Good evening. Looks like I found a decent centerfire site. Lots of great info here as I've been lurking for a while and finally registered. I'm a rimfire nut, but I have a few CF's too.

I was curious how strong a following the Ruger No. 1 has here? I currently have .218 Bee and soon will take possession of a 45/70. Hope to add a 25-06 someday also. Thanks.

steve

Well, I own a #3 in .22 Hornet. Like most Hornets, it's pickey about its fodder but I have found a few loads it likes.

-91

I have 5 and couldn't be more pleased with them:
.22-250 1-V, .300 Wby 1-B, .375 H&H 1-H, .416 Rigby 1-H, and .45-70 1-S.

1V in .22-250 and 1S in .340 Weatherby.

Well, I own a #3 in .22 Hornet. Like most Hornets, it's pickey about its fodder but I have found a few loads it likes.

-91

I wanted a No. 1 in the Hornet, but the gun dealer talked me out of it because of that reason, so I chose the Bee.

steve

I've never owned a bee, so I don't know. I really don't know of any reason the Bee would be easier to load for. After all, they're both very tapered .22s with about the same powder capacity. How is yours?

-91

I agree, the cases are all but the same, the Bee being slightly larger. In fact, I think load data can be swapped with caution.

At first I had verticle stringing with mine. Turns out the No. 1 is picky about the fore end screw tension. After that was resolved, I was getting nice clusters again. Had to drop load development whe it got cold, but hope to pick up on it again in a few weeks, just in time for groundhogs.

steve

This thread moved from General Discussion to Single Shot Rifle Forum.

I have a #1 in .22 Hornet and absolutely love it! I've had other .22 Hornets with shorter barrels that can't come close to the velocities I can get out of my #1 (26" barrel vs 20" barrels). Accuracy is under an inch at 100 yds but seems heavy with scope and all for a Hornet rifle. Has anyone tried BTB's 60gr SP in their .22 Hornets? I have had success with Sierra's 55gr FMJBT's. I wonder if it would stabilize or not? (Ruger #1 .22 Hornet twist is 1:14") I am thinking of purchasing another in a month or so, I just don't know which caliber yet??

Well I love em.Have two presently a 1H 375 Holland and a 1S 338 winnie.
Have had a 270 and 300 winnie as well.
The vertical stringing is common with the smaller bores,I dont know what the cutoff is for what they refer to as "smaller bores",but I dont have that problem with my two.
The 300 didnot vertical string,but the 270 did.
I have a friend who had it with a 300..
Off the bench a soft rest helps with these rifles.
I believe its in the tips sidebar on this forum,there is a write up for bedding the No.1 forearm to solve the problem..
Jack

Good evening. Looks like I found a decent centerfire site. Lots of great info here as I've been lurking for a while and finally registered. I'm a rimfire nut, but I have a few CF's too.

I was curious how strong a following the Ruger No. 1 has here? I currently have .218 Bee and soon will take possession of a 45/70. Hope to add a 25-06 someday also. Thanks.

steve

Steve I have a #1B in 243 that I use out here in Idaho for both deer and varmit hunting. It is an old one and shoots llike a house a fire. You do have to do a little forarm work as they are really sensitive to forarm pressure. There is a really good article in the tech notes in this site about that. Those little bees and hornets are fun, but, out here where we shoot some long shots they are a little short of power.

Bob

I currently have only 1, an RSI model in 7x57. Love it.
Have had several in the past, and I like them.
One thing I have found with #1's is that they shoot better-sometimes a LOT better- from the bench if you move the front rest back until it's right under the point where the forend joins the action. That simple thing has helped the bench accuracy of most #1's, IME.

I have 4. Two are Varmint models in .223 and .22-250, both MOA, and the others are 1B's in .30-06 and .45-70. The .45-70 is used for deer hunting quite alot, and is very effective. The 30-06 needs to be used more, but has a tendency to string vertically with the 165 gr partitions that I'm using. I like all four a great deal.

Hey 91Carcano, I just noticed you're from Fallon, NV. I lived there from '81 to '83 when I was in the Navy. I have a good friend from work who still lives there. I miss the desert alot sometimes, especially during the hurricane season here.

I own a Ruger #1 International in 7x57 Mauser and love it. Also have a Ruger #3 in 45-70.

I think the 7x57 in a No.1 is about as classy as you can get in a modern single-shot today! Sure wished they did the stainless/laminate with sights in that caliber! :)

Fun stuff!

God Bless,

I've owned around a half dozen No.1's over the years and really like them. Currently have 2, a S model in 338 WM and a RSI in 7x57. Both are accurate. I've never owned one that was wasn't.

My only complaint with the No.1's are the smaller chamberings would benefit (I believe) from a scaled down action. Maybe 3 action sizes, small, medium, and large, similar to bolt gun actions.

Thanks for the replies! Its true, the No. 1's have a lot of class to them. As mentioned, I plan to take possession of a 45/70 this week and maybe a 25-06 before the summer is out. Gotta love 'em.

steve

"My only complaint with the No.1's are the smaller chamberings would benefit (I believe) from a scaled down action."
I would LOVE to see a smaller #1 action. Maybe sorta like Winchester's old Lo Wall/Hi Wall....
22 Hornet, 218 Bee, the 24's and 25 calibers......

"My only complaint with the No.1's are the smaller chamberings would benefit (I believe) from a scaled down action."
I would LOVE to see a smaller #1 action. Maybe sorta like Winchester's old Lo Wall/Hi Wall....
22 Hornet, 218 Bee, the 24's and 25 calibers......

I've always thought a scaled 2/3 version chambered in the rimfires would be a hot seller... 22LR, 22WMR and 17HMR.

steve

I dont own any but i love the one's i've seen and i would also love to see a No. 1 pistol... but hey, thats me.

Navy?Fallon?
Must been an airedale.
I spent 12 years (74-86) in the worlds second largest and funniest canoe club..
Gunner's Mate of course!!!!
Jack

Navy?Fallon?
Must been an airedale.
I spent 12 years (74-86) in the worlds second largest and funniest canoe club..
Gunner's Mate of course!!!!
Jack


Yep, was an airedale. Helicopter rescue. Stayed for 11 years active, 4 reserve. Quit after my first sensitivity training seminar in '93. Guess I was a slow learner. GM huh? I spent alot of time flying off the back of 1052 and 1040 class frigates. Had to check my personal weapons with the GM's. Nice folks.

Yeah?My first ship was FF 1056 (Connole), (75-76)out a Norfolk.
Had the Lamps II's seems was HSL 39 I believe.
Last ship was Stump (DD 978), (82-86)had one with us there as well.Seems it was Lamps III..
Jack

Gah, need to amend my original post lol. Totally forgot about my Ruger #1 .338 Sporter. Tough getting old hehe.

Arizona Ranger,
I was in the Brewton, R.E. Peary, and Whipple for long cruise, and the Davidson for shorties and DLQ's. HSL-37 at Barbers Point was the parent command for three years while deployed on the various cruises. This was LAMPS I (H-2's). Went back to the H-1 after. MUCH better helo than the H-2. I suppose we should be discussing the Ruger #1 in this thread, but I couldn't resist asking and answering service questions. Mike

I like the #1. It's my favourite modern-no exposed hammer rifle there is.

I got my first deer with a Ruger #1 in 25-06. I have a different calibre in mind if I ever buy one. Great rifles to be sure.

I see a few posts here that seem to be in some sort of code.....haha

No code, just military alphabet soup. Sorry if it offends.

no worries, it's kind of entertaining actually. As a non-military fellow I can read it and have almost no clue what you are saying, yet you all seem to. Interesting.

How is the Ruger #1 for recoil in 375HandH?

Carignan,actually the recoil with my 375 H@H No.1 is not bad at all..
It comes back rather like a slow mildly violent push,but not unmanageable.
But if you hold it wrong just a little on the bench, it will knock the crap out of you.
As for how it "Feels" I think my 7 Rem Mag is more uncomfortable to shoot than the 375 H@H...
I have taken several whitetails with it (not this particular rifle,but the 375 H@H),and it is by and far above all others..
It's my "favorite"...
Jack

Sounds fine to me.
I hope to get a Ruger #1 in 375HandH sometime in the next 5 or 6 years. It's 1 of the 2 hammerless rifles I want to eventually get.

I wouldn't mind owning about four more No. 1's! Hopefully within the next 4 years!!

steve

Couldnt agree more, I presently have a pair (375 and 338),have owned around half dozen other No. 1's in the past,they are to me the most beautiful,classical looking rifles around,just gorgeous.
My 375 was built in 1978 and the wood just keeps getting prettier every year..
Ole Bill definetly did his homework with this design..
Or I think he reinvented the wheel so to speak.
He seemed to have an uncanny knack for what would work and sell,and what wouldnt.
Jack

I have one Ruger #1, a 1978 Ruger-Lyman Centennial model cased set, in .45-70.
http://www.hunt101.com/img/106521.JPG

I've got a beautiful Liberty Model Ruger #1 in .458 Win Mag and it's one of my most cherished rifles.

The Ruger #1 is probably the strongest action ever built. It truly is Bill Ruger's crowning Masterpiece.

My only rifle for many years was a #1 I bought because I want to go elk hunting someday. Illinois mostly has shotgun only hunting regs, though you can use a rifle for coyotes and such in some areas.

I have a 1-S in .338 WM. I absolutely love that rifle. It is more accurate than I am, (it's deadly on a 12 ounce soda can at 250 yards unless I screw up) and now that I can afford to hunt a little bit out of state, to date it has 4, one shot deer kills to its credit. Ranges from 20 yards out to 200. Maybe a little much caliber for whitetails, but I also recently started to reload and I have been using a 200 grain load that is deadly on them. As far as recoil, it isn't as bad as my 3 1/2 inch 12 gauge Browning BPS with turkey loads.

I'm wanting a 1-V in .223 for varmint shooting, but a Medium Sporter in .243 sounds appealing. As does another 1-S in .45-70. And I would also like a Tropical in .375 H & H.

Maybe once I get the youngest daughter out of college.

#77

There is a good article on reloading the 218 Bee using Lil Gun powder at www.reloadingroom.com I use it in my contender, should be worth a try in the #1.


mikej - spent most of '70 and '71 at Yankee Station with HC-7 tending H-2s and H=3s.

Yankee Station?? :cool:
Another airedale... :eek:
HMmphh ;)
Jack

GaryS,
Sorry it took so long to reply but I was at work for a week. Yankee Station was a little before my time, but I flew with a lot of LCDR's and CDR's that were in HC-7, during that time. I didn't get in until '78, and got off active duty in '90, though was SelRes for three years after that. Seems to be quite a few Navy vets around here, That's a good thing.

Good evening. Looks like I found a decent centerfire site. Lots of great info here as I've been lurking for a while and finally registered. I'm a rimfire nut, but I have a few CF's too.

I was curious how strong a following the Ruger No. 1 has here? I currently have .218 Bee and soon will take possession of a 45/70. Hope to add a 25-06 someday also. Thanks.

steve

Dear Steve -
I've been shooting #1s for about 15 years. My favorite is a .375 H&H with a Kepplinger single aset trigger. The stock cracked alongside of the action but was easy to repair before it became a replacement problem. This rifle has performed flawlessly - and with EXTREME accuracy - with cast bullets, 235 gr, 270gr, and 300 gr bullets. It's a real keeper.
I found a #3 in .45-70 a couple of years ago and suggect that nobody in their right mind, which group certainly doesn't include me, shoot heavy loads under 500 gr bullets. That nicely made STEEL buttplate will eat your shoulder - you can take my word for it. In addition, 500 gr loads at 2,000 fops provide a really interesting case of double vision and a heck-of-a headache.
My favorite bullet in the #3 is the RN 350 grain. I think that I'd take on a cape buffalo with that rifle and load given a reasonable shot. I hope to know next fall when I return to Tanzania. From what I have seen so far, which isn't much, the new Cor-Bon 405 grain loads at about 1,800 fps can do the job beautifully. Then again these are FMJ - 405 grain bullets.
In any case I'm a Ruger falling block fan. And where else could you find a rifle as powerful as a .45-70 that weighs just over six pounds with a Redfield 1.5-4 scope. Heck, two boxes of cartridges weigh almost as much as the gun!

Enjoy the Rugers, they'll shoot

Terry

Steve,

I'm in Rockford TN, just S. of Kville. I have a #1 in 7X57, and have owned .338WM, .375 H&H, and .257Roberts. All sho(o)t great.

I have a #3 action and am currently trying to decide whether to make a .45-70 or a .38 Krag Improved.

Cheers/buffler

I've long been a fan of the No.1, but I have never had one. I do love single shots, and currently us a .30-30 Contender pistol to hunt deer.
If I had a choice it would be a .218 Bee, a .25-06 and a .458WM Tropical. I would jump on a .338-06 if they made 'em.

I would load minimum starting loads in the .458 which would equal stout .45-70 loads for hunting, and know that if I ever get the chance to shoot something bigger and more dangerous, all I would need would be a bit more powder in this beautiful gun.
As for the .22 Hornet and the .218 Bee, the Bee has more case capacity and should yield higher velocities, and it can shoot heavier bullets better.

Brent
Marlin, Ruger, Contender Fan.

The two No 1 B I have had the trigger pull set at 3 1/2 Lbs. and the fore pressure worked on to reduce vertical shot strings.The 25-06 was Mfg.Jan. 1980 and the 243 Win. was Mfg.Feb. 1987. The older rifles had adjustable triggers and some have good looking wood.

My favorite rifle is a No.1 in .458 Lott.

Glad to see this thread still active. Just put a used No.1 in 25-06 on lay-a-way this week. That'll be my third No. 1. The .416 Rigby, 243 or .270 may be my next investment.

steve

A few days I was fortunate enough to aquire a No. 1 in 45/70 caliber that I owned over 12 years ago. I sold it to an older gentlemen freind of mine who subsequently sold it a year later.
This gun is vertially new in box. I shot less than 20 rounds and the guy I sold it to shot it very little. The third owner never shot it at all.
Now the fourth owner, me, has it and plan to shoot it a whole bunch.
I bought the rifle for $525.00 which I feel was a pretty fair deal.
I wanted the .458 Lott but settled for the 45/70 - a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
I had the fortune of shooting a customized .458 Lott a few weeks ago and fell in love with the caliber.
Note: The .458 Lott will shoot .458 Winchester Mag rounds but not vice versa. The .458 Lott is approx. 2-3 hundred fps faster than the Win. .458 mag with same bullet.
Last, I plan to shoot the Remington 405 grain bullets out of my 45/70. How has the accuracy been with you all's 45/70's???

jonny

Below is a picture of my Encore with 18 inch Katahdin carbine barrel in .444 Marlin with muzzle break and my Ruger No. 1 in 45/70.
I love single shot rifles.
Still want a .405 Winchester in No. 1 or Encore configuration. hmm :)
Question: Who makes a good firesighted front site for the No. 1?

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4dd06b3127ccebb0437108be90000001610

I Own A Custom Ruger No.1h Made By Ssk Industries In Ohio. It Is Chamberd For The .600 Jdj Cartridge. It Is A .577 Nitro Express 3"case Blown Out To Take The .620 Dia Bullet. 900 To 1040 Grains. I Also Have A No.1h In .458 Win Mag. I Love Them Both!

These #1's sure seem to have great looking wood on them!

These #1's sure seem to have great looking wood on them!

I just bought a #1V in 25-06, it was made between 1978-1979. It is in mint condition, not a scratch or mark on it. The wood is absolutely beautiful. I don't know what has changed with the wood on new guns today, but the wood nowdays seems more like plastic than real wood, it just doesn't feel natural. I'm glad I found this one instead of buying a new one. I paid $450 (I'm in upstate NY) I think it was a super deal considering the condition it is in. I put a 6x20 scope on it and have put a box of Winchester Supreme Ballistic tip 80 gr. bullets through it, it is very accurate.

Hi Fellas, I'm looking to buy a Ruger #1B but can't decide which cal. .300 Win. Mag. or .338 Win. Mag. I use my .45-70 for most of my deer hunting but go out west every once in awhile and hope to hunt in Alaska one day, hopefully in the near future. I figured I would throw out the question to the guys who already one a Ruger. Respectfully, M.R.

I own a Ruger #1 International in 7x57 Mauser and love it. Also have a Ruger #3 in 45-70.

I have had two Ruger #1's. One in .243 and one in 7x57.
This was many years ago but both of these accurate calibers, would not group as expected. 2-3 inches at best and tended to string.

I still like the style and design, but that was a problem I couldn't correct. I may try one again in the near future.

I have had two Ruger #1's. One in .243 and one in 7x57.
This was many years ago but both of these accurate calibers, would not group as expected. 2-3 inches at best and tended to string.

I still like the style and design, but that was a problem I couldn't correct. I may try one again in the near future.

Years ago, I carefully glas bedded the forearm of my 7x57. This fixed a slight "stringing" problem I was having with groups. Now you can buy a fix to put inbetween the mainspring/forend hanger and the barrel to help with harmonics. I haven't had to, the glas bedding fixed my problem with the International. I'm a hunter, not really great at punchin paper. On a good day I can keep my load of 140gr Barnes X bullets all within an inch, inch and half at 100 yards and generally within 2 inches at 200 yards. I'm more than happy with that proformance.

I experianced no such accuracy problems with my #1 .338 or the #3 in 45-70.

Ah,458 Lott,man after my own heart..
The 458 winnie works well at 45/70 levels,you can also take the 7 rem mag,338 winnie and 458 winnie cases and cut back to 2" case length,for the 458 2" aka 458 AM(american),it will run above 45/70 levels in the number one.
Have an opportunity for a great deal on a number one 458 winnie and if I get it,before round one is run thru it,will become a Lott.
The Lott is very versatile as you can run the Lott,winnie and 458 2" thru it..
Gotta love them big bore number ones.
The one deal I wish I had money for,was a gun show,fellow had a 50/140 on number one with 28" barrel,brake,big swarovski,dies,molds,and one hundred pieces of brass,and couple hundred bullets for $1100.00,without the swarovski, $850.00...
Still drooling over that puppy.
Jack

I have just acquired a Ruger #1H in .405 Win. and am one happy puppy ! I won a Savage .270 bolt gun in a firemans raffle, and upgraded to the Ruger. So this is my lucky gun ! I shot two boxes of factory fodder thru it, and was extremely happy with the accuracy. One ragged hole, the size of a quarter, at fifty yards, and just over an inch, at one hundred. This, with a Weaver fixed 2.5X scope. Now that I have some brass, time to try some handloads with cast bullets. I have sized down some RCBS .416 350 gr FNGC to .4125", using a polished down .410 RCBS sizing die. The bullets look great ! The lube grooves are not distorted or smeared, as can happen with bullets sized too far down. Preliminary loads are positive. I pulled four of the factory bullets, and seated four of my own. Same one hole group ! Yee haw ! Case expansion was the same as the factory loads.

Yes, I love the the Ruger #1. I have five others that have accumulated in my safe. A 1V .22-250, 1S .338, 1H .375 H+H,1H .458, and a 1S in .45-70. All will shoot MOA, or better, with handloads. All have a decent chunk of walnut, also. 'Ole Bill certainly new his stuff, and what the public wanted, when designing this beauty .

i have a #1,45-70.next project gun.i will be needing any information on accurising this thing.i have never built one of these,what can i expect to run into.

tpv,
I've never seen a #1 that couldn't be fixed when it strung vertically, by a simple fix Frank DeHaas figured out many years ago.
Simply drill and tap the forearm hanger for a set screw of around 10-32 or 1/4-20", then installit into the hanger with a lock nut on it. Adjust the set screw so it touches the barrel firmly. Reinstall the forearm, and go shoot! The set screw can be adjusted firmer if it still strings. Once it stops stringing, it need never be adjusted again. It's good forever!

I just bought a #1V in 25-06, it was made between 1978-1979. It is in mint condition, not a scratch or mark on it. The wood is absolutely beautiful. I don't know what has changed with the wood on new guns today, but the wood nowdays seems more like plastic than real wood, it just doesn't feel natural. I'm glad I found this one instead of buying a new one. I paid $450 (I'm in upstate NY) I think it was a super deal considering the condition it is in. I put a 6x20 scope on it and have put a box of Winchester Supreme Ballistic tip 80 gr. bullets through it, it is very accurate.

I have the same rifle you have as well as a standard in the same caliber. Mine seem to like the heavier bullets a little better. 120's bring the best groups.

BTW, I just purchased property in Delhi NY, sick of Calif. Will be moving late June.

I have been watching this and a few other forums that talk about the Ruger No. 1's, you seem to be one of the better forums. That said I have owned a few of the No. 1's over the years and still do have a few laying around. Have been a Ruger collector since 1954, sold some large collections and told the wife wouldn't collect anymore. Then it was just one Ruger No. 1, then another one popped up and now I'm over a half dozen and always looking.

Nice to see this thread pop up.
I have only one. I bought it when I wanted a large caliber gun. Looking for a .458, I ended up with the #1 Tropical in .416 Rigby. A great shooter.
Pete

The Ruger 1 is not just a very well designed action and a fine shooter but it also looks so dang good ! I have three. I have a .220 Swift and a .223 for varmint hunting and a 7mm mag I picked up as a trade.

The varmint rifles have been restocked and are just beautiful. Take a look.

The Ruger 1 is not just a very well designed action and a fine shooter but it also looks so dang good ! I have three. I have a .220 Swift and a .223 for varmint hunting and a 7mm mag I picked up as a trade.

The varmint rifles have been restocked and are just beautiful. Take a look.

Who did your stock work, looks really nice. Know anyone that does rebarreling on No. 1's? I have always wanted one for my wife in .22 LR, there was a guy that use to advertise in several magazines that did such conversions. I have an extra 1978 No. 1 that could be a donor gun. :)

I know that this post has been resurrected, but The No, 1's are timeless. I have two so far, one a 7mm Rem mag and the other rechambered to 30/06 a.i.

When I found the heavily fiddleback'd wood, I knew I had to have it for my Ruger Varmint Guns. They have certainly brought me a lot of enjoyment.

I had a guy trade me a nice #1 in 7 mag. It's got some of the prettiest wood I've ever seen in a non-custom rifle.

Had a 1B in 6mm......sold and never missed it! Then I bought a #3 in a Hornet.......shot many a woodchuck with it.............re barreled it to a 40-90 Wildcat...........[.416 cal. 375H&H] other than it has a 3 1/4" long rimmed case. 300 grain at 2500 fps..............and the best part is that it is my first rifle to shoot 3/8" 3 shot groups at 100 yds....from the bench. :)

No-BS

I have a 1V in .223. Love the rifle but don't shoot it as much as I should. I've also got a 14" Contender in .223 so maybe I'll load up some LC brass and take them both to the range. :D

I have a 30/06, 7x57, and 7mm rem mag and last is a 22-250

I have a #1 in 375 H&H. **** good shooting rifle.

22 Hornet, 7x57, 30-06. 375H&H & 458 Win. The three smaller calibers have Kleppinger set triggers and all are good shooters. THe little 7mm was a gun show find, good metal, no rust, but the stock finish was clouded like it had set in a sunny window for years. It turned out to have the prettiest wood of any rifle I own.

Have only one -- 45-70, and love it. Cast and reload for it -- it adds to the fun. Am getting a set trigger from Brownells to aid accuracy.

I just now came across this site and am happy to know there are other people who love the NO. 1 as much as i do. I have one chaimbered in .458 lott and i hunt everything with it from wild bore and whitetail to grizzly and moose and it gets the job done. I hand load 350 grain bullets that shoot 2,700 fps, that will take everything in north america. I even have a roundball load for plinking ,coyotes,and groundhogs. Some people may think this hunting combination is crazy but it shoots straight and hits hard plus it dont destroy as much meat as people think. Thanks for such a great forum.

tpv,
I've never seen a #1 that couldn't be fixed when it strung vertically, by a simple fix Frank DeHaas figured out many years ago.
Simply drill and tap the forearm hanger for a set screw of around 10-32 or 1/4-20", then installit into the hanger with a lock nut on it. Adjust the set screw so it touches the barrel firmly. Reinstall the forearm, and go shoot! The set screw can be adjusted firmer if it still strings. Once it stops stringing, it need never be adjusted again. It's good forever!

Marlinman, how far from the receiver do you drill and tap the hole?

I have two No.1's, one rebarreled w/Douglas premium XXairguage in .300 WHBY, and one 200th year No.1S in 6mm. Rem. Love them both, but hate the recoil on the .300whby.
I found a beat up No.3 in 45/70 twenty odd years ago, found a take-off No.1 bbl in 7mm. Rem Mag at the Great Western gunshow for $20, and had No.1 style wood put on- I did it mainly because when I was hunting the lever to release the falling block on the No. 1's added weight and I kept snagging them on brush and opening the action. The no. 3 lever was more practical, and the 7mm. Rem Mag cartridge is about the best all around hunting round for me.
I really like this forum, lots of good people and interesting information.

Back when I got my first #1 I found an old Gunsmithing Book with an article on the #1. It suggested using small rubber washers between the stock and the barrel. Play around with the tension and you will find a perfect spot that gets rid of any stringing.

First post;

I have a No. 3 22 Hornet, and a No.1 Tropical Rifle .375H&H. My No.3, in past years, was my working rifle when I lived in rural east Laramie county Wyoming. It has over 2000 rounds through it. As you can expect I have a great deal of hand loading experience with this cartridge. The .375H&H is my baby I love this rifle more then anyother I have, or have ever owned. It is a hand loaders dream, accurate at any range you feel up to shooting, able to take any big game animal you wish to hunt. those of you who have a .375 know what I mean.

I have two No.1's, one rebarreled w/Douglas premium XXairguage in .300 WHBY, and one 200th year No.1S in 6mm. Rem. Love them both, but hate the recoil on the .300whby.


I have a tip to help out with the recoil on your .300 Weatherby. Go to an automotive parts store and purchase a push rod tube for a circa 1970's VW engine, see the picture below, If you order it online they make them in stainless steel for 10 bucks or so, in regular steel for less the 5.00 dollars. Cut the accordian ends off and fill the rest of it up with lead, and few raps of electrical tape at each end and it will be a perfect fit in the through bolt access hole in the butt stock. It wil increase the weight about 1 pound. It increased the weight of my No.1 to 9.5pounds, which made a big difference in the recoil it also vastly improved the balance of the rifle.

Who did your stock work, looks really nice. Know anyone that does rebarreling on No. 1's? I have always wanted one for my wife in .22 LR, there was a guy that use to advertise in several magazines that did such conversions. I have an extra 1978 No. 1 that could be a donor gun. :)

Why don't you convert your No.1 to a 22 hornet, or the 218 Bee, the No. 1 was chambered in both. I have a No.3 in the 22 Hornet and it is a fine shooter with a couple of thousand round through it this would be a great rifle for your wife. The 218 Bee is a little more powerful and you can improve the performance with hand loading because it is loaded to lower pressures because of the lever action rifles it was chamber in. With either of these cartridges you could teach her to hand load her own ammo they are not demanding to reload if you used cast bullets in them the cost of operating either is very cheap. I'll bet you wife would really enjoy shooting ammo she loaded... You can send your No.1 back to Ruger to have one of these barrels installed.

22 Hornet 45 grains (Spitzer) 2690fps
.218 Bee 46 grains(HP) 2760fps

It would be very cool if they made one in .22lr. It would be a lot of fun. It would be on the high end as far as costs for a .22 though and probably not a profit maker for Ruger.

The barrel wouldn't seem to be that big of a deal but the firing pin being setup for centerfire would be challenging.

A Ruger setup for .223 is a pretty neat setup. The recoil is pretty mild and you can buy .223 cheap. Gonna be louder though.

In answer to the question, the Ruger stock above is actually factory wood. I would comment, that it's probably the nicest I've seen.

Here is a picture of a #1 .223 which is setup with an old, but very accurate, high power Redfield scope.

You might check this outfit out Google lists them as doing a conversion such as what you want. don't know a thing about them but I suppose it is worth a call.

http://www.gandermountain.com/gunsmith/customfirearms.shtml

I've got a #1 H in .375 H&H that my 11 year old son wants when I'm gone. He's never shot it but knows how much I like it. Then I've got a #3 in .22 Hornet and a #3 in 45/70. And yes, the 45/70 with HEAVY loads will whomp the snot out of you! *Laughing* :D Too much fun!

It is nice that the No. 1 is chambered in the 416 Rigby. The 416 was Jack O'Conners favorite big bore cartridge.

I always get asked about the recoil of my No.1H .375H&H I tell people the recoils just like a 12 gauge shotgun with a magnum 2 3/4 inch shell. When I am shooting the Behemoth at a rifle range I alway have people who admire my No.1 and when they find out what it is chambered in they observe how they have wanted ti try to shoot a .375 but the horrible recoil.......... Then I tell them I don't use full loads either, and would he like to try it. I instruct him how to properly hold the rifle. When he shoots it there is alway a comment that wow that was not bad, and I wonder what a full load would be like.. This is when I tell the person that what he shot was a full house load. The surprised look on their faces is priceless.

Hi all, I have 3 # ones, a 6mm Remington, a 338 Win. Mag, and a 45-70. All are really accurate, have had 5 or 6 others in cals. from 223 to 458 Win Mag. Never had any accuracy problems that wasn't fixed in 30 min. or less GOOD LUCK ALL !! Greg Bayes

Hello Guys,I own a #1 IN 45-70.IMHO there is no better way to utilize the 45-70 cartridge.After I got to know it I sold my two marlins as I knew I would not be using them much.My #1 shoots sub moa easily with 50 grains IMR 4198 and 405 REM.SP.That is my accuracy load,right out of hodgdons website,they list it as max.I,v tried 52 grains with no high pressure signs at all.I intend on trying 53 and 54 grains if they are safe, I will keep going up untill I see high pressure sign develop.I want to know what the top end is for my rifle,Just for curiosty.BTW i,m useing hornady brass.I would welcome any input for this rifle and caliber.Frankly I,m in awe of IT.

Hello,
One of my friends is a Ruger #1 fan. He owns several of them in calibers ranging from .22 Hornet to a .450 #2 Nitro (rechambered from an original .458 Winchester). I have seen him let the air out of about a dozen critters with some but not all of his #1s. Most of them are scoped with Zeiss fixed 4 power. The .450#2 is not scoped since the recoil is stout enough to potentially cut his head clear off with the rear edge of a scope.
I once owned a #1 in .375 H&H, scoped with the then new Leupold 2.5 power compact. I sacked only one animal with it, which was a caribou. I used the good old Winchester 270 grain "Power Point" factory load, which is a semi spitzer. It is somewhat of a copy of the old Westley-Richards "Soft Nose Split" once very common in Africa for thin skinned game, such as impalla, kudu and other deer/elk size animals. I have not seen that "Power Point" .375 H&H ammunition lately and fear it is no longer loaded but not sure.
My aforementioned amigo has among others a 9.3x74R Ruger #1 with 4x Zeiss scope. He shoots a hand load of 286 grain Nosler Partition 2300-ish FPS. He reports that he bowled over a big Zebra (Burchell's/common variety) stallion with it at around 100 yds, and bagged a little springbok with same at about 275 yds by "holding just a tad high." Likewise he shot a number of other African animals between those two in size. None but the zebra required a second shot.
My experience with zebra (Mauser in .300 H&H/180 grain NP @ 2825 fps) inspires me to refer to them as the armored car of non-dangerous game. Even for zebra, I'd say the Ruger single shot in any appropriate caliber for the critter hunted is a very good choice. I should have kept my old #1 in .375, and used it in Africa with 300 grain Woodleighs, Swift A-frames or some such and little doubt my zebra would've dropped to the shot.
The typical Burchell's zebra stallion weighs about 600 lb or a bit heavier in some instances. The petite springbok (ram) weighs about 75 or 80 lb usually. For those two diverse size animals and all the ones in between in size, my friend's 9.3 single shot was about as good a choice as one could ask for in this case. A .30 is possibly a bit marginal for zebra from my one experience (had to shoot him twice). No doubt my animal would have expired from the first shot, but just not fast enough to suit me.
The guy with the 9.3 has removed the ejector spring from all of his single shots so he can load them silently. However, they still eject if you fling the lever open smartly. If you open it casually, it quietly extracts the spent shell. Likewise it makes no loud "snap" sound when closing the action with said spring disconnected.
At the end of the day, I conclude that repeating rifles for NON-dangerous game are over rated. Almost all of my center fire rifles are Mausers, and I also have two double rifles. One is a .375 Merkel and the other an English (Army & Navy Ltd.) .450 #2 Nitro. I could sell them all and just use the single shot Rugers, as long as I hunted only non dangerous game and probably do as well or better than I have with such as my zebra situation. (I really can consentrate more fully for the placement of my first round when using a single shot). Even some types of dangerous game would be quite well taken with that type rifle, especially when one considers dangerous animals are usually not hunted by a solo person. Usually you have either an armed big game guide with you or at least your hunting partner.
Furthermore, with practice, a person can become quite fast in reloading the single shot rifle as is the case with my mentioned friend who more or less collects Ruger single shots. He makes these leather cartridge holders for each caliber that lace tightly onto the buttstock, holding 5 rounds. In a hurry he can throw open the breech, thereby launching his spent shell clear and snag a shell from the leather loop, slap it into the chamber and whip the action shut about as fast as I can run a magnum length Mauser turnbolt and then hit an appropriate size target for the game animal or animals we plan to hunt.
Ruger now makes that rifle in .405 Winchester and even though I have never taken a whitetail deer (I have made up for lost time with blacktails and mule deer), I would imagine a single shot in .405 with low powered scope to be just about the perfect tree stand rifle for such critters. They even make it in stainless steel for those who often hunt in the rain and snow.
Well any way, that is my two cents worth on the Ruger #1 rifle.
Stay safe.
Ard

jonnyringo,my #1 45-70 shoots sub moa with 50 gr IMR 4198 AND 405 gr rem seated just off the rifling.This load is right off Hodgdon,s websight.I,ve loaded it to 54 gr with this load and still had no high pressure signs,ButI do not reccomend it.Awesome rifle and caliber combo!

If I want others to shoot it, I'll tell them the truth about the recoil. If I don't want them to shoot it, I tell them about stitches in the forehead and dislocated shoulders:D;).

When I got home with my 375 my second #1, I couldn't wait to mount optics and bagged it over the hood of the truck at 50 yards with the open sights. First two shots cut the same hole-AND I wasn't pounded to rubble after two rounds.:confused: Instant love. :cool: Then I loaded for it, and mounted a scope-more love. Only taken three animals with it, and one was a bobcat, as I don't like to take that pretty wood out into wet weather. I'm just about over that and am hunting with it more these days.

Had a 1-V in 25-06 and kept trying to make a deer rifle of it. Never got the heavy bullets to group like I wanted and traded it off. Heavily fondled a 416 Rigby at a gun show. Stopped a few miles down the road and FINALLY talked myself out of it. I may still get one of those for cast boolits. Love them LONG cases.

Would really like to get hold of some #3's and rebbl/restock into some wildcats. And could use a lighter one for the long days "in the saddle".

I'd give some range reports on the 375, but I don't bother to bench it anymore--it always hits where it's pointed with whatever I drop into the tube! I use it for deer with 270-grain Sierras, full-house loads of 4064 or 852 surplus.

It seems converting a No.1 to a 22LR is not a big deal the way it is fixed to handle the rimfire cartridge is to mod' the breech block so it locks up 1/10 of an inch lower then normal so the stock firing pin hits the rim of the 22 rimfire case. Of course it requires a new barrel and such. here is a link to one that just sold for almost $1600 dollars.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=117055816

Sounds easy,
Can you tell us where you got the Info that you only have to mod the breech block so that it's 1/10 of an inch lower ?, I know of course that the barrel has to be changed, and what about the extractor ?.
S/S

I own a Ruger #1H in .405 Winchester. It is beautiful. It shoots less than an inch at 100yds with Hornady 300GR Interlocks loaded to 2350 F.P.S. Ive got 300GR. Barnes X bullets and 350 grain Swift A-frames that I have not worked up yet. I can also load 400GR Swift A-frames or 400 Grain Woodleigh weldcores. Big Medicine as Ted called it. I bought a commemorative Winchester wooden ammo box with Teddy Roosevelt standing over a rhinoceros on the front, Way cool. I mounted a 1X3X20 Weaver classic V-series, which I own three mounted on other big bangers using medium offset Ruger rings. Bought it to hunt Elk and Moose, maybe if I am lucky a trip to Africa as a medium gun, although Craig Boddington has taken Cape Buffalo with one. Salt

You can send your No.1 back to Ruger to have one of these barrels installed.


No can do. Ruger will never rebarrel any of their guns to any caliber/configuration other than what it left the factory as.

Just a few currently but VERY good chance 2 or 3 will find new home shere next yr. THus far: .22-250 (V), .30-06 (A), .45-70 (S), .405 Win (H).

Sounds easy,
Can you tell us where you got the Info that you only have to mod the breech block so that it's 1/10 of an inch lower ?, I know of course that the barrel has to be changed, and what about the extractor ?.
S/S

I tried to E-mail the person selling this No.1 but the site would not allow any contact after the auction was over with. I did find this however at the 24 hour Campfire forum. It looks like this person may be the one who did the conversion and would be a good one to contact:

this is the link to the thread: https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/2560347/page/1

Here is the posting from the person who did the conversion:

just completed a rimfire conversion on a No.1 in 22lr using a Bentz reamer I had. I made the breechblock lifting arm from scratch using specialized holding fixtures on a lathe and a lathe milling adapter. Mainly to prove concepts with a test mule, a no1 action, and to learn about fixturing for a smallish, fairly complex part. The extractor also has to be updated to work with the fully supported chamber of the 22lr; not a big deal there design wise, as there are lots of rimfire extractors used in the gun world as a guide.

The rear of the breech will be flat usually. The breechblock sets up again the breechface tightly, ie zero gap space or thereabouts. The tenion is 0.995" in diameter, so the 22lr hole is in the middle usually, and the lowered breechblock does not aid the insertion of the rimfire 22lr case, as the top of the breechblock is made for centerfire, smallest being the production hornet. Of course there are smaller in the wildcat world, but you get the picture. With the modified arm method, the breechblock is lowered even further than in the factory centerfire.

When I was shooting my prototype with scope, I did not feel it was too hard to load, just my opinion. Everyone has his/her own opinion about what is hard to do.

Planning to move onto another way to do the conversion, which is the breechblock firing pin location movement. A bit more elegant than the lowered breechblock cosmetically, just my opinion of course.

No. 1 standard with 28" Krieger barrell in .280 AI built by David Christman of Delhi, La.

Just found and brought home a Ruger #1 Standard in 30-06. 98% condition, GORGEOUS wood and the bore is bright and sharp. Located a set of Ruger medium rings and mounted a Leupold Vari X III 1.75-6.

Happy Xmas to ME!!!! LOL :D

Just found and brought home a Ruger #1 Standard in 30-06. 98% condition, GORGEOUS wood and the bore is bright and sharp. Located a set of Ruger medium rings and mounted a Leupold Vari X III 1.75-6.

Happy Xmas to ME!!!! LOL :D
Congratulations on your find. I love those Ruger #1s and I am on the hunt for one with the Mannlicher style stock.
Dan

I got one in a 223rem and 300wby...Great guns and even better groupers!!!!!Love em.

223 V
270
7mmMag

I'm in Australia and we have massive supply problems with No1's eg none coming into the country. Apparently Ruger hasn't filled any new orders since they discontinued lever action production (and No.1 production went into hiatus) in August 2007. I ordered a No.1-H in 375H&H here in August '08 - still not here, Ruger still can;t provide the importer with a date when they (and I) might see one. Aaarrrrgggghhhh.

I had considered importing one privately but apparently VERY difficult and expensive to get export permits from the USA?

Anyone shed some light on this ?

One Eye,

lately one of our local shops has had a couple Number 1s in the RSI blued and walnut in the shop for $825 NIB. Had a 7x57 but someone finally grabbed it up before I could go fondle it again. :) :p

That Number 1B in 30-06 is a shooter! I loaded 50 rounds of my other 30-06 favorite handload and took it to the range. Once ir was on paper I fired for group and the first group was 5 shots in a hair over one inch. I got it to shooting just where I want it to at 100 yards and the best group was 3/4ths of an inch at 100 yards for 5 rounds. What an Xmas gift to me!
:D

I now have a 450/400 NE 3" and a .338-06. Love 'em both. Have previously owned a .22-250,.25-06, 7x57, 7mag, two .375 H&Hs, and a .458 Win. No complains about any of them.

steve.
I currently own 4 Ruger #1s,

270 Wby mag, 1-B
7mm-08 s/s 1-B
7mm mag s/s 1-B
300 Wby mag 1-B
I use each for hunting and each one shoots and performs extreemly well.
I sold my .416 Rigby to a friend because I had no use for it anymore and he just loves it.

I have one in a 270 Wby Mag. Couldn't get it to shoot well with factory ammo, but since I started hand loading for it I really enjoy it.

I am going to order the #1V or #1B in 25.06 tomorrow. I already have a Leupold VX-I 3-9x40 scope coming, and have dies, powder, bullets, and brass. I hope it's as good a rifle as you guys say it is!

Very cool! My next rifle is going to be a Hawkeye, it's probably going to be .25/06, as if three others aren't enough! :)

I own three of them and I love them all. I have a .243 win, 30.06 and a .204 ruger. My favorite by far though is the .243 win , it's a beauty. I don't know what it is but occasionally you'll get a gun that just shoots better than others and this is one of them. These are great rifles and I think they make a better marksmen out of you because you have no easy second shot.

Very cool! My next rifle is going to be a Hawkeye, it's probably going to be .25/06, as if three others aren't enough! :)

Well, Matt, it was an agonizing decision between the Hawkeye and the #1. I mean, I don;t consider myself particularly weak or indecisive, but this one really had a hold on me. Finally I just told myself it's going to be the #1B or #1V...that's it....done...no looking back!

I like that Hawkeye so much I'm already scouring and saving web items for the 22-250. That'll be my next rifle, 22-250, and definietly in the Hawkeye. It will end up being my daughter's gun in a couple of three years or so......

I remember when Remington first legitimized the 25/06. The gun writters of the time where gushing over how good it was. there was one write up in an issue of Guns and Ammo magazine and it was a story of a deer hunt using one of the first Remington 700's chambered in the 25/06. They had a before the shot picture showing a deer that was so far away they had to inset and arrow on the photo so you could see where this animal was standing. The next photo was the shooter with that deer killed with one shot. The shot was somewhere around 300 yards. This sort of inspired other gun makers to chamber rifles in anything that was .25 diameter. Ruger started to chamber the .257 Roberts in the No.1 about this time. except they ruined their chambering with a 1-16 twist, and chambered their barrels like the early .257 rifles with a very short throat so you had to seat the bullets way too deep in the cartridge. With the 1/16 twist you could not use the 117-125 grain bullets, and the 100 grain loading had to be seated well into the case causing a loss of powder capacity. Thankfully they where taken to task for this by hunting jounralists like
Jack O'Conners, Skeeter Skelton, and such and they fixed their mistake real fast.

Here's my Ruger No.1, a .45-70...

http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r236/storm_rider02/4570ruger1.jpg

Beautiful rifle!! How does it shoot? And...what kind of scope is mounted?

Beautiful rifle!! How does it shoot? And...what kind of scope is mounted?

Thanks! The scope is a Nikon Pro Staff 2x7. It's reasonably accurate, better consistency after I got the trigger adjusted down to a crisp 2# pull. My current standard load is a 350gr X bullet at 2200fps. :)

Oh yeah, I should mention that since it's a .45-70, I can certainly load it a lot faster than that as everyone knows and kill game with it a lot deader.

I just got my Ruger No. 1 in the Boddington Lion 375 Ruger what a sweet rifle. I had ordered it a few weeks back. I got it to replace a 450 Marlin guide gun I let go a few years back. I wanted a single shot but not another Encore and I've never owned a Ruger No.1. I saw the Boddington version at cabelas an started trying to get one for less than MSRP. I was able to order one thru one of the local shops in Spokane Wa. for a good price and it showed up last week. I will start to work up loads for it in a few weeks, I'm Looking at mounting a leupold VX-3 1.5X5X20 on it. It's a nice scope compact in size and looks good on the No.1.

Awesome caliber! Check out this video of the 375 Ruger Craig Boddington No.1-S rifle...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Gv3ylp6IU

I wish they sold those here.

I wish I could get ANY Ruger No1 Safari/Tropical rifle here.

I have a #3 .223, #1 300 Weatherby(Because it was cheap) and a Lyman .45-70 #1. The .223 and .45-70 shoot great, the .300 Wby is a work in progress. A while back someone was asking about a tang sight for a #1. I did not exactly come up with a tang sight but I did come up with a neat trick. For obvious reasons I did not want to drill holes in the Lyman #1, so I mounted a Williams receiver sight designed for a TC Contender on it. I could only use one screw hole so I epoxyed it to the barrel. It works great. I had to make the front globe sight but that was fairly easy. Has anyone else put a tang or recievier sight on a #1? Kind of a long answer for a simple question but I thought whoever was asking about the tang sight might read this.

Hi guys,
This my first post on this forum, thought I'd share some pics of my Ruger varmint rifles. It all started with a #3 in .22 K-Hornet in the late 80's, then a #3 Hornet that had been rechambered to .221 Fireball. Had that one rebarreled in .219 Wasp in 1994 and have since sold or traded my bolt rifles to have more custom Rugers. These are my 30-30 based wildcats, four on left for the Rugers, two right ones for Handgun silhouette TC barrels.
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/rifle2007.jpg
.204 Wasp, .219 Wasp, .219 DW PDK, .224 BRM, 6.5 Bullberry Imp., .30 Herrett
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/rifle013.jpg
#3 .219 Wasp, Shilen barrel, Kepplinger set trigger, 16X Redfield 6400, Reinhart-Fagen economy Walnut. Have 6000 rounds fired at paper and PD's.
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/rifle2010.jpg
left target shot in 1994, right target shot last summer after almost 6000 rounds
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/rifle011.jpg
#3 .224 BRM, rebarreled by EABCO, Kepplinger set trigger, Vais brake, 6.5-20 X 40 Leupold, #1 wood, chamber is to long to use 30-30 brass, had to neck down 38-55 WW brass
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/rifle2009.jpg
left is one of the best groups with 50 V-max, right is load for this May PD shoot with 55 NBT
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/rifle009.jpg
#1 .219 DW PDK, Shilen barrel, Kepplinger set trigger, 8-32 X 50 Pentax, JGS reamer from my design, 30-30 case, 1.900 long, 35* shoulder, .270 long .250 dia. neck, metalwork by
Mark Penrod.
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/rifle2008.jpg
left target, 50 V-max for this May, right, best group ever with 50 NBT
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/rifle006.jpg
#1 .204 Wasp, Kreiger barrel 11" twist, Kepplinger set trigger, replaced the 6-18 Burris with 6.5-20 X 40 Leupold today, PTG reamer from my design, necked down .219 Wasp with .250 long .232 dia neck. Mark Penrod finished it Feb 12, 09. Shot it a few times to find a good fireforming load to use on PD's this May. This is my first .20 cal and I think I'm going to like it.
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/005.jpg
right group is my fireforming load, 29.5 N135, 40 v-max mollied, 4033 fps, have 434 of these loaded up for May, will have all summer to work with the formed brass.
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww25/219DW/003.jpg
One more pic of #1 .204 Wasp at range in early March.
Dave

Welcome aboard 219 .... really good bunch here ....

very nice .... it appears you are having way too much fun... :)

oloutlaw,
I do have a lot of fun with my Rugers, especially when I'm sitting in the middle of a PD town. Also get a lot of satisfaction when a plan comes together and the rifle shoots well.
Dave

I have several and love them all.
.375 H&H safari #!vss in .304 #1B in 243. #1B in .308. These guns were made to shoot and shoot they do!

New on here, looks like a fun place with lots of good info. I've loved the No. 1 since it first came out in the late '60s. I've owned four but am presently down to two. My first one was a 270 acquired in 1976, it was a lightweight sporter with the Alex Henry fore-end (all have been of that style) with a 22" barrel. Within the next few years, between '76-'80 I also picked up a 458 Win. Mag Tropical Rifle, and a 7mm Rem. Mag. with the 26" and Henry stock. The 7mm has the most incredible piece of wood on it, and that was a big part of why I bought it in the first place. I later sold both the 458 and the 270, but have used the 7mm extensively over the years.

Just a few days ago, and after a long hiatus......I tended to get into "black rifles" for a while there and still enjoy those, but am returning gradually to my roots, revolvers in the handgun arena, and lever guns and single-shots in the rifle category.....I acquired a beautiful 9.3x74mmRimmed, and am having a lot of fun tinkering with that oddball round. I see it as being pretty versatile for hunting in western Montana, actually, big enough for anything and a good heavy-timber/brush hunting round for deer. A good 200 yard round. I figure if something is further away than that I'd better not shoot anyway.

We have a friend who hunted elk in colorado very successfully with his ruger #1 in 6mm, he shot a running 4x3 bull elk in the neck dropping it but he is an excellent shot.He compared my 300wm ammo to his 6mm for his young sons to see the difference.They have now a 1/2 dozen 6mm's they use for whitetail hunting plus 300's,308's,350mag,etc.

Looking for a good load for my No. 1 in 375 Ruger. Anyone that has info would like to here from you.

Looking for a good load for my No. 1 in 375 Ruger. Anyone that has info would like to hear from you.

I did a fast search, and since I like Barnes bullets in my No.1 Tropical .375H&H I looked there first here you go:

http://www.barnesbullets.com/images/375RugerWeb.pdf

I have had my Ruger 1 .25-06 with a varmit barrel and a Leupold 3x9 scope since the late 1970's. It is my favorite rifle for deer hunting. I have taken 29 bucks with it out to 325 yds and none of them ran more than 15 ft. I use 4350 and Nosler 120 gr. bullets. Under 150 yards I always choose a neck shot and they drop in their tracks. It is too heavy for comfortable walk/stalk hunting, but is deadly in a blind with a rest. Granted, South Texas deer are not as large bodied as some of those farther north, but I bet they taste the same. If I walk/stalk hunt, I use a pre 64 Winchester 70 featherweight in .308. It's deadly too.
Moosie

I bought a Ruger No.1 in 7mm mag and converted it to a 45/70. The C. Sharps Co. in Montana was selling 32inch .45 cal Badger barrels that were threaded for the Rugers and thats's where I got the barrel from. I had my gunsmith fit it on and put the Sharps rear sight and front hood sight on also. It shoots great, and was a better alternative to ordering a new C. Sharps that had a long waiting period. I still ordered three 1874 Sharps from them, which took almost two years to come in.

Hey Steve, Go Vols!

I have a new to me Number 1 in 45-70. Haven't shot it yet, have to wait until after duck season for the range to open again.

Andy

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/4201926023_15437e0039.jpg

I have a new to me Number 1 in 45-70. Haven't shot it yet, have to wait until after duck season for the range to open again.

Andy

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/4201926023_15437e0039.jpg

Duck season? It's ice fishing season here ;)

Nice looking gun. I am on the hunt for one myself. Gonna hit the gun shops hard after archery season closes here tomorrow.
Dan