Ruger #1 lovers unite!

[6mm Remington]

For anybody looking for a particular #1, here's a pretty good link to hold onto.
http://www.classicsportingarms.com/rugers-for-sale/
He specializes in the No. 1's, and has quite a supply (both new and used). Good to deal with.

Oh, I believe at some point in the future I will be cursing you!

Me as well. If I had not already started that 280AI build one of those .280 Remington Ruger #1B's would very likely find a home real quick. Man I would have an awesome trio of those darn things. 6mm, 280, and 30-06!

 

[DrMike]

For anybody looking for a particular #1, here's a pretty good link to hold onto.
http://www.classicsportingarms.com/rugers-for-sale/
He specializes in the No. 1's, and has quite a supply (both new and used). Good to deal with.

Oh, I believe at some point in the future I will be cursing you!

Me as well. If I had not already started that 280AI build one of those .280 Remington Ruger #1B's would very likely find a home real quick. Man I would have an awesome trio of those darn things. 6mm, 280, and 30-06!

It is never too late, David. :mrgreen:

 

[Wincheringen]

I think there are 23 of them around here, I kinda lost count. My brother has quite a few more than I do. I think the 1V 280 is the rarest one I have. At least 10 are current favorites. My first was a B 25/06, I took a nice Muley with it just 4 days after I got it.

 

[Bruce Mc]

About 30 years ago I had a Ruger #1 Varminter in .220 Swift that would shoot five shots under a dime with 50gr Speer bullets. For reasons that don't make any sense today, I got rid of that rifle and regret it still. Today I was at the local firearms retailer appropriately named "The Armory" when I came across a Ruger #1 sitting at the very back of the rack away from all the other rifles. I asked to take a look at it and geez, it was a new varminter in .220 swift. The poor orphan was crying for a home and I have a Leupold 4x-12x in for repair that doesn't have a partner. So I just couldn't let it go back on the shelf.

I still have all my dies and such for the swift so I won't be too much to get back into gear.

 

[DrMike]

Great find, Bruce. That is a cartridge that intrigues me, for sure. Why we divest ourselves of certain rifles that generate intense regret and remorse for years to come, I'll never understand, but we do.

 

[gerry]

That will do nicely Bruce, I bet it will group just as well as your old one.

 

[6mm Remington]

Way to go Bruce. You did good sir! Very nice find.

 

[REDGREEN]

Have had a pile of them. They are a great rifle. Too bad that they discontinued a bunch of the calibers that they were once offered in. Classy, handle well and most of them shoot extremely well.

 

[pre6422hornet]

I have a #1V in 223 that really needs a better scope and a trigger job. Although the trigger breaks clean with zero creep, it does so at 8.5 pounds.

I do like it alot and I plan on getting some prairie dogs this fall up in Wyoming, as long as I get drawn for Antelope.

 

[nvbroncrider]

I need one in 22-250 to match my 77VT so i can keep barrels cool.

 

[1100 Remington Man]

I wanted one bad in a 1-B in 6mm Rem just never found one, just a 1-V & I did not want the heavy barrel. My Brother had one he ordered from Ruger Custom shop in 30-06 but he only had it a couple years & sold it. He did not like the trigger pull & at 100 yds his groups size were 2-3 inches he sent in back to them & they worked on it some more & then it was 1-2 inch shooter. He never had confidence in it & sold it. It did have a gold Mule Deer on it but to tell the truth it was not that great looking, for what he spent on it. I always felt they never sold more is because gun stores never had them in stock, if they had I would of had a 6mm Rem, something to be said about being able to look at the wood & pick it up.

 

[257 Ackley]

My #1 is on it's third barrel. Originally bought in 1985 in 22-250. Rebarreled after about 4500 rounds :shock: in 2001 with a Douglas barrel and rebarreled last year with a Brux 1-8 twist in 22BR. The middle of June will be it's first trip to p-dog towns in Montana. :mrgreen: Going to be shooting 64 and 69 grain bullets that will allow longer shots. This is one of the few rifles in the safe that there isn't a price tag on.

 

[Guy Miner]

.22 BR... cool.

 

[257 Ackley]

.22 BR... cool.

I had the gunsmith put a Kiplinger (sp) set trigger on it while he was doing the barrel work. Man does that make a difference on how it shoots. When set it breaks at 6 oz, and unset it is around 2 lbs. I tried it at 600 yards this week with the 64 grain Bergers and found vertical to be less than 2 inches. The recoil is light enough that I was able to watch the bullet trace as it was going into the target. Should work well to see some splashes on the p-dogs!

I know two guys that are starting to build bolt rifles with 7 twist barrels to shoot 90 grain bullets in this caliber. Cases are easy to form from 6BR and you burn a lot less powder.

 

[Bruce Mc]

I finally got my scope back from Leupold and got it mounted on the Ruger Number 1 .220 swift. The scope is a 4x-12x. I couldn't find any brass in the area or on line but I did find some Hornady V Max 55gr ammo so I could give her a try, break in the barrel, and get some fire formed brass. Here she is on the bench.

The Hornady ammo didn't do too bad. This was my best group. It was tad windy and it kept going from sun shine to cloud cover.

I think with a little TLC (Texas loaded cartridges) it will shoot much better.

 

[Guy Miner]

Sweet! Nice shooting Bruce!

Also perhaps of interest, a group of local varmint shooters fell in love with the 6mmBR and about 10 years ago started necking it down to make the .20 BR... That's a flat shooting little varmint zapper with all the accuracy you'd expect from the BR cases!

Don't know that there were any Number One rifles among the conversions though. Sorry for the aside...

 

[Oldtrader3]

I would get off on shooting a Ruger No1 in .425 Westley Richards!

 

[BK]

How hard is brass to get for a W-R, Charlie? That would be cool as heck, even if just shooting cast bullets.

 

[Oldtrader3]

Kurt, Bertram cases from Australia, are $ 5.00 each! If you shoot them with the old Cordite equivalent loads, they should last several years?

 

[FOTIS]

I wanted one bad in a 1-B in 6mm Rem just never found one, just a 1-V & I did not want the heavy barrel.

No Problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here you go at a great price minty and a leupy!

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Ruger- ... =100434658