Bull Barrel, Target, Slab Side, Regular
This is reference to the Ruger 22/45 and Browning Buck Mark.
What's the difference between a Bull barrel and a regualr barrel? I know they look different but what else is different? Also I've noticed some weapons called slab side and target. Please explain what are the attributes of each. Trying to decide which one to buy. Browning feels good in my hand but I would like to know what the barrel differences amount too. 22/45 isn't bad.
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What's the difference between a Bull barrel and a regualr barrel? I know they look different but what else is different? Also I've noticed some weapons called slab side and target. Please explain what are the attributes of each. Trying to decide which one to buy. Browning feels good in my hand but I would like to know what the barrel differences amount too. 22/45 isn't bad.
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The regular barrel is just, well, a regular barrel. It is tapered.
The bull barrel is not tapered and has a lot more weight. It has the advantage of it simulating the weight of heavier guns (the 1911 in the case of the 22/45), providing less recoil, and better heat absorption properties.
The slab side was original created by some competition shooters. It reduces the weight of the bull barrel while maintaining most of the increased rigidity and supposedly reduces the harmonic vibration in the barrel. I've shot them and have not been really impressed.
As to which pistol to buy, it's personal preference. I think you will find that most serious .22 pistol shooters with go with the Ruger. The difference between the MarkII and the 22/45 is also academic. Personally, I think the 22/45 feels better and has better controls, although it jams slightly more than the MarkII (which is very, very rare).
One more thing, if you get a Ruger, don't clean it often. They seem to like to be dirty. Just knock the "crud" off every once in a while.
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Ahem, please feel free to clean your guns in any manner you see fit; but my KMKGC678 slab-sided barrel configured Ruger MKII likes to be fouled in the barrel only prior to a 40-round silhouette match. I simply take 3 new Federal 711's, put them in the magazine, and adjust my trigger finger with them just before the match as "sighters".
After the match, I thoroughly clean the barrel and action, foul with 3 and I'm ready again.
There's really no difference between slab-sides and bull barrels as far as damping vibration; I like the slabs because I don't want to mount a "barrier slide" on the barrel. ( the "slide" is used to index the side of the barrel against the barricade in IPSC shooting)
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