Old Ruger adds

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Going through some old American Rifleman magazines. Thought this add was neat!
Cost of cylinder and fitting on your 357, $16 plus shipping both ways! Add was March 1968
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I love the old ads.

I have a notebook full of them. I have all the ones published in the American Rifleman from the very first (August 1949) until well into the 1970's. After that,, I have a different notebook with dealer flyers of many of the ads.
 
Not Ruger but still neat I think. If the OP doesnt want other brands, I'll delete it.

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In 1959, to show the reliability of Remington's new Nylon 66 .22 LR semiauto, Tom Frye used three Nylon 66 rifles to shoot at tossed wooden blocks and averaged 1,000 shots per hour (one shot every four seconds) for 13 consecutive eight-hour days. At the end of this, he shot at 100,010 blocks and hit 100,004, missing only six! The rifles were cleaned only five times during the demonstration.

There is a slight connection with the Nylon 66 and the Ruger Bearcat!

All the Nylon 66 details:

https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/throwback-thursday-the-remington-nylon-66/
 
The success and longevity of the Nylon series is part of the reason why it always made me giggle and roll my eyes when Ruger fans complained about plastic parts being added to the 10/22.
 
Are you sure that ad is from 1951? It lists a Blackhawk in 44 Magnum. That caliber wasn't introduced until late 1955 when Smith and Wesson introduced the Model 29 and Remington made the ammo for it. Gun writer Elmer Keith got the first one since the concept was largely his idea.
 
I believe irishjack is discussing the ad that Paladin showed as a 1951.

Both of y'all are a little off.

The Bearcat was introduced in 1958,, so that ad,, (without me going to look it up,) would be from at least 1958,, and it may well be a 1959 one.

But that's a small detail. It's still a neat old ad!

I always thought the early ones with the various "critters" in them were the best ones.
 
I believe irishjack is discussing the ad that Paladin showed as a 1951.

Both of y'all are a little off.

The Bearcat was introduced in 1958,, so that ad,, (without me going to look it up,) would be from at least 1958,, and it may well be a 1959 one.

But that's a small detail. It's still a neat old ad!

I always thought the early ones with the various "critters" in them were the best ones.
Hey Tyrone I know you are a critter eradicator supreme but what do you use to catch a Bearcat?
 
.....and a FULL wallet........:cool::rolleyes:;)

,,,,,,,and yes the magazines had to have a "lead time" for printing, and some ads are for "whats coming" and /or whats "now available"........LOTS of good old ads out there, gotta find folks to buy the stuff, I take this to any gun show and MOST do not even look at them...we used to take them and get them framed in the old days, you cannnot even get back what the framing would cost these days...........:unsure:
 
Are you sure that ad is from 1951? It lists a Blackhawk in 44 Magnum. That caliber wasn't introduced until late 1955 when Smith and Wesson introduced the Model 29 and Remington made the ammo for it. Gun writer Elmer Keith got the first one since the concept was largely his idea.
The year of that ad should have read 1961, not 1951. That was a typo which I have since corrected. Good catch!
 
Good one Paladin. I knew it was older than 1951,, or even 1958, but never bothered to look it up.

Ok, the inquiring minds have made comments about trapping a Bearcat,, and what it entails. Here ya go;

First,, you have to use a trap. The type of trap is a bit different than for many critters. I've seen them in gun shows, gun shops, pawn shops, estate sales, internet ads, and even little old widow women's homes. They are there,,, because someone has a Bearcat that they can't live with anymore,, and they set a trap for those poor souls who have an affliction called "Rugeritis!" Often,, they slip into such places,, kinda quietly,, and appear nonchalant.
The next little attractant,, but one as powerful as the scent of a skunk,, is a little tag that has a number on it,, preceded by a funny symbol,, (this $ ) I equate it to how a trapper places a bird feather hanging over a trap swinging in the breeze to garner attention from far & wide.
When an afflicted Rugerite sees the little tag,, they get a focused upon that,, and they are almost in the trap,, as they approach it. They get the little tag in their hands,, and the trap is about to fire. They see that little symbol, and the following numbers,, and bingo,, they are snared! The reaction of seeing the tag,, causes them to reach for their wallet,, whip it out,, withdrawing these funny little pieces of paper,, with pictures of dead presidents upon them, with the matching little sign,, to mate up with the numbers on that tag.
And the Bearcat has caught another Rugerite. Or,, as we like to relate,, we have caught a Bearcat to take to our homes & enjoy.
 

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