beautiful polished slab sides don't show in photo. Don't make me choose between this and the Ruger.

View · by **bertzlee** on Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:29 am

its amazing to see that kind of guns right now, cause that was in 1915 models of gun,
but steel there for a long time, i think the owner of that is a good person.

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