Just bought a Browning Buckmark challenger with a non-bull barrel. Really love it!! Does a bull barrel really make that much difference for shooting small game and taking it out to the range to put a brick of .22's through it?

The key here is balance and steadiness. Try both barrels and see which one feels best to you. The bull barrel might be too front heavy for you. On the other hand, the regular barrel might make the pistol feel backend heavy. My old High Standard has two adjustable barrel weights. It feels right with the heavier weight in the middle of the barrel. It's a case of fitting the gun to you.

Bye
Jack

When I go out and am plinking or for something to do when the squirrels go down and perhaps tin cans are in order I shoot a Ruger Target auto with a bull barrel.

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Most times I'm out in the woods though or fishing or even plinking with my grand daughters I shoot a four inch Rossi revolver.

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The Target gun is accurate as the dickens and fun to shoot, but the little revolver is durn accurate and because it's easy to carry and fun to shoot actually get shot more than the auto. It'll take grouse to as far as I can shoot it and out to 15 feet you wouldn't want to be a rattle snake.

My belief is the bull barrel doesn't make a bit of difference as long as you have an accurate pistol/revolver and the little Brownings have a dandy record of being accurate. Just keep shooting it and you'll find as your skill increases the distance you can pot small game goes up.

I have to ask,which is the higher degree of accuracy.
Is it "Accurate as the dickens" or is "durn accurate"

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Thanks Jack,
As to being front or back heavy, thats what I liked about the tapered barrel model vs. the bull barrel ones. It was a perfect blance and I felt I could point and shoot easily. Thanks for giving me a bit of calmness that I bought the right gun and that the bull barrels don't make to much of a difference.
Yeah, I would like to know the difference between too? :D

Thanks Jack,
As to being front or back heavy, thats what I liked about the tapered barrel model vs. the bull barrel ones. It was a perfect blance and I felt I could point and shoot easily. Thanks for giving me a bit of calmness that I bought the right gun and that the bull barrels don't make to much of a difference.
Yeah, I would like to know the difference between too? :D

Didn't mean to leave you out of that compliment faucettb! thanks also for the two bits on the barrel doesn't make a lot of difference!! :)

The key to accuracy is the inside of a barrel not the diamiter. A bull barrels advantage in a 22 Rim Fire is greatly over blown.The largest contribution to accuracy that a bull barrel contributes is it's dampening of barrel harmonics(vibration) and this is not much of a concern in a 22 LR Plinking handgun.Ballence IMHO is an important factor of consideration............

I have to ask,which is the higher degree of accuracy.
Is it "Accurate as the dickens" or is "durn accurate"

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Here in this section of Idaho "Accurate as the dickens" outshadows "durn accurate" by a "nudge" which is just a little better than a "budge", but not quite as good as a "booger".

Now when you've got one that's just plain "slantern" accurate it's something to see.

It's kind of hard to explain unless you've been here. Now for those whom don't quite understand what all that means I've included a picture to establish my bonifides.

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I think that should be your new avatar, Bob! :cool:

I think that should be your new avatar, Bob! :cool:





i think i may steal it before bob does.

Bob,

Your having to much fun making fun of yourself and your fellow Idahooligans!:D

The really sad part is I really resemble the fella in the cartoon. Unless someone tells you different this getting old isn't near as much fun as I was told it was.

Anyway I'm just going to keep taking my lasix and in-between bathroom trips answering questions.

Got to admit that after bumping around about everywhere in this country in a semi for a bunch of years I sure do like this Idaho country, course Montana, Washington and Oregon are also pretty if you stay away from the populated parts.

I shoot the Buckmark Standard. It took me two Rugers, A Walther, High-Standard, a Smith and a Taurus 22 revolver to figger out that this buckmark shot best for me. I am one with this pistol, and for me, the weight of the slab-sided standard's barrel balances perfect with it's rubber grips. The single change i made was to invest in a set of Fiber optic front sights, as mt aging eyes sometimes do not want to focuse as fast as I'd like thm to.

Sometimes everything falls together like that. For me it was the little Rossi revolver. I've had a dozen pistols, from one of the first model Colt Woodsman to High standard HD's to a bunch of Ruger semi's and wheel guns from Smith fine little six inch kit gun to K-22's and this inexpensive little Rossi is the one most used.

Your right on the money about the fire-sights and old eyes.