Stainless Bearcat ???

[Redstick]

Local shop hereabouts has a Stainless Bearcat with an aluminum ejector rod housing. All the other Stainless Bearcats I've seen, have had a Stainless ejector rod housing. The shop owner sez, "it's a new gun, it came that way from the factory", and yes, he's got the box... It's looks are totally UN-attractive!! Did Ruger run outta the Stainless ejector rod housings, OR WHAT??? :?:

 

[WAYNO]

All stainless Bearcats have the aluminum ejector rod housing, and the consensus is, they are rather unattractive.

I did see one, recently, where the factory process had been removed from the ERH, and the "white" aluminum was a much closer match to stainless, than the original process.

WAYNO.

 

[coyote]

when i first saw it on my SS Bearcat i was stunned. can't be!

so i called ruger to see if that was indeed a original factory installed part. it sure was.

so i then asked if i could buy a stainless housing. nope, they don't make them.

such a nice gun all-stainless gun with this one aluminum exception. why would they do that???

 

[JohnBoy]

In reference to WAYNO's comments above - here is a link to the 'white' aluminum ERH project:

Harton SS Bearcat

 

[Redstick]

I bought a consecutive pair of them when they first came out. I shore thought THAT PAIR had Stainless ejector rod housings... If they had aluminum ejector rod housings, I'm GLAD I got rid of them, but I don't think they did.

 

[flatgate]

I've NEVER heard of a Factory Stainless Steel ejector housing for the Bearcat/Super Bearcat/New Bearcat series. A early OM Bearcat steel housing could probably be "plated/coated" to look pretty good......

flatgate

 

[Aggie01]

You can nickel plate the aluminum and keep the weight savings as well - or hard chrome over the nickel plate.

I wouldn't mind finding a an alloy cylinder/frame OM bearcat and adding a NM alloy ERH and plating the whole thing except you guys would likely tar and feather me for wrecking an OM bearcat like that...

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Aggie, that would probably depend on the condition of the gun to begin with.

If it were a "beater" with major cosmetic issues, your re-vamping really wouldn't hurt much, assuming it wasn't some extremely rare variation.

JMHO
:mrgreen:

 

[StonewallRuger]

I never even noticed it on mine. I'll have to look when I get home. I guess mine has a pretty good match. haha