Recent content by Bkat

Ruger forum member LSCG made some beautiful American Holly grips for me for a 1911. They're yellowing nicely with age and look almost like ivory. He's also made grips for a couple of my Blackhawks and a Bearcat. I've been very pleased with all his work and I know a number of members here...

Gramps is the best shot I know of with a car. He didn't even have a scope mounted on it. As I recall, he just about cleaned out feral hogs in south Texas in one night!

I met Powers and saw this Bearcat at the Houston Gun Collectors show last weekend. It was beautiful and the CCH work was just outstanding. He used a new model Bearcat and fluted the cylinder.

Here's an interesting article on Warner, not only a lion-hunting expert, but a successful rancher and conservationist as well. http://www.nature.org/magazine/archives/new-life-in-the-badlands.xml

In addition to all the other defenses mentioned here, the fact that Ruger will still convert an OM free, just by asking, should be another tough obstacle for the plaintiff to overcome. I'm betting that the plaintiff lawyers are either gun-ignorant or hoping for a quick settlement for a few...

My most accurate centerfire revolver is an old model .30 carbine Blackhawk, followed closely by a 4 5/8 new model .44 spcl flattop. Most accurate rimfire is the mag cylinder in a 5.5" super single six that belonged to my Dad.

I use a product called Pistol Pro MagSlick on all my semi-auto magazines, inside and out and on the springs. For the first use, you need to degrease the magazine and springs first before applying the MagSlick. It's worked great for me. It's made by Krunch Products and I got mine from Brownell's.

Well, it rhymes with Luger.

Doug, Ruger designed it that way just to annoy you. :lol: I feel your pain--been there myself as have most other Mark owners. What step of the process was causing the problem?

I have a Ruger Standard, a Mark I bull barrel and a Mk II. The Mark I & II always require the rubber mallet to get the barrel off the receiver and back on. The Standard, made in '64, lifts right off with no problem and back on in exactly the right position and the bolt stop pin slides in...

The rosewood-looking grips are actually a composite of plastic and I think silicone. They were original to the early Bearcats before Ruger went to walnut grips. Bkat

My mistake--the $935 price is for 3-digits, not four. Contender is right about the 4-digit price. Bkat

The last RENE price list I saw listed a 95-98% four-digit Bearcat at $935.

Forum member j miller makes and sells spare cylinder bags out of felt, modeled after the Ruger bags, but his are stouter. (I'm assuming he's still in the business.). He makes two sizes, one for .22s and one for centerfire cylinders. I've bought several from him and have been very pleased with...

This was Colt's first double action, the .38 Lightning, followed shortly by the .41 Thunderer, both with fixed cylinders and birdshead grips. The 4.5" and up barrels had ejectors, but the shorter barreled "pocket pistols" did not. Bkat