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I'm on the hunt

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Was in my basement tonight and looking though some of my draws I found some old Ruger Bearcat cylinders! I was a bit excited because they were in real god condition and just need to be polished up a little to bring the shine back. So I go back browsing a little then I see a couple of barrels, ejector housings, rods and springs, hammer (main) springs/main spring seats/hammer strut -all together, triggers, rebound springs and hammers. I was like WOW this is Great! It was my mission then to find the rest...the hunt was on lol. I just came up after 4 hours down there and going to have to go back down there tomorrow I need some sleep now. Tomorrow I will continue and try and find the rest but I don't think I'll be that lucky lol
 
#3 ·
Nice smilely lol...Anyways looking further into this the cylinders are the older style Bearcat. Probably 60's early 70's. The frames and the other parts I found were for the old style Single Six (XR3-RED), which so happens I found the cynlinder and loading gates for a Single Six down there today. I know there were two styles of the XR3-RED and this one is the earlier style 3 screws. The only part I seem to be missing would be the Cylinder frame for the Single Six, which are not there. As long and hard as I looked it just was not there. Oh well knew I couldn't be that lucky lol. The hours down there were not all for nought. I found very old tools, Case knives, bone knives, bunch of bolts and one bolt that looked like it was for a massive round. If anyone is interested to look at that bolt I could post pics of it. It was rather fun and greasey lol. Found a few interesting tools that I have no clue as what they are for lol. Looks like I will just keep the Bearcat cylinders as decoration and forget about the Single Sixes
 
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Same, I know and know where everything I have is, so there's no big surprise like this in my life, unless I take down a wall and there's something in it lol
 
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I always find surprises in my basement :) Found some old bolts and they have no markings, numbers, cartouches, etc. and I don't even recognize them.

Message replied Wild Bill.
 
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