Hunting with Ruger no.1 open sights

[350Rem]

Thinking about challenging myself this fall and use my No.1 (7mm-08) with just the iron sights and no scope.
Shots will be between 50-100 yards. Anyone hunt this way?
How accurate are the factory supplied sights?

Thanks

 

[021]

Open sights are, mostly, the way I hunt. I enjoy the challenge of getting close. I have never killed a deer farther than 45 yards or so away, and at that distance open sights are fine. You do lose a little bit of hunting time at dawn and sundown though, which is where a scope comes in handy.

 

[pruger45]

I hunted whitetail deer in Pennsylvania for many years with a 45/70 lever action with a Williams peep sight! Go for it!

 

[Rumrunner]

Try it and see. The sights should be plenty accurate for the job if you can see them well.

Open sights would be a real challenge to me. Partially because of my eye sight and partially because of the tiny bead on the no.1 front sights. I wish I could use them, but I need a scope or red dot any more.

 

[BlkHawk73]

Have a few 1A or 1S models I'd certainly use sans optics to hunt with. Practice, know your limitations and you're good to go.

 

[wunbe]

The Safari grade irons on the Boddington series are the only Ruger#1 irons worth a damn to me. The NECGW peep sights are very good but the front sight still needs a white vertical stripe to be readily seen against darker backgrounds.

wunbe

 

[dakota1911]

Used to hunt deer, elk and antelope with a Ruger No. 1 International in 30-06. This is when I was younger. Practice is the key but I found the supplied iron sights good out to 200 yards on a critter. This is when I was younger. Now I use a scope.

 

[Alan in GA]

After deer hunting for 9 years with only archery equipment, and limiting shots to 35 yards and LESS, hunting with open sights on a rifle seems totally acceptable to me. I've shot 70% of my deer kills with scoped rifles in years prior to the archery only spell. Now, I believe the very best weapon IS a scoped rifle but you pick your weapon and match it to the area you hunt. I would have to limit my deer rifle shot ranges with open sights to about 80 yards with my eyesight. However I see MANY deer at less than 50 yards.

 

[700xcr]

Thinking about challenging myself this fall and use my No.1 (7mm-08) with just the iron sights and no scope.
Shots will be between 50-100 yards. Anyone hunt this way?
How accurate are the factory supplied sights?

Thanks[/quote) My Ruger I installed a NECG Ruger Ghost Ring Peep Sight.
https://www.newenglandcustomgun.com/Gun_Services/item_info.asp?Brand_id=6255&ST=Ruger%20Ghost%20Ring%20Peep#.WPGB2fQrK00

 

[Lefty SRH]

I have the NECG Ruger Peep sight not the ghost ring peep sight for my No.1
I have it paired with an XS Ruger white stripe front sight, I think its .400" tall in my 7x57 RSI. I cant say I AM accurate with it but I can keep shots inside a 6" circle at 100yds, usually 2"-3" groups. Thats plenty for hunting.
Im shooting the classic 175gr round nose soft nose bullet at 2400fps handload.

 

[SHOOTER]

Did you have to change the front sight when using the NECG rear peep?

 

[pete44ru]

Did you have to change the front sight when using the NECG rear peep?

Yes, a taller front sight will be needed to achieve zero with the NECG peepsight; but I would suggest checking out the Skinner peepsight for the Ruger #1, which Skinner says will zero w/o changing the front sight height.

http://www.skinnersights.com/ruger_firearms_22.html


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