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I've never seen a #1B that I would call inaccurate. Some were better than others, and some were fussy, but I could eventually get all of them to shoot well with hunting loads. Ditto the #1V, though I haven't worked with as many of them as the B. The ones with bands on the barrel seem fussier, but again that was in the days when some barrels were good, some lousy.

My Liberty #1B .270 shoots very well, and fast. The last time I had it at the range I was sitting on a 50 yard target, and fired it just to check zero. After three shots I had one hole, and started getting nervous. I moved the POA an inch, and a new hole appeared an inch away. With a 10x scope at 50 yards the first 3 hot group looked like one hole. That was with a 130gr load that clocked 3165fps

This is the same rifle pictured above. It has a ridiculously long throat:



With 500 gr Woodleighs I only have .200" of bullet in the case neck. It's still the most accurate big bore I have ever seen.

I'd like to snag a .30-30 #1A, but I haven't seen one in months, and don't remember ever seeing one with really good wood. May have to stick to the .30-40 #1AC

.30-40 in a 1A would be skookum....

It is, though I need to work with it again, probably with a smaller scope...

Damn!


I need something dead to rest mine on.....

There you go.

1:9 twist in a .222. Somehow people in Europe seem to think , them need a 1:14" and then yell and holler about bad accuracy with all but the one bullet type.

Oh, lest we forget -

Ruger No. 1B 6mm Rem. on something dead, by way of admittance



with pups in the background.

Thanks Carl!

No fair that dog has two heads...........

I foresee some stunt shooting

Its already been pretty well decided...theres a couple pigs in Texas that will lose their poker game to the hand holding three deuces.....

I'll bet he can smell and track anything....

Dat's right. And wise crack, while doing it...

All joking aside pretty cool pic...........

Thanks. Only one of the dogs (the one on the left) left. The deer is long since eaten up, but the Ruger is still there and ready for action.

Carl you mentioned Europeans have an apparent need to twist the deuce 1 in 14...well, so do Americans. Its especially hard to find a factory .222 in anything else.
Built one last year for a pard with a 1 in 12 and of course it digests 55 grainers just fine.
Ive got two bolt guns with a 1 in 14 but they are relegated to shooting bucktoothed varmints, and 50 grainers work great for that.
A BIG selling point on this new Ruger was the 1 in 9 twist, so I could stick something heavier in, and do some stunt shooting

well I for one didn't realize they'd twisted the .222 at 1 in 9", so that's good info. If I see one of those .222 1-A's with good wood, I might have to grab it.

Now if they'd just do the .22-250AI with a 1 in 8"....

This is just a guess but by 2013 they were tooled up for 1 in 9 twist because its what they used on their Hawkeyes...I don't think they put a 1 in 14 twist on anything since they started making their own barrels....

Sighted the rifle at 100 yds the other day and took it out to 200 yards today, plus some gong shooting at 300 and 400 yards.
With the 100 yard sight in, it shoots exactly 4 inches low at 200...I think I can live with it...

Zombie deer killer.




Come to think of it, I used a Hornady then, no lime green tip though.

Sweet! What is that one chambered for?

The perfect caliber for rats to elephants, designed in 1892 IIRC; I think you are familiar with it.

Apologies for the much-despised bubba buddy, the wood is good enough I like to protect in the brush and rocks down here.