Ruger #1 in 357?
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picketpin
Buckeye
just a little over 1800 were CHP Association marked. !800+ of any #1 is NOT rare. There are approx 200 that were termed "overrun" guns and were not CHP marked, they are of course much rarer and thus worth quite a bit more. The CHPs have been a drag on the market since they came out in the mid 1980s. I personally would NOT pay more than $1000 for the even the overrun gun and then it better have way above average wood. I just have never been able to figure out where a 357 Mag fits into MY rifle battery.
RWT
RWT
Picketpin
Your right about the 357 & rifle. Had a M77 in 357 and didn't like it. I just really like the Number Ones and was looking to buy another caliber. Guess I'll wait till I find a 6mm, this one is on top of my list.
Thanks for the info and great thoughts.
Dwight
Your right about the 357 & rifle. Had a M77 in 357 and didn't like it. I just really like the Number Ones and was looking to buy another caliber. Guess I'll wait till I find a 6mm, this one is on top of my list.
Thanks for the info and great thoughts.
Dwight
BRASS FRAME
Single-Sixer
Did you say a .22 Mag. in a No. 1 Ruger? Just curious.
El Numero Uno
Buckeye
Your guy may be reliable, but he is mistaken! Even though I advise the adage"Never say never" when it comes to what Ruger may have made, I will say that Ruger never made a Ruger No.1 in .22 rimfire; LR or WMR. There are custom converted rifles out there, so maybe that is what he has.
wapiti22
Blackhawk
A #1 in 300 H&H makes an excellent hunting rig. I have one and it will be one of the last I dispose of when the time comes.
Rockrat
Single-Sixer
The 357 mag rifle makes a nice 357 maximum gun. You get around 30-30 performance out of it.
picketpin
Buckeye
Yep , then it turns into a $650 used, rechambered rifle that's even harder to sell. For the price of either the CHP or certainly the asking price of the over run guns and the cost of re-chambering, you could simply buy a 30-30 "A" which would probably hold more of it's value.
Not that I haven't created more than my fair share of wildcatted #1s and turned them into used, odd cartridge, reduced value rifles to get cartridges I wanted to play with even though few actually do anything another or the original cartridge wouldn't nearly duplicate. ;-) I give you the 22BR, 225W, 22 Cheetah MKI, 22 Cheetah MkII, several 22-250 AIs, two 6-284s, 25-284, three 257 AIs (easily duplicated with the 25-06 with heavy bullets, a BUNCH of 7STWs out a whole lot of factory 7mm Mag "S" rifles over the the 15 years before the factory final made the KB in STW for about 15 minutes in 20004. a pretty rare original 7-08 #1 stainless "B" barrel into a #2, 30-284,30-338.................. ;-) I just never could figure out what I could make that I wanted out of the CHP without re-barreling it and then the exspense wasn't on my side.
Not that I haven't created more than my fair share of wildcatted #1s and turned them into used, odd cartridge, reduced value rifles to get cartridges I wanted to play with even though few actually do anything another or the original cartridge wouldn't nearly duplicate. ;-) I give you the 22BR, 225W, 22 Cheetah MKI, 22 Cheetah MkII, several 22-250 AIs, two 6-284s, 25-284, three 257 AIs (easily duplicated with the 25-06 with heavy bullets, a BUNCH of 7STWs out a whole lot of factory 7mm Mag "S" rifles over the the 15 years before the factory final made the KB in STW for about 15 minutes in 20004. a pretty rare original 7-08 #1 stainless "B" barrel into a #2, 30-284,30-338.................. ;-) I just never could figure out what I could make that I wanted out of the CHP without re-barreling it and then the exspense wasn't on my side.
roofinspector
Single-Sixer
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I suspect that the 357 max is a natural off this chassis. I think I would replace the barrel with an aftermarket blank though; just my own opinion.
650 is a little high in some circles.
650 is a little high in some circles.
Rockrat
Single-Sixer
It performs very well. Aftermarket barrel is not needed
Barbarosa99
Single-Sixer
I guess I'm getting old, but I remember when they were being wholesaled for $189.00 back in the 80's. I knew I should have put a few away!
Mark Hargrove
Bearcat
I don't have or want one bad enough to buy it, but the purpose in the 357 that I keep coming back to is shooting steel. A 357 rifle on the handgun silhouette/hunters pistol range would be fun and not tear up the steel. Otherwise ... It would be cheap to shoot ... And pretty quiet depending on load ...
BUT.......: That is when a Number One retailed for about 389 dollars............"Things" have changed........... :roll:
jmfc606
Single-Sixer
Things sure have changed! #1's WHOLESALE for $995 now.
