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November 21, 2017, 09:27 PM
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My wife finally wants a gun! Ruger Bearcat
I've never been able to get my wife interested. She shot my glock 19 years and years ago, and the noise and blast scared her so much she left the range.
Then we tried .22 rifle, but she is left eye dominant, so could not hold the rifle comfortable. More recently I gave her a Smith model 17. But the single action on it was so light, she had a couple of scares where the gun went off before she was ready. So she just about gave up. A week ago, I was selling my HK P2000sk on a forum, and a guy offers me a stainless Ruger Bearcat with some cash for it. At first I thought I don't need it, but then I thought, maybe I could see if my wife was interested. I showed it to her, and explained that it was simple to operate, and even found a youtube video with alaska granny where she talks about how much she loved the Bearcat, and to my amazement, she said she wanted one!! So tomorrow we are going to do the trade and she is excited about HER NEW GUN! Never thought the day would come when I could be saying that. If it has to be a single action .22 that gets her excited and into shooting, so be It!
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November 21, 2017, 10:29 PM
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if it is not too late, they made a version with adjustable sights. That would be much more precise to aim and obviously adjust POI.
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November 21, 2017, 11:05 PM
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Great little guns. Should be perfect for her.
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November 21, 2017, 11:06 PM
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November 22, 2017, 06:42 AM
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If she's excited about it, get it. They're great little guns. I never had any trouble hitting what I shot at with mine, well except for squirrels. I did scare a few of them though.
 When I lived out in the country, I had mine on my hip constantly. Ruger sells a great little holster for them. In that holster, they can only be described as "cute."
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November 22, 2017, 07:53 AM
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A buddy of mine has had one for years... He keeps it in his back pocket while knocking around the woods , camping , hiking and huntin ginseng ...
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November 22, 2017, 09:03 AM
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Good reliable little guns.
now, if you can fins some and can afford it, buy her about 2 CASES of ammo, (yup, 10,000 rounds)so she can shoot a lot at any time. Shooting is addictive, especially as you get better and better. Hits are a lot more fun then misses. LOTS of ammo to start out with is the #1 thing that gets new shooters deeply into the gun culture |
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November 22, 2017, 10:47 AM
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This video shows how well some HP's expand when fired from a Bearcat (and 21A).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9IyhODkbig |
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November 22, 2017, 10:53 AM
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When my wife goes with me to the range ... along comes the Bearcat. It is her favorite revolver to shoot too.
I am left eye dominant (and left handed) and never found it a problem shooting the rifles. Lever or bolt.
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November 22, 2017, 11:03 AM
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rclark, she's right handed but left eye dominant, so she was trying to hold the rifle right handed.
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November 22, 2017, 04:25 PM
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well, we met at the dealers to do the trade and mutual transfers. My wife held the Bearcat and fell in love with it!
But because of California's BS liberal laws we have the ten day cooling off perior, even if you have a CCW and already own 20 or more firearms. I guess they figure you might want to fly off the handle with the new gun! STUPID BS LAWS! Oh well, now my wife can feel what I've had to go through all these years!LOL 10 days can seem a long time!
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November 25, 2017, 08:37 AM
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The Bearcat is a little sweetheart. All Ruger single actions should be designed like the Bearcat. Unlike the nightmarish disassembly and reassembly procedure of Ruger's other single actions, the Bearcat procedure can be accomplished by normal people. I also like the half cock cylinder loading and unloading procedure. Just like the original Colts.
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November 25, 2017, 01:43 PM
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Does your wife have small hands? Bearcats have small grips.
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November 25, 2017, 02:29 PM
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November 25, 2017, 02:34 PM
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I love mine and use it for new folks if I take them out for the first shots.
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November 25, 2017, 03:14 PM
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My wife hates revolvers and won't shoot them. With one exception...
A few years back she decided she wanted a Bearcat.
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November 25, 2017, 03:29 PM
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If that trade had been the new Bearcat Shopkeeper model, I would have kept it for myself!
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November 25, 2017, 10:33 PM
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A few years back, I bought a nice vintage Super Bearcat. It's the only one I can get my wife to shoot - she refers to it as her "pop pop"bun. Good size for a woman or guy with smaller hands, reliable and fun to shoot. Congrats to you wife for finding something SHE likes and I hope sh really enjoys it! :-)
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November 27, 2017, 12:53 PM
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Great little guns. Bought my first one in 1969, another in the 90s, and one of the Lipsy specials with adjustable sights a couple years ago. Looks like a mini Super Blackhawk with adj. sights. I don't know why they didn't do that decades ago.
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November 28, 2017, 07:39 AM
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November 29, 2017, 05:13 PM
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I'm trying to convince my wife that she wants a Bearcat for Christmas.
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November 29, 2017, 06:56 PM
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November 30, 2017, 03:45 AM
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Nice little guns. Never owned one but shot one several times in the 1970's-1980's when elk hunting in the Bob Marshall Wilderness area. Legendary Montana outfitter Howard Copenhaver always carried his in a shoulder holster.
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December 8, 2017, 07:43 PM
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If you or she has not removed the cylinder for cleaning yet, make sure you note where the notches are lined up, so you can get it back together with no effort.
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December 10, 2017, 12:02 AM
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Welcome to The Club. Mrs. Doc went almost the same a couple
of months ago except she had her LCR 357 in magnum & hated it. Finally got her to try out a SA 22. Now she even carries it! Happy Wife, Happy Life. Congratulations.
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