I just found a Ruger No. 1 in a 416 Rem. They are bloody hard to find, been looking for months..I have a ton of loaded ammo for the 416 Rem and sold my rifle awhile back..
I would like to see a no. 1 in 404 Jefferys...Ruger made a few of them but they got their specs messed up as I understand it, but with the new Hornady ammo they could get it right this time..Boy could you make a 404 Jefferys talk in a Ruger no. 1, and I'm betting 2800 FPS with a 400 gr. bullet would be a snap since I can get 2653 fPS in a 27" barrel Mauser, but recoil is some kind of grim, so I throttle'm back to 2400 FPS. 95 grs. of IMR-4831 is the load. Northfork got about 50 FPS less in their test barrel with a 24" tube.
I will probably build me a Mauser in 404 Ruger with a 20" tube, like the 416 Ruger I built, it was really nice, recoil was very tolerable and it was handy, and it got 2400 with ease.
