SR22 vs Bearcat, opinions please...........

by ~JM~, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 09:53 (3711 days ago) @ Byron

I bought one of the first new stainless steel Bearcats. I had nothing but trouble with that gun. It was the only Ruger lemon that I've ever had, or heard of. It kept breaking the transfer bar & the spring loaded plunger in the base pin. It appeared to me that the hammer mounting bore was not square. The hammer was striking hard on one edge & not the other side. After 3 failures & parts breakage, I told the Ruger factory that I no longer could trust the gun due to its poor history. Hell, I don't think I owned it for more than 2-3 months! They offered to trade it out for another. At that point I asked if I could upgrade to one of the new small frame Vaqueros. After sending a check for the difference, I ended up with a very nice Vaquero.

Have you ever tried to shoot a Bearcat much? They are somewhat hard to shoot, with the small grips & even smaller sights.

Good luck
~JM~