:shock: What I remember for sure about Bearcats, is when I got C001 new in the box here in Boise, someone who knew Rugers a lot better than me (I'm a late to the party guy) said "Don't let that pretty southern lady see that"! I don't think anyone ever said "Who". Lets see Tennessee....Now I'm gonna have to go home and dig out my old store bought Collector's journals and sleuth some...RB Oh and about reading Ruger Books...yes! That dang OldRugerMan has coerced me into long guns! Here I was an innocent RSS collector and met Ruger(Randy) and happen to have an employee that wanted to sell a nice #1 who had a Dad that wanted to sell a nice #1 and now I'm face down in more books!!! And I've got more Flatbolts than I have #1's....and a set of #3's, heck yess I'm reading and esssplainin to Lucy, I mean SWWBO that these really are a good investment and NO I don't have to sell one to Prove It!!!RB