Bought my no1B in .300WM in 1994, very good accuracy averages under 1" with most of m loads have taken a lot of game with it ranging from Springbuck to Eland. My absolute favorite rifle.
Bought my no1B in .300WM in 1994, very good accuracy averages under 1" with most of m loads have taken a lot of game with it ranging from Springbuck to Eland. My absolute favorite rifle.
Ruger No. 1 rifles are beautiful and elegant - I certainly can appreciate them for that. But when it comes to punching the X-ring, my ancient, plain jane Remington 721 is king!
sometime ago i bought a #1 in .270 WIN , its a bleud one with the heavy varmint barrel and its topped up with a nice leupoldscope .
bought it in a gunstore were it was in stock for over 32 years , rifle was never fired and new in box .
got it for the old price and a nice discount thrown in .
like many others here , its standing in my safe and it has 40 [factory] rounds trough it , i needed seven for sighting in the leupold VX 3.
mabey its time to find me a good bulletmould....
Didn't know they made a 270 win varmint barreled #1. Might be kind of rare.
Had a NIB 308 #1A ,but sold it earlier in the year. One of my favorites is my x39 stainless , followed by my 6.5 swede(my hunting rifle nowadays if I ever get to go again), but that said, my fun gun is my 357max #1a, a rechambered 357mag CHP gun.
Always liked the #1 and would love a 44mag gun, but the price nowadays is one I refuse to pay. Seems like the price took a pretty good jump a few years ago.
I've got the 375 H&H No. 1 in stainless with a fixed 4x simmons.
Great gun.
Rich
I've had several of them from 243 to 458. Presently only two a 6mm PCP and 45/70. Only one I hunted with was 30/06. The rest target and groundhogs. I would like to have a early 375H&H and my favorite which I have never owned , the Lyman edition 45/70.
MOA,
Nice looking #1s. I always wanted the 1A in 7X57. Those AH FEs are the most graceful of all.
I had a '76 1B in .270. It was no tack driver, but was adequate & I shot many deer & 1 antelope with it. I tried everything to get it to shoot better & read everything Jon Sundra wrote on "how to" make the #1 shoot better. I even sent it back to Ruger & they returned it & if I remember correctly their requirement was 1.5" @ 50 yds.with factory ammo (I was doing better than that, so I shut up & kept shooting).
Later I acquired a #1AB (short run on those) in .270. It was the most inaccurate rifle I've ever owned...……..but, it was very pleasing to the eye (beautiful). It went down the road. I did kill 1 deer with it: a 35 yd. shot.
I acquired a #3 in .45-70 (a 200th yr.) in late '76 from a pawn shop for $135.00...….best deal of my life. It is one of the most accurate guns that I ever owned (barrel band and all).
Henry
My #1 is a 7x57 ....very accurate, easy to carry, beautiful fit and finish on the wood. Bought it from the widow of a member here on this site.
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Ruger #1's, as far as accuracy out of the box, have always been luck-of-the-draw. The good news is that accuracy problems can usually be corrected with a bit of tinkering. I'd love to be the lucky guy that meets a frustrated shooter & in a weak moment buys his "sour-shooting #1" for a price that makes us both real happy!
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |