As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
From the first time I heard of a little Ruger Bearcat, I wanted one, but there is a fact about guns in they cost more than I can afford. I have not checked lately but figure this little 22 revolver is going for seven to eight hundred dollars. That to me is allot of money for something that is not cost effect as I do not rob banks or little olde ladies.
So a number of years ago I got an Italian Single Six for around 150 bucks. It was cheap made, but for what I was using it for, it was good, with a steel barrel insert. I just checked mine and it had some mildew on it to show how busy I am in not being able to go play John Wayne when I want to.
So I swore off buying any more guns. I can not afford them wihthout donations, and I make due with the cheap things that are out there.
Below is a Ruger Bearcat below and a Single Six above, to show how little these guns are.
I do like to graze by the firearms though in the store, and swear I will not buy any. I grazed myself into a Turkish pump, home defense shotgun which was very cheap, so I talked myself into that. That happens from time to time, but the real stuff I would want is never really there like pump action 22's.
So in grazing by, I noticed this little barrel poking out. As I did not have my specks, I asked TL what that thing was for 160 bucks and TL said it was a Heritage mfg out of Georgia in what was called a Barkeep. I have no idea how the name came up, but figure it for saloon keepers to shoot criminals who try and rob them as it too is a little gun.
I went home and the more I thought about it, the more I thought in being pissed off in I will never spend that much money on a Bearcat, but this Barkeep is something I could talk myself into as a replacement of something I always wanted. So on a shit day, we went back the next day and got the thing.
Mine has a flag stripes paint job, which I cringe at in all this nutty shit that goes on. The one below ha fake pearl grips. Actually this gun does not look too bad if it had wood grips on it. One model comes with that odd grip like a club which I have no time for.
Anyway, I do have some regrets about this gun. I compared it to the Chiappa and the Chiappa is a moose compared to this little thing.......that is not the regret at this gun points and balances wonderfully. It is well made.
What made me frown was it has no ejector. Instead you get this rod in the box that you use to manually get casings out. Another thing to loose, but the article said that you can use your fingernail most times, unless the cases are stuck.
This gun has a safety which no one likes on the cylinder, a safe cock, half cock and full cock to confuse things, but it just is a dinosaur in a modern world and is the kind of gun some 1889 New York copper detective would have on him to plug some miscreant Irishman in the brain.
It does come with the short barrel 2 1/2 which I think looks odd, the one I have is 3 1/2 inch barrel but it still looks like you need more gun.
I'm always going to be pissed in being poor and Bearcats being expensive, but this is how God worked it out after too many years. I was thinking about carrying this gun, but it is honestly is quite stout. There is allot of gun in this little gun of steel.
You can get 22 WMR cylinders and I thought my literature said the cylinder I have I can shoot shorts in it to, not the WMR though on the shorts. So if they have a holster which is gone apparently, this would be something that would be ok to ward off evil spirits.
It too probably will have mildew on it, but I would rather have 160 dollar mildew than 700 dollar mildew as I do need things with the money God saves me. Washing machine is in need of fixing. So much for long lasting Maytags.
Nuff Said
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