Recent content by Architorture23

Hey Alan, didn't know you were over here, too. Never been there but shoot at Creekside some. Maybe we can get together before deer season.

I'm thinking it was after market engraving, as well. I can't find anything similar through extensive searching. The gun sold before I could personally get to it. I wad alerted to it by a post on another forum. That person was walling on buying it but he ended up getting it anyways. The shop...

Huh? What metal doesn't match?

Can anyone tell me if this is a factory engraving or maybe Turnbull work? Or would you guess it was done by someone on their own after they bought a standard No. 1? Thanks Wood is also a little more "walnut" than I'm used to seeing (more brown/less red) and the checkering is slightly...

I paid (trade value, actually) $800 for a tang-safety .308 RSI with a 6X Leupold FX-II a few months ago. Rifle was in excellent condition and scope was like new w/ the box.

yeah I've already added another. This 1V in 25-06. :) and both of them

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PM sent. 5" top to bottom. 1.75" wide at widest point.

Great guns. I have a 1974 standard 20 ga, 26" IC barrel. Looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor. Bought it about 6 years ago for $300.

I'm not really into collectibles, but I do like fine hunting guns. A nice No. 1 was always on my list and now I have a couple of them. Another that was always on my list was a nice Belgian Browning Sweet 16, which I also now own. Really the biggie left on my list is a Winchester Model 21...

I hunted with a pheasant guide up in SoDak that kept an M77 in .220 Swift in his truck for coyotes and other sort of vermin. That thing was murder on a jackrabbit...

Yes I've been researching steaming and raising the wood. The stock is really more scratched than the pictures can show. No, it's not terrible, but I would love for it to be mint again. But usually I'm a "keep things original at all costs" kind of guy so I'm torn. I'll check out Pilkingtons...

Looking for a red pad to put on a newer #1. PM me if anyone has one they're willing to part with. Or post here if you know any other way to get one. I'd prefer it to have Ruger logo. Thanks.

Wow, thanks for the info gewehr. That's really good to know. It didn't make sense for a varmint rifle to come with irons, but I couldn't figure out what else they would be. 750 for gun and scope. I'm very happy with it.

The scope is a Bushnell Banner 3-9x50. Pretty cheap scope. If push comes to shove I'll use it, but I'd like to upgrade. As for the barrel, it is 23" from crown to receiver. What tipped me off, though, is that there are fill in screws in the tapered part of the barrel for what I can only...