Ruger Bearcat Revolver

[MN BassFisher]

I was recently gifted an old Ruger Bearcat revolver from my Father. He hasn't used it in a long time so I cleaned it up good and proper. Now I'm looking to get out to the range with it! It's a pretty cool and lightweight revolver, I wish I would have had it when I lived in Colorado as it would have made a great backcountry, trail gun. Is anyone else familiar with these revolvers?

 

[RebelSS]

I had one of those in the 70's ....it was a blast! Great plinking gun! Be aware there is  safety update on these, if it's a pre '73, not necessary, but Ruger will do it if you wish...

 

http://www.ruger.com/pdf/safetyOfferAd.pdf

Edited September 23, 2015 by RebelSS

[MN BassFisher]

That's great information, thanks man! I believe this one is a 2nd Edition Bearcat so it would be eligible.

[Ufatz]

Had one of the very first batch of those. Great fun. Bought another for my wife. One of them was VERY accurate and they were both all sorts of fun. I'd probably buy another if it was reasonably priced. I think the first one I bought was something like $37.

And that was back when $37 meant something!  Ha Ha Ha!

[MN BassFisher]

Haha. I planned on hitting the range with it tonight to put some rounds through it but didn't get around to it. I'm wanting to see what type of 22LR ammo it prefers - I plan on starting with some CCI Standard Velocity. Hopefully it likes that because that seems to be that 22LR I can find the most nowadays.

[RebelSS]

Ad from the mid 50's....

 

 

[Ufatz]

That's the one.  But I just KNOW I did not pay that much for my first one. All these years later I cannot recall what I did with the two of them......but we had them for quite a while.

Fun little gun. Some were deadly accurate and others not so much.

[RebelSS]

I don't recall what I did with mine, either.   I also had a H&R 22 WMR mag revolver that was a real blast, I think it was a nine-shot. I wish I still had that one too. 

[MN BassFisher]

That Ad is awesome. Good find!