I've been carrying Bearcats on my outdoor treks since the mid 60's. With my first Old Model Bearcats, and with an Old Model Super Bearcat I upgraded to in 1971. Sold the others but I still have that Super Bearcat. It wears custom Koa wood grips made for me by the great David Wayland many, many moons ago (he's in his 80's now). My preferred carry for all of them was always just stuffed in my back pocket until I finally had a custom cross draw holster made a few years ago. As for the sights, you all put too much stock in adding adjustable sights to one IMO. Lots of shooting with your Bearcat soon teaches you where it shoots, and with that shooting experience it will shoot where you point it without needing ajustable sights on it. I filled lots of camp cook pots with mine over the years, dispatched critters that needed dispatching and plinked away 10's of thousands of rounds without any need for better sights (because I don't use the sights). So to me, putting adjustable sights on a Bearcat would be as bad as sending my trusty old model in to Ruger and letting them put a transfer bar safety in it.
If you really just have to have adjustable sights, my other easy carry years ago (also stuffed in my back pocket) was a S&W Model 63 4". It too will do the job great, but I liked the Bearcat better so the 63 went to live with someone else years ago.
YMMV
