Recent content by wunbe

I agree, the odds are infinitesimal that it was done by court order. Such guns are either held as evidence indefinitely or destroyed completely. Far more likely, someone found it to be too much gun -- weight and recoil ---for any practical purpose and rebarreled and perhaps restocked it for...

Amen and good luck. wunbe

My bad! I misread your post. wunbe

Why the aversion to red pads? The black pads are no more useful as actual recoil absorbers and the red pads harken back to classic British hunting rifles! And the early #1s usually had nicer wood, adjustable triggers, and far more expert fit and finish than you see today. The date of origin...

He surely did not sell the .300 H&H because of recoil! It is a pussycat compared to any of the 300 mags on offer and delivers nearly equal down range impact. And my 1B is accurate as any I own. I no longer even have a .300 WM. wunbe

It would go nicely with my custom #1B in 9.3x62 with the Tiger maple stock. Picts to your email sent to me via PM. wunbe

With a #1 or #3, the issue is removing the scope with Warne QD rings attached and levering in the QD rings onto another rifle with the 'same' rib mounting system w/o changing the ring positions . Theoretically possible as all the receivers are the same as are the ribs but.... who knows if the...

OK so now the "hope list" is open again ..... A 1A with 3 lb, crisp, trigger; a svelte and pretty wood stock sealed and free floated with a classic schnable fore end -- no AH!; fluted barrel, a scope mounting system that allows for more rearward positioning; chambered in the new 350...

Buckeye Bill, Thanks for posting the picts. The top rifle lower picture is a 45 70. wunbe

Never have mastered any picture transfer other than Attachment! Introduce 2 or 3 mumbo jumbo cyber commands into the process and my mind glazes over and I bail out. I gave you an option for getting picts by email.... Pls note I added some more details on the 6.5x55. wunbe

10-15 years ago when I was hot on Ruger single shot collecting, I came across a #3 style custom rifle that was putatively made as a "lunch bucket" rifle by Ruger workers. ( I later learned from Ruger that the original receiver was in .22 Hornet.) It differed from the standard 1A profile in...

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A straight case pistol cartridge Ruger single shot for those outer burb/mixed rural areas only permitting such rifle calibers. The rifle is a custom red pad, older, #3 with presentable, unmarred, 1B wood and nice wood/metal fit. It has a like new McGowen 22" large diameter SS tube . It is no...

This kind of quality control is what to expect once a manufacturer shifts over to slapping together plastic guns in high volume. Both skills in assembly and final out the door checks go south even as the MSRP bloats. wunbe

My old 44 carbine is pleasant to shoot, quick handling, and w/o 'tweaking' is more accurate than many of my other Ruger long guns out of the box. And it is not for sale. wunbe