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Post by squawberryman on Jan 16, 2018 21:30:21 GMT -5
Anybody ever use one? What are your thoughts about quality and accuracy?
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Post by arokcrwlr on Jan 16, 2018 22:24:07 GMT -5
My dad has one and it is very accurate and is typical Browning quality.
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Post by jgt on Jan 17, 2018 9:21:52 GMT -5
I have owned the Medalist and the International Brownings. I also owned an early Challenger and still have that one. Why? I found the Challenger shot just as well, in my hands, as the others. The Medalist was nice and very pretty with over size grips, vent rib, and bull barrel, but shot about the same in my hands as the Challenger. The International was like a Challenger with a bull barrel added and did not shoot as well as the Medalists. Not a lot, but still not as well. As a result I sold both to recoup my investment and kept the Challenger to shoot. I mostly shoot my S&W 17 and 18, but the Challenger is still near and dear and shoots as well as ever. When the Buckmark first came out they were on sale at a local gun store. I bought one for my wife for under $200 and was surprised at how well it shot. The magazine would also interchange with the Challenger I had.
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Post by mindustrial on Jan 17, 2018 11:30:30 GMT -5
"The International was like a Challenger with a bull barrel..." Browning made a couple versions. Mine is earlier bright blue, vent rib (shorter with only four vent slots instead of the five on the medalist) otherwise same as the medalist with no fore stock. What is the bbl length? 5.9 instead of 6 3/4"?
My Int. Medalist shoots as well as my S&W 41. I prefer the 41's because the grips that came on the Browning (non-factory) don't fit.
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Post by oddshooter on Jan 17, 2018 16:46:02 GMT -5
My Browning medalist is one of the prettiest and most accurate I have.
Front weights help with balance.
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Post by jfs on Jan 17, 2018 18:53:11 GMT -5
Always wanted one of those sweet lookin Medalist`s  Settled on a Buckmark that`s great to shoot..... Tactical Solution`s barrel...
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Post by bushog on Jan 17, 2018 19:07:24 GMT -5
Always wanted one of those sweet lookin Medalist`s Settled on a Buckmark that`s great to shoot..... Tactical Solution`s barrel... So this is something I have wondered about....... Does a guy go with a Ruger frame and a TS Pac Lite barrel/reciever or the Buckmark like shown? The Buckmark sure would be less expensive than getting romanced by all the add-ons Volsquartsen has for the Rugers...... The one I have now is full Volquartsen with the Pac-lite barrel very nice and super accurate but they're spendy....almost like a Medalist....  |
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Post by jfs on Jan 17, 2018 22:14:10 GMT -5
your Ruger sure looks good.......
my add on barrel is longer and lighter then the original
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 18, 2018 1:45:16 GMT -5
jgt.... a revelation, that magazines swap between Medalist/Challenger and Buckmark. Would not have guessed it, from rakish grip angle of the challenger/Medalist... to the staid John Browning angle borrowed for the Buckmark. As IHMSA stepped into .22 handgun silhouette, a few companies threw in with pistols of stunning accuracy. The top three would have to be Anschutz, with a phenomenally clean 10-inch and a 14-inch on the Model 64 action with pristine 2-stage trigger; Browning with a super shooting Buckmark Silhouette model; and Freedom Arms with the M-252, a .22 built on the M-83 frame. Each pistol screaming to carve a chapter in rimfire accuracy.
As we geared up a couple weeks ago to shoot through a driving snow, a Medalist in Browning presentation case stayed behind, close to the fire. No such reprieve, my Ruger MK II bull 5-1/2”. After, we would have felt obliged to clean the Browning.
David Bradshaw
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Post by oddshooter on Jan 18, 2018 10:39:05 GMT -5
I hate to say it David, but my Medalist doesn't get out to dance much. She's just too gorgeous with that wood grip. I only take her when I know I've got some controlled circumstances. Like you mentioned, my Ruger Mark II Government Target with slab sided bull barrel is the goto 22.
My model 41 sees more lead and is a tack driver as well. and if I get bored, there's always the model E Hi Standards and the Colt Woodsmans. There are beaucoup auto 22s that put a grin on my face.
Funny when I try to imagine why, but my S&W Model 17 with 8 3/8" barrel and target grips goes every trip.
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Post by jgt on Jan 18, 2018 10:45:07 GMT -5
The first time I saw a Browning Medalist was while shooting at the Corpus Christi Rifle and Pistol range. I was ringing out my first model 29 S&W on the 50 yard range. An older gentleman of retirement age come in with a bunch of gear I normally only saw at pistol matches. Pistol box equipped with a spotting scope that could attach to the lid, staple gun, assorted targets, differ brands of ammo. I stopped shooting to give him a chance to put up his target and replace mine. When we were back at our stations, he asked what I was shooting so I showed him. When I ask what he was shooting he brought out this beautiful Browning Medalist. I could not believe how great it felt in the hand and how natural it pointed. Resolving to search for one myself, he invited me to shoot his. I said" You just put up your target, I don't want to delay your shooting and mess up your fresh target before you even get the chance to shoot." He was very gracious and insisted I shoot it. So I said ok. I told him I would shoot at the NRA emblem in the bottom right hand corner. The spot was about the size of a quarter if I recall correctly. I was nervous having a more experience shoot watch me shoot and was sorry I picked such a small target as it appeared about the size of a nat on top of the front sight. I fired one round and commented on how nice it shot while he was still looking at the target through his spotting scope. He then ask me where I had been aiming. I said I had been aiming at the NRA emblem in the lower right hand corner of the target, but probably missed the target completely. I ask him if he could tell where I hit? He told me I would have to look for myself. When I looked through his spotting scope I was looking at the emblem with a .22 size hole as perfect as possible in the middle of the emblem. I was as surprised as he was. I decided to quit while I was ahead and started walking back to my table when he said, "Oh no you don't! You're going to shoot the rest of the magazine." I never hit that emblem's center in nine more tries. He was a nice guy, but he was not going to let me get away with that one. When we met from time to time afterward we always had a good laugh about it.
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Post by oddshooter on Jan 18, 2018 12:06:07 GMT -5
I can resonate with that.
If a guy picks up one of mine and hits dead center on the first try, no way I'm letting him walk away.
Nice story. Thanks for sharing.
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