picketpin
Buckeye
#1 "B" 257 Roberts. Just fine for varmints with 75s and all you need for deer, antelope, sheep and caribou with 120s. More versitile than the 25-06 on the light bullet end of the equation.
Ross
Ross
If you could have only ONE Ruger #1?
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firecaptain
Single-Sixer
Blue, 1A in 35 Whelen. Why? Don't really know. Great caliber for bear, works for deer although a tad bit large.
mike-c
Single-Sixer
Greetings DavidMc116,
The 45-70 is very shootable with black powder and lead cast bullets, as well as, modern smokeless and jacketed bullets. It is not a first class varmint rifle, but it can and has killed about anything on the planet. My marlin in 45-70 is my go to rifle when I head out into the woods of the mountains in Oklahoma. I would not fault anyones choice of caliber, but how could you be satisfied with just one caliber? 8)
The 45-70 is very shootable with black powder and lead cast bullets, as well as, modern smokeless and jacketed bullets. It is not a first class varmint rifle, but it can and has killed about anything on the planet. My marlin in 45-70 is my go to rifle when I head out into the woods of the mountains in Oklahoma. I would not fault anyones choice of caliber, but how could you be satisfied with just one caliber? 8)
MMichaelAK
Single-Sixer
Nooooo!!!!!!!!
Cant have just One!!!
A 1S in stainless with the laminate stock and a set of nice walnut too in 30-06. A Leupold VX3 1.75-6 mounted close to the barrel and a back up NEGC peep sight.
Then a twin to that in .375 Holland and Holland.
Barring that, I keep the ones I have! My rules, I make them up!
Cant have just One!!!
A 1S in stainless with the laminate stock and a set of nice walnut too in 30-06. A Leupold VX3 1.75-6 mounted close to the barrel and a back up NEGC peep sight.
Then a twin to that in .375 Holland and Holland.
Barring that, I keep the ones I have! My rules, I make them up!
Golfswithwolves
Bearcat
My belief is that a single-shot like the #1 should have a rimmed round (no real functional advantage these days I guess, but it's traditional). So a rimmed .30 cal. like the 30/30 or the 30/40 Krag or the slightly larger .303 would be fine and useful choices for a guy's sole #1. That said, mine is a 450/400.
DavidMc116
Single-Sixer
It's not just about the #1 but your caliber of choice and why. Nobody will be "faulted". Right now, we've see choices from 25 to 450 with most inbetween. Let's keep it going. I love the 45-70 but being I can only have one...., I went with practical.
mike-c
Single-Sixer
Greetings DavidMc116,
This has become a dangerous thing!
Wife informed me we could save a bunch of money if I was limited to one gun and caliber!
Whose dumb idea was this? :roll:
This has become a dangerous thing!
Wife informed me we could save a bunch of money if I was limited to one gun and caliber!
Whose dumb idea was this? :roll:
I'm still waiting on my choice, but at least it's in the catalog, finally. My ch oice is the #1A in 308 Winchester. A do everything cartridge that available world wide, sometimes hiding as the 7.62 Nato. I just started in 2010 acquiring #1's. So far a #1S in 300 H&H and #1A's in 257 Roberts, 6.5x55, 303 British, and 35 Whelen. As stated before, the 6.5x55 is a long range hammer of Thor. Bob!
oice is the #1A in 308 Winchester. A do everything cartridge that available world wide, sometimes hiding as the 7.62 Nato. I just started in 2010 acquiring #1's. So far a #1S in 300 H&H and #1A's in 257 Roberts, 6.5x55, 303 British, and 35 Whelen. As stated before, the 6.5x55 is a long range hammer of Thor. Bob!RJ556
Buckeye
I know you did say "just one #1" and I stated above that it would be the K1A in 6.5x55 Swede, but it was hard not to pick my other "One" in 30-40 Krag.
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DavidMc116
Single-Sixer
Bonus points for pictures!
Har-mo-ney
Har-mo-ney
buckeyeshooter
Blackhawk
easy 300 holland and holland
Lloyd Smale
Blackhawk
the 6.5 has never been my cup of tea but thats one beautiful #1 you have there
RJ556 said:I know you did say "just one #1" and I stated above that it would be the K1A in 6.5x55 Swede, but it was hard not to pick my other "One" in 30-40 Krag.
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Lloyd Smale
Blackhawk
im green with envy! PICTURES!!!
El Numero Uno said:
El Numero Uno
Buckeye
If this is what you were asking, you can see a couple of pictures of it here:
http://www.classicsportingarms.com/?page_id=228
Not the best of photos of the rifle, but it was not the main focus!
http://www.classicsportingarms.com/?page_id=228
Not the best of photos of the rifle, but it was not the main focus!
ddixon
Bearcat
Sort of like potato chips "you can't have just one" But I can narrow the choice down to one of two. Either my #1-A 30-06 Springfield or #1-B 243 Winchester.
patrickjames
Single-Sixer
RJ556 said:I know you did say "just one #1" and I stated above that it would be the K1A in 6.5x55 Swede, but it was hard not to pick my other "One" in 30-40 Krag.
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VERY NICE !!! Great tread.
Quarterbore
Blackhawk
Can I ask, how hard would it be for me to put proper Walnut furnature on one of the Stainless #1s with the laminant stocks? If I buy a Ruger #1 it would be my fair weather gun and I just can't warn up to that ugly laminant stock altough my 77/22 is the target grey/laminant.
Ironic as my Rem 700s (243, 308 and 270) all use H-S Precision stocks that are rather ugly and my 870 slug gun has virtually no finish left on the forend or stock but I see them as tools. The #1 I see is something a bit too nice for brush busting (I guess like my Ithica 37, Rem 541T-HB and a couple others which I baby like a fine watch).
Ironic as my Rem 700s (243, 308 and 270) all use H-S Precision stocks that are rather ugly and my 870 slug gun has virtually no finish left on the forend or stock but I see them as tools. The #1 I see is something a bit too nice for brush busting (I guess like my Ithica 37, Rem 541T-HB and a couple others which I baby like a fine watch).
