Finally BuckMark Silhouette 14"" Range test

jstanfield103 · Post by **jstanfield103** » Mon May 27, 2013 6:22 pm

I finally have my Burris rings on my Buckmark 14". We'll I have had them on for several months now just waiting on some ammo to show up at the LGS. I you may or may not know, I first thought the gun was finished till I shot it. After shooting I could not adjust the scope enough to even get the bullets on a piece of paper. I bought some Burris Z rings as was suggested from several here on RFC. I put these on and the first shot was very close to the target, man that was a relief. I bought this gun and my 10" Ruger Mark II.5 to replace the S&W Model 41 that I got aggravated with. The S&W was the most accurate 22lr pistol that I have ever shot or had but the stove piping just drove me crazy. It was so bad that I tried everything and finally just sold it. I bought the 10" Ruger but it was not as accurate as the 41 so I bought this BuckMark Silhouette 14" in hopes of a accurate pistol, equaling the 41.That did not happen till the Burris Z rings and todays Range trip. I finally took her out after finding a couple hundred rounds of CCI SV. It was a little warm 85 degrees in the full sun with a 10 mile an hour wind (Guessing). I fired from a rest at 25 yards. Here is the result, very happy. This will get better without the wind and a little cooler temp. I can relax a little more. I put a shade on the scope to help with glare (I have no shade) on the range. The target is approx. a quarter in size. This gun is just a lot of fun to shoot and just as comfortable as the S&W, to me right now it is the funnest Target pistol I own.

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Mon May 27, 2013 9:08 pm

Shot these at an indoor 25 yard range a few years back with my 22/45 Great Eight, mounted with a rifle scope from a rest.

jstanfield103 · Post by **jstanfield103** » Tue May 28, 2013 6:28 am

Bearandoldman, those are some targets to be proud of. Mine are almost as good as yours. I can actually cover the holes with a dime. I thought about a rifle scope but I wanted a little more eye relief. I bought this Hi-Lux Chinese Pistol scope 2-7x32 because it had the closes eye relief of any pistol scope out. I tried a Bushnell but 20" eye relief was way out there for my short arms. This scope has a 10 to 13" eye relief. I wish I could find a scope with a higher power to bring those small targets really up close, even with the 7 power a quarter size target is very small at 25 yards. I may have to buy a rifle scope and give it a try.
Thanks for the picture I gives me a little envy to strive for

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Tue May 28, 2013 8:52 am

Got a 2x7 NcStar scope on it now but you have a lot of eye relief with it. I believe that scope was a 6x24 off one of my rifles, not much eye relief but it is only 22LLR. Anything bigger could hurt you. Just something I had to try. Got to see something happen when I shoot or it is no fun, used to shoot 10 to 20 boxes of shotgun shells a week on Skeet and sporting clay for a lot of year, when you hit the target you can see it break int tiny pieces, that was really fun.l