Recent content by Redhawk91454

Thank you for this info! "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".

When removing the front sight crosspin, is there a special direction to push the pin? Right to left, or left to right and is the direction determined by looking down the barrel or looking at the muzzle. Thanks for any and all replies!

Just picked up a Security-Six .357 revolver at a gun show. Serial number 153-09XXX. Do I need a red/black or a yellow/black box? Thanks for any and all replies! Redhawk 91454.

Prayers from Northwest Ohio for a full recovery.

The screw sets in the counter bored hole as it should. That's what made this issue such a puzzler. I'm just surprised I didn't notice the cylinder line. It is very faint but visible if you look for it. Just glad the issue is corrected. Thanks again for any and all responses!

A good friend, who owns/operates a "brick and mortar" gun store wanted to look at my Bearcat after telling him about my problem. He's familiar with Colt and Ruger single action revolvers. He also tried to assemble the cylinder and pin into the Bearcat with no luck. He was looking at the...

Thank you Fox Mike, contender, and rugerguy for your replies. Pin was checked and was straight. All passage ways were clean. I believe contender was correct on a cylinder to frame alignment issue. Contacted Ruger today and it will be going back for repair. Will be converted to transfer bar...

Just acquired a nice old model Bearcat. All original lockwork, no conversion kit installed. Serial number 16xxx. While removing the cylinder, the base pin was EXTREMELY hard to remove. Got it out and the head of base pin had evidence of "plier assistance". Polished basepin as needed to...