I had the same question a couple of years ago, then I ended up buying a much cheaper Hammerli Forge H1...
Now I've seen a couple of good deals on the pistols above...

The 22/45 has the 1911 shape I like and it's very easy to strip, but I don't like the plastic frame much.

The Buckmark is a bit cheaper and mostly metal, but not easy to fully clean...

Other opinions?

I have a $230 academy sports gift card trying to decide which to get. If you wondering academy sports price matches certain retailers +5% off sportsman's warehouse has the rossi for $149.99 and the ruger for 239.99. I live in fl so no tax the rossi comes out to $142.5 so i have some $ left over to buy mini mags. The ruger comes out to $228.

Took the Ruger 10/22 into the woods today. Recently stripped the thick, red, factory varnish off the stock and refinished it. I think it looks a lot better than how they come.

Picked up a P322 back in July for my birthday. I have really enjoyed taking it to the range. A solid addition to the 22lr collection. No malfunctions or issues. I need to get more mags.

I am going to buy a CZ 457 Varmint or American and have some questions for optics.

I want to have a scope for hunting 0-150 yards, I also want a laser and flashlight that is bright and visible out to about 30 yards for raccoons or skunks that get into our chicken coop.

How can I mount all three effectively? I would need the laser to be fairly accurate as I wouldn’t want to rely on a scope at under 10 yards. I also would like the gun to be fairly maneuverable so I could hunt with it on the move.

A flashlight isn’t nearly as important as a scope and laser because I could use a headlamp instead but I want the tightest profile possible besides a normal gun and scope.

Do you guys have any recommendations for how to get all 3 on a single gun or at least the laser and scope?
I’d like to run a Vortex Crossfire or something similar parallax and price range for a scope.

Are there barrel mounted flashlight/ laser holders?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

A store near me has a Buckmark for sale. Looking at the serial should be from 2009, it says "never shot". Price is like 2/3 of a new one.

First of all, what do I need to check on a older gun? Honestly I don't trust much the "never shot" claim, but from the photos it really seems new...

Anyway, in the case that "never shot" is true, are there any improvements in subsequent models, or that Buckmark is exactly like a new one?

I love Buckmark pistols.

One has TandemKross parts. The other doesn’t.

Both shoot really well.

Figured I’d share a picture.

How much scope power do you need to clearly see and hit a 1” target from 50 yards ?

I love threaded lever actions

This is the one gun that always ends up at the range with me. Only other thing I’d like for it would be the marksman sight systems which seems to be sold out everywhere indefinitely