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Off subject but "Fun"? One of the wife's friends came over once and spent the day bitching about dead critters and all the guns, cowboy hat on a chair back etc. "I'd never let Toney do anything like that". Mary Alice responded with "I know you wouldn't but then he's your 3rd husband and we...

Married 49 nine years this April. The wife lets me look, but NO TOUCHING. ;-) Ross PS: She does however put up with guns and dead critters hung all over the house. She's a keeper.

(52 ) 17 non prefixes. 30 other red pads most are 130s 5 black pads, only because they were never offered any other way. All the "V" calibers with the exception of 222 Rem and 280 Rem. But I have slowed WAY down in the last 3-4 years. I've always said that guys that buy Savages, Marlins etc...

YEP RWT

As a guess, probably less than 10% of tang safety 77s were RS and even fewer (PL) round tops. Ross

#1s are SOFT right now and who knows for how long? The new MSRP is high and the offerings are ......... geared to a younger generation or states that just allowed rifle hunting but in pistol cartridges. I bought m first #1 in 1967 and have bought many since. When Ruger didn't offer what I...

I have to admit it's as much a cosmetic thing as anything else. I've just never liked the look and frankly not being a rimmed cartridge enthousiast none really were something I wanted to work with ballistically. Add to that, for not a lot more you could get a #1 and with luck great wood. I...

It's alway been a crap shoot. BUT there were definitely era in which outstanding wood was more common. I sort of laugh at the claim when Lipsey took over the #1 they were waiting for BETTER wood. When it showed up it certainly anything special. Regardless of era the were/are always a few...

Not really, early on and up through the Salt Wood debacle many #1s had came down the line with xxx or better wood. I have quite a few non prefixes and early 130s that have exceptional wood. Part of it is back when I started 1967 they weren't all that popular and the local gun shops would let...

130-0006 RWT

Well it looks like they have finally completed the change over to the next generation or more correctly the current market trends. I have no need or desire for anything simply because it fires a cartridge designed only because it'll work through the AR platform. At best some duplicate stuff I...

Does it do anything my 240 WBY or 6mm-284 don't already do?? RWT

How does that tell you anything??? How do "comparing" the two using different bullets of different weights and different speeds?? If you are going to compare the 6.5 Creedmore then use the same information and the other 6.5s. I own one rifle in 6.5 Creedmore a #1 "V". It will NOT shoot anu...

Ruger will tell you that the #1 is a "Sporting" arm and not a target rifle. 2" is certainly minute of deer out to any range prudent to shoot. That said The two biggest issues with accuracy in MOST #1s is barrel harmonics and forearm tip pressure. 40 rounds is not much when it comes to...

1000 is way too many to be "Rare" For that price I can hold out and buy non prefixes or other #1s with production of 100 or less and be assured of getting killer wood. Old adage but true: Things deliberately made to be rare and collectable are seldom either. RWT