Ruger No1 scout mod

[Trrowhhh]

Had a 1A laying around seeing little use. New barrel in .308, rail mount for forward scope. Suppressor because not using one seems weird. Calible change is partially to accommodate a shorter suppressed barrel and partially to simplify household ammo logistics.

Glass bedded and free floated.

It shoots very nice and it is nice to handle the falling block without a scope getting in the way.

 

[hittman]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Trrowhhh]

Welcome to the forum

Not sure if im staying but I wanted to present this because I feel i is a fairly novel approach to the ruger no 1.

 

[Guv]

To each his own but I wouldn't do that to a No.
All that matters is if it floats your boat.

 

[Trrowhhh]

To each his own but I wouldn't do that to a No.
All that matters is if it floats your boat.

I kept the original barrel so only difference som original is it would be free floated if it was restored to that config.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Interesting. Over the years, I have seen advertisements for a rail adapter for the OEM "A" models sight structure. I had considered it for my 44 mag No.1. Small red dot or scout scope. When I laid out or mocked up the rifle to a scout scope it seemed plausible base on eye relief. I could not bring myself to take that path.

My No.1 "A" in 308 is capable of reasonable accuracy and in my view needed a more precision optic.

Interesting project rifle you created. How does it shoot?

 

[Trrowhhh]

The off the rack rail is something i've considered in the past. But it mounts very tall and would need a cheek riser for a good cheekweld. I think it would work for a dot, but not a scout scope.

I would say the accuracy is sub moa, not having done rigorous testing but it shoots like any high quality brand new rifle.

Cheekweld is good without any riser, the gunsmith was told to get the rail as low as possible, and the lowest leupold mounts fortunately fit with like 1mm clearing from the barrel.

The recoil is very pleasant, with a 3d printed titanium suppressor fitted.

I'd say the upsides to this particular setup is the reloading is easier and I can get a proper cheekweld without adding a riser to the stock.

 

[peachhead]

Well what the heck. I'd shoot it.

 

[Ride1949]

Interesting. How much can you see over the can with the scope that low?

 

[Trrowhhh]

Interesting. How much can you see over the can with the scope that low?

The suppressor does not interfere with the sight picture in any way. Not visible when viewing through the scope.

 

[seasterl]

I like thinking outside the box. There are enough cookie-cutter firearms to cover a small planet, so I'm intrigued when someone builds something different to suit the owner rather than the masses.

 

[Trrowhhh]

I like thinking outside the box. There are enough cookie-cutter firearms to cover a small planet, so I'm intrigued when someone builds something different to suit the owner rather than the masses.

Thanks. This specific idea came about as I was rebarreling anyway to get a better calibre for suppressed. As it was a brand new barrel it was sort of open to any solution. I mocked up several different mountings for regular scopes and could not come up with any way of mounting very low and still allowing for easy operation of the block. Eventually arrived at this setup.

 

[seasterl]

The No.1 is a short rifle, so you can get away with the suppressor length and shoot it (assuming) without ear protection.

 

[Trrowhhh]

The No.1 is a short rifle, so you can get away with the suppressor length and shoot it (assuming) without ear protection.

With the suppressor mounted it is a bit less than one inch longer than is was with the original barrel.

I use protection on the range of course, never on hunts. It is not entirely pleasant sounding but does not make the ears go beeeeeeeeeeeep after a shot.