I have wanted a Bearcat for a long time, and haven't seen one on a shelf in years, so as I retirement present for myself I went looking, found one on an auction site, and made a successful bid.
I know there is nothing practical about it, but I wanted it, so there!
Price was neither a bargain nor exorbitant. When it arrived at my local FFL I was very pleased, both with the like-new condition and the tight, nicely crafted piece.
I'm not sure this little revolver was ever fired. Besides being pristinely clean, it had no hint of a turn line, and on its first trip to the range I found some chambers uncomfortably tight, and they loosened enough to be easier to load and extract with eight or so cylinders being fired.
I had read some reports of poor sight alignment with the fixed-sight model, but took a chance. The picture shows the first six shots, and even though the range was just fifteen feet, I think it's clear that sight alignment is not a problem on this example.
My wife and I both enjoyed it, and that is its sole purpose, so good buy.