FLUndertaker
Bearcat
If I want to do a deep dive into Ruger #1 rifles as a newby to them, what is required reading? Mostly looking for info on history and collecting.
SteveRuger said:Joe Claytons Book, Ruger No.1 is a good place to start.
IMHO.
RSIno1 said:...You'll find nicer wood on older ones. The bean counters have put some 2x4 quality wood on the recent ones - these guns were originally made to fit a niche at any cost not a price point. A couple years have corrosion problems when they used some salt cured wood...
RSIno1 said:Start searching ebay and snag the first one you find. I got mine for $30FLUndertaker said:SteveRuger said:Joe Claytons Book, Ruger No.1 is a good place to start.
IMHO.
$259 on Amazon. Yikes. Not saying it's not worth it but that's a pricey book!
http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=276796&start=0Clark said:About the salt-cured wood...I thought that was only Browning who had fell into that pitfall.
+1 My first No1 was my black pad RSI a guy offered to swap it for my Remington XP100 pistol. Then Clayton's book and it's been red pads ever since (except for the stainless one). My favorite but not for rarity or caliber is my 1A - just because it was unfired, new in the box and came with all the goodies a new gun comes with.kevin masten said:You must educate your self throughly.