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Stop by this forum now that Darrik ( shortactionsmoker) at whit takers guns has found for me, and sold to me a Ruger #1A in .222?????

Took it up to the range today, tried five different loads...it liked them all!!!

My love for #1s has been rekindled!

Master high PooBah Ingwe,

Of course you can stop by here. If Travis/Clark/Dave?deflave can chime in wherever he wants, why not you?

And another thing. AS you can see by my post count, I haven't been around here all that long but I have learned well from the likes of you:

Without pics it's not real!

I always like looking at #1's

Geno

PS, how's Rommel, you still have him I hope?

Yep, I still ha e Rommel...hes better than ever. finally at 3 years of age, he has figured out he's a German Shepherd ( meaning,he can intimidate people...)
No downside to that!

At 107 pounds the sight of him roaring and flying at you is something else! Perfect for the 'neighbors' in the subsidized housing complex out back.

Here....just for you....




and a special one....

Sweet. 1a's are the bomb.

Yep.....seems to be a love/hate thing with them and 1-S....I think they are the best looking factory rifles ever produced, and the next guy thinks they are as ugly as home-made sin.

This is my fourth, and three of them have been shooters.....this is the best of the lot, though my .243 was easy to get along with....

Yeah buddy! Don't know which is prettier, Rommel or the new shooter.

3 is a good age, seems pups just start realizing they are dogs then and make different decisions. Not always goofy puppy ones.

Thanks for sharing Ingwe, please give Rommel a treat for me.

Geno

Yep, Im seeing exactly that happen, and Ive never had a male before...at least in GSDs they mature slowly.......

Since we're doing pets and Number Ones...





Rommel is a handsome dude, though, I gotta admit.

I see you went with the Ruger offset rings.

T & C,
Hey, I saw that kitty and rifle on another thread. They are both worth another look though!
Geno

Sure enough, we "adopted" a male whippet last year and he has been a challenge for my wife. First male for her as we've had females for 19 years since my old Bruno passed (dang, has it really been that long?) Her whippet club members told her the males will take 3 years to straighten out. I'm not so sure about him though, he might be a 4 year male!

I'm sure the two of them, rifle and Rommel, will turn out just fine!

Geno

I really wanted one of those Ruger No.1 222's but couldn't afford one (they wanted around $1500 here) maybe a used one will show up one day........

Yeah, I had to in order to achieve JeffO mounting parameters.


Didn't you bring a #1 to the pig hunt this year?

I don't recall doing so, I think it was Dan who had a brand new 6.5x55 #1A, that he used. I had a Kimber and three AR's, so folks could borrow a gun with illuminated reticle. The 2014 hunt in Tennessee, I had a couple of old ones with me, probably a #1 as well.

What twist did they use on your .222?

When I got my Lab, I was told they mature at about 2 years of age.

More like maybe 6.

There goes the neighborhood.



Seriously, I agree about the 1A & 1S being the height of rifle pulchritude. I need to get rid of this overweight 1V & replace it with another.

You're right...Dan did bring a snazzy new 6.5.....thats where I got that notion.


The .222 is twisted 1 in 9


I tried 5 loads in it yesterday, including 55 and 60 grainers, and it liked them all!

yeah, 20 years ago someone at Ruger finally realized that good barrels sell, and they started hammer-forging their own - and they've gotten pretty good at it!

They are supposed to be making a 1 in 8" .223 this year, 26" stainless Varmint profile, and I'm hoping it arrives soon!

One thing seemed to be consistent with the Ruger #1's I have. The #1B in small calibers seem to be quite accurate. (Most all mine have those Wilson Barrels.) The #1A's not so much. The only #1V I have is a .223 and is a tack driver. What torques my jaws more than anything else is when I order rifle in the "S" configuratiom (I think they're the best looking ones.) all they ever sent was the "B" model. At least the .300 Win. Mag. was very accurate. Took me many long years to finally chase down an "S" model and then found two. Both are .300 Win. Mag. One is a tack driver. Even a bit more accurate than the "B" model and I haven't shot the latest one yet, an "S" .300 Win. Mag. made in the 200th year of American liberty. I also have a 200th year "B" in 7mmRem. Mag.
Probably my favorite #1 is an "A" model in 7x57 Mauser. I bought it second hand and it was one of the most inaccurate rifles in existence. It had a throat 2.5" in length. Guess I should have named it "Linda". Called Ruger and explained my problem as determined by my gunsmith's chamber cast and they said to send it in. Took them seven months to get it back to me but it is a shooter now. Duplicated the original 1893 175 gr. loads and it does a cool .55" average. Does .75" with 140 gr. Ballistic Tips. What's not to like?
Paul B.

As I might have mentioned Ive had four #1As so far, and three have been shooters. The only one that wasn't was a 7x57....same as yours, you could seat a 175 so far out it fell out of the case without touching the rifling......would shoot 2 or 3 shots well, then a flier....and never predictable.