bearcat or single six?

[Pistolero]

Shorty,
I am very fond of Bearcats but I have never owned one. I bought a Ruger Standard in 1969 and a Single-Six convertible in 1970 and always had a for a Bearcat. I am now looking around for a nice older model like your favorite. With luck I will find one in good condition right here!

Regards,

 

[Shorty Jenkins]

Pistolero,

You need one. My part of the country seems to produce a good one every so often. Be glad to watch for you one.
Really like your tag line too ~ trying my best for the world to miss me and rejoice myself.

We'll talk again, sure nice meeting you.
Shorty

 

[WAYNO]

I have owned many Bearcats. Few of them shot to point of aim for me. So one at a time they'd go down the road and I'd try another. It's only been within the past year that I found a new stainless Bearcat that shot very well to point of aim for me. I shoot it often, and I'm very pleased. Even more recently, Ruger has released the adjustable-sight Bearcat. That would have eliminated a lot of years of frustration for me. I've purchased one of these, too. As well as my fixed-sight Bearcat is working for me, I really don't need this adjustable-sight model, other than to take up space in the safe.

So...As much as I always wanted a usable Bearcat, because of all the sight-regulation issues, the 4-5/8" Single Six was my shooter of choice. Since I now own a usable Bearcat, I don't think I've shot my Single Six, since. :mrgreen:

WAYNO.

 

[Pistolero]

Pistolero,

You need one. My part of the country seems to produce a good one every so often. Be glad to watch for you one.
Really like your tag line too ~ trying my best for the world to miss me and rejoice myself.

We'll talk again, sure nice meeting you.
Shorty

Thank you Shorty~

 

[BillA]

A new Bearcat was the first gun I bought myself when I turned 21 in 1967. It cost $41.50 then. I bought another Bearcat in Tampa, Fl., at a gunshow about 8 years ago, a new stainless model. But my main gripe with all my Bearcats was the lack of adjustable sights. Well, now I have a brand new Lippey model Stainless Bearcat with adjustable sights and finally, my wish has come true. This is the sweetest Bearcat of them all.

 

[dcxplant]

Funny you should ask! After joining this forum in '13, here I am tonight posting about my new Bearcat Shopkeeper with fixed sights... I have many other Ruger's but this one has me pretty excited, because it is getting my wife enthused about going shootin', and that is awesome! Also, I took my 6 year old son out this last weekend and he shot his first pistol, a Single Six, and he loved it.

But, the Single Six felt bulky for my wife (small hands) and son (small hands and lack of strength to hold up a full sized 6-gun on his own), so the solution for both is a Bearcat Shopkeeper. Quality is top-rate, fit and finish second to none.

I was able to get 2" groups at 25 yards for a couple of cylinder fulls before my 49 year eyes started to tire in the dim indoor lighting.... and I'm really happy with the purchase. At 7, 10, 25 yards it shot very close to point of aim. I held a bullseye aim point putting the front sight on the bulls eye. It has a really short barrel so off-hand shooting at 25 yards was not spectacular... but that is me, not the gun.

The wife was gleeful at the sight of the Bearcat Shopkeeper, and we can't wait to go out this next weekend on our next family shoot.

Happy Shooting.