Tex-n-Cal:
Beautiful rifle. Forgive my lever-action ignorance...what gun is that?
I'm not Tex, but that is Ruger #1B single shot. Lovely rifles, but can be finicky and they are a beeotch to put a scope on with comfortable eye relief.
I have worked with a bunch of them, as I collect them - but I also shoot all mine
The 1B's and 1V's IME are the least fussy. Get either a low serial number under 130-005000 (Douglas barrel) or a black pad rifle (Ruger made hammer forged barrel) and you will likely find they aren't that fussy.
That said, I've never seen a 1B I would call inaccurate. The group shown was the 2nd load I tried in the rifle. And it is not a slow load, either.
I prefer the Ruger made offset rings, as shown. The scope is a VX-3 3.5-10x40.
