My wife finally wants a gun! Ruger Bearcat - Page 2

OldScout · December 10, 2017, 11:35 AM

The 22 revolver is an excellent firearm for just starting out

Real Gun · December 10, 2017, 02:25 PM

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The 22 revolver is an excellent firearm for just starting out

As long as you don't pretend it would be effective for personal protection. A false sense of security is dangerous.

rclark · December 10, 2017, 03:52 PM

Just for starting out? Naw, it is a good all around fun revolver to shoot with at any time or place!

**4V50 Gary** · December 10, 2017, 03:57 PM

Doc_Holliday_1950 - what characteristic(s) of the Ruger did your wife dislike?

HighValleyRanch · December 10, 2017, 04:12 PM

I'm tickled pink. She's showing off the gun to all our friends when they come over to the house! Never thought I'd see this day.

Doc Holliday 1950 · December 10, 2017, 06:06 PM

Gary,
The trigger was a tad too forward for her finger to get comfortable pulling it & her hands hurt after firing it more than one or 2 shots. She didn't iike practicing.

ThomasT · December 12, 2017, 02:14 AM

I have always wanted a Bearcat but never did pick one up. I have an old flat latch S&W model 34 that weighs the same 24oz as the BC and didn’t see the point in just basically reproducing it. But if it would get my wife to try shooting I would get one.

I hope you post a report after you get your wife to the range. And it may sound crazy but consider buying a nice pellet pistol to practice at home with. I wore out a Crosman 1377 pump pistol by shooting it so often. It was used when I got it. But I give credit to that gun for teaching me to shoot a handgun. I am on my third one now.

December 10, 2017, 03:52 PM	#28
rclark Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2009 Location: Butte, MT Posts: 2,619	Just for starting out? Naw, it is a good all around fun revolver to shoot with at any time or place! __________________ A clinger and deplorable, MAGA, and life NRA member. When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Single Action .45 Colt (Sometimes colloquially referred to by its alias as the .45 'Long' Colt or .45LC). Don't leave home without it. That said, the .44Spec is right up their too... but the .45 Colt is still the king.

December 10, 2017, 03:57 PM	#29
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,831	Doc_Holliday_1950 - what characteristic(s) of the Ruger did your wife dislike? __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

December 10, 2017, 04:12 PM	#30
HighValleyRanch Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2005 Posts: 4,066	I'm tickled pink. She's showing off the gun to all our friends when they come over to the house! Never thought I'd see this day. __________________ From the sweet grass to the slaughter house; From birth until death; We travel between these two eternities........from 'Broken Trail"

December 10, 2017, 06:06 PM	#31
Doc Holliday 1950 Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2014 Location: Bout as south as it gets Posts: 1,238	Gary, The trigger was a tad too forward for her finger to get comfortable pulling it & her hands hurt after firing it more than one or 2 shots. She didn't iike practicing. __________________ Shoot well and be Accurate, Doc

December 10, 2017, 11:35 AM	#26
OldScout Member Join Date: August 1, 2017 Location: North Central Illinois Posts: 52	The 22 revolver is an excellent firearm for just starting out

December 12, 2017, 02:14 AM	#32
ThomasT Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,753	I have always wanted a Bearcat but never did pick one up. I have an old flat latch S&W model 34 that weighs the same 24oz as the BC and didn’t see the point in just basically reproducing it. But if it would get my wife to try shooting I would get one. I hope you post a report after you get your wife to the range. And it may sound crazy but consider buying a nice pellet pistol to practice at home with. I wore out a Crosman 1377 pump pistol by shooting it so often. It was used when I got it. But I give credit to that gun for teaching me to shoot a handgun. I am on my third one now.