I hardly ever comment on one of these threads but I must defend my beloved Ruger #1's I have owned and shot/hunted with them for many years, they are very fine rifles. They are not in the same category as the Sharps, Ballards, Rolling Blocks etc. and were not meant to be. They were developed to bring back a classic single shot hunting rifle to the American public and I believe they have done that in a very fine fashion. They were not meant to be BPCR rifles and were not developed as such. The other rifles serve very well for that, and I own them too.
