New to Me A Ruger #1 in 303 Brit

[sestoppelman]

Very nice! 24” bbl?

Its 22".

 

[leslie hetrick]

i have been trying to buy one that a friend has new in the box. so far no luck. he did sell me a .460 #1 new in the box.

 

[flatwater bill]

06..........the No. 1 with the Alex Henry forend is my fav Ruger 1................great find.........let us know how it shoots.................FWB

 

[Doug3006]

Very nice! 24” bbl?

That’s right.

 

[Doug3006]

06..........the No. 1 with the Alex Henry forend is my fav Ruger 1................great find.........let us know how it shoots.................FWB

Thanks FWB. I’ll wait till next weekend to shoot it. Maybe this 100 degree heat will break by then. Miserable!

 

[Adam S]

Looks great! Those No 1s may be one of best looking rifles out there. Enjoy!

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Just closed the deal on an addition to my collection. A Ruger #1 Light Sporter in 303 Brit. It will go to Africa some day and serve as my light PG rifle. Maybe leopard if legal.

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@doug 3006.
I looked at one when they came out in Australia but 2,400 dollars was a bit steep at the time. Problem is now they are commanding a lot higher price.
In the No1 a stoutly loaded 180 or 215 grain Woodleigh we ould work well.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I recently picked up a secondhand, but virtually unused, Ruger No1 .303 here in the land downunder. It was already fitted with a Leupold 1.5-5x VariX-III which is a good choice, in my opinion. They really are a lovely little rifle and it makes an interesting companion to my Ruger No1 .405 Winchester. I am guessing that the Ruger No1 .303 is probably a lot more common here, because of Australia's history with the .303 cartridge, than they would be in the USA but they still only come up for sale occasionally - they are either rare or rarely sold by their owners (I think it is the latter case). I still haven't shot mine but hope to do so next week.

@Bwana Bob
I think they only came into Australia on special order. At the time one gunshop was taking orders for them, from memory we only got something like 150 of them.
If you got yours with scope for less than 3,200 bucks you did well. I looked at on that they wanted 3,000 for the bare rifle. To much for this black duck.
Bob

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

@Bwana Bob
I think they only came into Australia on special order. At the time one gunshop was taking orders for them, from memory we only got something like 150 of them.
If you got yours with scope for less than 3,200 bucks you did well. I looked at on that they wanted 3,000 for the bare rifle. To much for this black duck.
Bob

Worth every cent!