Guns International #: 103100353
Seller's Inventory #: 1

Category - Ruger Revolvers - Bearcat - .22 Pistols

Category
Ruger Revolvers - Bearcat
.22 Pistols

Sturm, Ruger & Co. Southport, Conn.

Description:
In 1974 Ruger patented a transfer bar safety system for their single-action revolvers and discontinued the production of the Bearcat, which was not readily adaptable to the new transfer bar design.[8] In 1993, Ruger brought back the Bearcat as the New Bearcat, now incorporating the transfer bar system.[9] Some time in the early 1980s, Bill Ruger gave an interview to a writer with the Ruger Collector's Association (RCA) and talked about the Bearcat. He said that the Bearcat was the first revolver for which the Ruger engineers developed the transfer bar and that they could easily have made it that way in 1974. They dropped it, Bill said, because of a mistake by the marketing department. When that department sent out the 1974 catalog and order forms to the distributors, they forgot to include the Bearcat. When the orders came back without orders for the Bearcat, they assumed that there was no demand and they dropped it. Today, only old members of the Ruger Collector's Association are aware of the true story of what really happened to the original Bearcat, since that story was published in the Ruger Collectors Journal and is a part of their history.
Variants
Bearcat 1st issue
The original Bearcat featured a fixed Patridge front sight and a square notched rear. It was made with an alloy solid frame and an uncheckered plastic grips that were later replaced with walnut grip. It also features music wire coil springs and a non-fluted engraved cylinder.

Handgun Caliber: .22 Short
Manufacturer: Ruger
Model: Bearcat
Serial Number: 71653
Bore Info: .22
Chambers: Good
Ejectors: Good
Condition: Good
Metal Condition: Good
Wood Condition: Goog
Bore Condition: Goo
Barrels: Good
Barrel Type: short
Action: Revolver
Stock: Wood
Finish: Steel
Manufacture Date: 1958
Engraving: Yes
Extras: Holster
Grips: Wood

Price: $500.00