Poll: Should I or shouldn't I have Gary Recondition
Sid R
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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 13:32 (2370 days ago)
this pistol?
It is in the mail as we speak. I bought it because it was manufactured the year I was born. It definately has been used and has that character about it.
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What do you think?
Hell yes...make it YOURS.
Woody
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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 13:40 (2370 days ago) @ Sid R
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I vote for having Gary work his magic on it.
Derek
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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 14:06 (2370 days ago) @ Woody
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it is all according to what it means to you. If
Gary Reeder
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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 14:19 (2370 days ago) @ Sid R
your grandmother, on her death bed, sold it to you, and she used to shoot cats on her front porch, then it might have some sentimental value. But if it is just another old Bearcat with a lot of use on it, then, as Woody said, make it something special. I will mention this before you decide. The frame on that gun is aluminum and cannot be reblued. If it were to be dropped in a bluing tank the bluing would eat it up almost instantly. But it can be made 2 toned. The frame will be white while the barrel, cylinder, hammer and trigger and small parts will be black. Also the aluminum frames can't be converted to centerfire like the steel frames can.
Make it great again
F.Wyatt
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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 15:09 (2370 days ago) @ Sid R
But would try to keep that cylinder wat makes it way it is barrel slick it up and some grips.
Yes it deserves
Tim Dollar
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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 15:20 (2370 days ago) @ Sid R
That will give you some good dreams for awhile
Sid, nice find. That Gun shop is not
BlackPete
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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 15:38 (2370 days ago) @ Sid R
too far from me. I wood keep it as is. It has character. Pete
I say yes
Brian T
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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 15:54 (2370 days ago) @ Sid R
Gary slicked up the single six I inherited from my dad, he bought used mid 60s
How can you tell that it was made the year you were born?
J. J.
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Thursday, February 27, 2020, 20:03 (2370 days ago) @ Sid R
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I had done some research and found out
Sid R
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Friday, February 28, 2020, 06:27 (2370 days ago) @ J. J.
Ruger started numerical enumeration at the onset of making the bearcat in 1958. In 1959 they started an alphanumeric system (A0001), etc. In March of 1960 they went back to numeric starting with serial number 2000. Mine is 2421.
In 1969 and the B.S. gun control act they had to go to a double serial number. The first number recognizes the model, in this case 90- is a bearcat. Many bearcats are collectable for lots of reasons like double serial numbers or proof marks or variations in front sight height from the standard model.