IF I went single shot only...

[Guy Miner]

Am considering adding a Number One, or maybe two of them, and doing all my hunting for a few years with single shot rifles only. Just for the heck of it. I've always liked them, and have owned four total, but at this point I only have the .375 H&H Tropical. Great bear gun... :grin:

Mostly I hunt mule deer, sometimes whitetail, a few coyotes every year, an occasional rock chuck, and now and again I get out for elk or bear. Yeah, I could do it all with the .375, but... I'd like something "less" to deal with deer & such. Recommendations for cartridge, scope and even configuration - as in which type of Number One please?

I'd consider it a plus if I didn't have to buy any special dies or bullets for it either... Though I'd consider doing so. On hand I've got dies and at least some supplies for:

6mm Rem
.25-06
.257 Wby mag
7mm Rem mag
.308 Win
.30-06
.300 WSM
.300 Win mag
.45/70

Have a lot of .25 & .30 cal bullets on hand, and a pretty good supply of 7mm bullets too.

Recommendations? Thanks!

I'd be trading off a bolt rifle or two or maybe some shotguns to make this happen.

 

[JD338]

Guy

Take a look at the 280 Remington.

JD338

 

[Anonymous]

Hard to imagine a better 2 rifle setup than the '06 and the .375....for anything around the world.

 

[muleman]

Guy,
If it were my dilemma I'd go for a 257Bee in a #1B with a 26" barrel. You'd probably have to start with a 25-06 and rechamber it. If you wanted to use it on elk as well I'd do the 7mm in the same configuration. Of course if your budget allowed for two #1s I'd go with the 257Bee and the 300WM - that would pretty much cover you aardvarks to zebras and you would always have the 375 for the critters that could bite back.

Scott

 

[DrMike]

I'd be comfortable with anything between the 7RM and the 300WM. You'd be set for pretty much all of NA.

 

[onesonek]

Guy
I have and have had many Number's, great rifle imo. I might as well put a classic beside the classic .375 H&H, and that is the naturally the .30-06. But then I could make an arguement for the .45-70 as well.

 

[Thankful Otter]

Hard to imagine a better 2 rifle setup than the '06 and the .375....for anything around the world.

+ 1

and you already have one of them, which means you would not need to sell as many of what you now have to get to where you want to be.

 

[PJGunner]

I have a few (20) Ruger #1's ranging from .22 Hornet to .416 Rigby. Most were made before Ruger started making their own barrels so some are quite accurate and others not so much. ne of my favorites is a #1A in 7x57 and I have 3 #1's in .300 Win. mag., two of which are MOA rifles and number 3, a 200th year of American liberty model has not been shot yet. I like to hunt with them most of the time but the ranch I hunt for elk has rules, one of which is, "No single shot rifles." They don't allow the .270 Win. either. :shock: I also have one Browning B78 in 30-06 and it's a tack driver. However, the hammer is a bit difficult to reach to lower or cock the gun with a scope mounted which I consider a handicap, especially when it's cold.
I like hunting with them and don't consider it to be a handicp.
Paul B.

 

[BeeTee]

Am considering adding a Number One

Recommendations? Thanks!

The 375 will handle elk on up, so choosing something with low recoil, cheap to shoot and accurate to handle the rest makes sense. :wink: BT

By the way, a shooting friend and mentor from 40 years ago was extremely successful at shooting cast bullets in a Ruger #1 375H&H.

 

[SJB358]

Guy, I would think another 25-06 or 280 would make a sweet lower recoiling, flat shooting rifle to compliment your 375. I like where your heads at on this plan. Pretty cool, same rifle handling characteristics on all rifles just different power levels. Hope you get to do this. I would bet it'd make you pretty happy to have a nice trip of #1's..

A 300 H&H would be pretty awesome in a #1 as well.

 

[FOTIS]

25-06 of course I love mine

and shoots like mad

 

[Wincheringen]

I'd go with a 25/06 and 300 H&H. I guess I already did though. I have a few No. 1s and really enjoy them all. In fact its kinda tough trying to decide which one to take hunting. I've taken a few mulies with my 6.5x55 and it pretty well flattens them right out.

 

[onesonek]

That is some of the nicest wood I seen Fotis. While they can be fickle to load for at times, I haven't had many issues I couldn't overcome. Meaning,,, that accuracy you got going, don't suprise me one bit.

 

[Oldtrader3]

The .257 Roberts in a No. !?

 

[shoots_5]

Don't overlook the 6mm. Plenty of gun for deer, antelope, coyote. And lots of fun to shoot. And I would go with a 300H&H over the 30-06. Especially since you have the bigger brother to the H&H.

 

[shoots_5]

Here you go
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =326826562

 

[PJGunner]

The .257 Roberts in a No. !?

Yeah, if you can find one. The .257 Bob and 6MM Rem. are both tack drivers in my #1B models. Must be the relatively semi-heavy barrels and small bores that contribute to that level of accuracy. I also have a #1A in .243 but it's not quite as accurate as the "B" models. I have two "B"s in 25-06 as well, one a somewhat beat up gun that I planned on using as a donor for a custom .35 Whelen and another that was quite cherry. The beater is a tack driver doing .50 to 75" dependong on the load but the cherry one hasn't done better than 1.5" so far. All my #1's were made before Ruger stated making their own barrels so some rifles are accurate and some are not. I usually can make one shoot with some tinkering.
Paul B.

 

[SJB358]

Here you go
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =326826562

That'd be a nice rifle..

 

[super-7]

For what your asking out of your rifle, Muleys the chance at some longer shots it would be tough to beat the 7mm RM , hello LR -AB. My buddy's shoots real bug hole groups , but so does his 270 stainless laminate. My BIL picked up a Ruger #1 leapord in 7x57 it's a beaut but I'd be scared of scratching it on a hunt. Lol. If you want an odd ball there was a special run a couple years ago with the 303 enfield chamber ing.

 

[Wincheringen]

The .257 Roberts in a No. !?

I have one in a 'A', also a .303 Brit 'A'. All kinds of fun!