Allure of the Ruger No1

[Nyala23]

@Nyala23
The 32-20 was the parent of the 25-20 and the 218 bee is the grandchild of the 32-20.
Bob

Thanks Bob!

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

A listing on Guns International for a 375 Flanged just had a price drop to $1615 if anyone is interested.

RUGER NO. 1 .375 FLANGED MAGNUM for sale

RUGER NO. 1 .375 FLANGED MAGNUM for sale online.

www.gunsinternational.com

 

[WAB]

[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]" data-quote="[emoji[emoji6]][emoji6] Ruger Fan" data-source="post: 0" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch">

A listing on Guns International for a [emoji[emoji6]][emoji6] Flanged just had a price drop to $[emoji6][emoji6] if anyone is interested.

/ruger-no--[emoji[emoji6]][emoji6]-flanged-magnum.cfm?gun_id=[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]][emoji6][emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...ji6]]

Oh crap…

 

[WAB]

A listing on Guns International for a 375 Flanged just had a price drop to $1615 if anyone is interested.

RUGER NO. 1 .375 FLANGED MAGNUM for sale

RUGER NO. 1 .375 FLANGED MAGNUM for sale online.

www.gunsinternational.com

Actually interested in this gun but seller reviews online are somewhat disconcerting. Have any of you guys done business with guns.com?

 

[ThreeJacks]

Actually interested in this gun but seller reviews online are somewhat disconcerting. Have any of you guys done business with guns.com?

I have had very little success contacting them when I have been interested in one of their guns. I usually skip over their listings.

 

[kukusya]

I watch a lot of Ruger No 1s on Gunbroker. It is crazy what some of these rifles are going for.

450 NE

View attachment 667214


257 Roberts
View attachment 667215



6.5 x 55

View attachment 667216


22 Hornet

View attachment 667217

GB always have fools with their money. No1 can be had ~2K depending on model year and caliber. Classic Sporting Arms in TX have huge supply of no1. Just to remember don’t call tire kicking. Do own research what model desired first.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

GB always have fools with their money. No1 can be had ~2K depending on model year and caliber. Classic Sporting Arms in TX have huge supply of no1. Just to remember don’t call tire kicking. Do own research what model desired first.

Classic Sporting Arms hasn't updated their website in years. Do they have an actual bricks and mortar location? Or did the owner simply do an online only business?

 

[kukusya]

Classic Sporting Arms hasn't updated their website in years. Do they have an actual bricks and mortar location? Or did the owner simply do an online only business?

He does business over the phone. He is a mainly collector, and then FFL.

 

[Riflecrank]

Please allow me to join the Ruger No. 1 Love Fest.
I have 13 of them chambered from 6.5 Creedmoor to .500 A-Square.
I have let two others slip through my hands since 1984 first love,
and I cry myself to sleep over that.
In order, by caliber as they now adorn the safes:

6.5 Creedmoor:

 

[Riflecrank]

Factory ammo from Hornady and no break-in or cleaning, just fired right out of the box, closer view of the 100-yard 3-shot group, backside of cardboard and frontside of paper target.
I was aiming at big center diamond and landed closer to smaller upper right diamond on the target,
first shots after bore-sighting:

I got her zeroed dead-on at 100 yards and then let her rest in the shade before proceeding to 300 yards, where she was about 0.5-MOA for three shots in the prevailing winds.

Ruger No. 1-B from 2016 purchase.
6.5 Creedmoor
Twist 1:8"
Barrel Length 28"
Muzzle diameter 0.615"
Factory wood with LOP 13-5/8"
Bare weight of rifle 8 # 8 oz.
The pair of Ruger OEM rings of #4-height (medium) weigh about 6 oz.

If Ruger No. 1 rifles ever had accuracy problems early on, something got fixed.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

 

[Riflecrank]

This one is 2 ounces lighter and 4 inches shorter than the slick-barreled 6.5 Creedmoor:

 

[Riflecrank]

Next step up is a caliber that splits the gap between .375 and .416 as precisely as can be:

.395" monometal copper and brass (240-gr, 310-gr, 330-gr and 340-gr from CEB, S&H and GSC)
.396" LBT LFN GC Hardcast Greaser 410-grainer

Yes a wildcat, one of The Big Five Three-Ninety-Fives of my development during a long period of "wild."

Factory wood. Simple re-barrel of a 9.3x74mm Ruger No. 1-S.
Simply necked-up the 9.3mm bullet to 10.03mm, same cartridge case.
240-grainers at +2800 fps (most accurate with custom CEB MTH bullet)
410-grainers at +2200 fps (not bad with my homemade bullet)
It is no slouch.
Bare rifle weighs 7 # 8 oz.
Barrel length is 26-7/8" or call it 27".
Twist is 1:12" as it is for all of my .395 wildcats.
Harry McGowen made the barrels, special request.
After he sold to Montana the orders dried up, heh-heh-heh.
But there is one other "400/395 Nitro Express 3-Inch Aboriginal" living in Colorado, done by a friend:

I could go on and and on about the "400 Purdey Light Rifle Express" of .405-caliber/230-grain soft bullet versus a supposed .400 Nitro Express by Purdey with 230-grain FMJ solid bullet.
Ha ha.
The truth was that the ".400 S. Jeffery" of 1897 which eventually became the "450/400 NE 3-Inch" was the first ever cartridge in the later named class of Nitro Express cartridges.
400-grainer at 2150 to 2200 fps.

 

[Riflecrank]

That first 450/400 NE 3-Inch by Jeffery was done on a Farquharson, so easier to pass proof.
John Rigby came in second in Nov. 1897 with his "450 S. Rigby" on his fifth attempt at proof of a set of double rifle barrels, a greater achievement, which was later renamed the 450 NE 3-1/4".

A 450/400 NE 3-Inch Ruger No. 1 is a close re-enactment of the first ever Nitro Express rifle.

My "400/395 NE 3-Inch Aboriginal" Ruger No. 1 is a fanciful re-enactment of the imaginary
".400 Nitro Express" that never was.

Davy Crockett's first rifle was a .40-cal, before he went to Texas.
Mine shoots a .395"-diameter lead ball patched to fit its .40-bore.
Same gunsmith made my flintlock as made my 400/395 NE Ruger No. 1: