Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots Ruger No. 1's sure are pretty!

Actually I have been toying with the idea of selling it,I bought it from Carl Ross a few years ago some of you Ruger guys should know who he is.This is an Early Ruger No 1S. It has most of the features of the Non-Prefix rifles but is in the Transitional configuration. This rifle was shipped in Nov 1971 . This rifle has the extremely Rare "S" Safety marking instead of SAFE.Also where it is marked on the barrel 45-70 it's just "45-70" not "45-70 GOV".

I think I need one in a 257 Wby and 26" tube!

jeez, you fellers are givin me the gunlust for some more #1's, i gotta stay away from this thread or i'll be in the poorhouse. hard to top a rifle as classsy looking as the #1, and when you put eye candy wood on there, that just the frosting on the cake.

K-1A in 7.62x39, topped off with a leupy 1.75-6x:

#1-s 45/70

anniversary gun in 45/70, leupold 1-4x glassware

Yes,

I am a butt man...............

Iowegian,

Very Nice! And half of them black pads too! You must have a good wood pipe line.

1B

Funny, that's what my wife says.................

But seriously, I always look for the pretty wood, and have paid extra for that issue/problem.

I only found the 7 X 57 black pad 1-A in a gunshop in MN. The rest I have purchased after seeing pictures that I couldn't resist.

FyrepowrX,

That is one beautiful 45-70. Your "S" and your 50 year Anniv.!!!

I always drool over the 50th Anniv. models when they are on GunBroker.

What I don't understand is the extremely wide range in pricing? I see them listed for $1999 to $1350.

Did you buy yours new, and how far back did it send you?

You can answer in a PM if you'd rather not post for the world to see,

Thanks,

Mitch

Found this .458 Win mag not long ago.

GuyM,
Ruger should have put the forearm off of my .458 Win. Mag on your rifle!!!!

Wow - Don't see many fore-ends that nice...

Not my rifle. Considered it and passed. Couldn't figure out why in the heck I'd need a .458 Win mag, even if it was so nice...

Believe it's still for sale.

Guy

What does gun purchases have to do with "need"? I live in IA, and will never hunt dangerous game. That's why I sold my .458 LOTT.

If you use reason when debating your next gun purchase, you will be in for a struggle.

For me it's all about fun............

I was all set to paste a picture of my most recent #1 with half octagon barrel chambered in 40-82 WCF and found I couldn't paste a photo. How do you guys get your pictures installed? As soon as I decode it, I'll paste it.

Oddly enough, it shoots less than 1" with DKT 260 gr. "trashcans" intended for the 401 Winchester. They are almost like jacketed wadcutters with all the ballistic shapes of a can of Pepsi.

Go here:

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/faq

You have the option of either posting an image within your message or uploading the photo as an attachment. Scroll down to "How do I add an image to my message?" or "Can I attach a file to my post?" and follow those directions.

Freedumb...i stumbled across that one at a gunshow years back. saw the gun early, but didnt have the loot, and i ended up selling off a shotgun at the end of the show, so went back to find it...and couldnt remember where it was.

looked all around where i thought it should be, and saw one fellow packing up, and i asked him if he'd seen any #1's for sale. it was his gun, he had already packed it up. paid $1200 as i recall. i've also seen a wide range of prices, guess some folks just think there is worth more.



the other 45/70 i havent had long..stumbled across it while prowling for a #1-A, and i still havent totally convinced myself i need 2 45/70's, but its hard for me to turn loose of good wood.

Hopefully you can see my custom #1.

It started as a 45-70. The gunsmith (Todd Lockburner in Monument CO) pulled the 45-70 barrel and installed a custom .406 wildcat barrel I had made some years back on a P13 Action. He set back the barrel and re-chambered with the 40-82 Clymer reamer I bought. The barrel is 26" as mounted. You can see the half octagon stops at the forearm. He made the hanger and cut the forearm to match the octagon shape. He took the scope mount from the 45-70 and shaped it to fit on the Octagon flat. He blued the barrel and I had it engraved in script to "Fourty Eighty two WCF". Lastly I installed a barrel ring sling point ahead of the forearm.

As I mentioned earlier, the amazing (to me) thing is how it shoots the DTK jacketed "wad cutters" that were made for the 401 Winchester. I've received a special order of Hawk semispitzers I've loaded to see how they shoot. If they match the DTK's then it's not only nice looking but really is a shooter.

I use Starline 45-90 brass with Redding forming die and die set.

BTW, if anyone is as nutz as I am, the Clymer 40-82 is available for rent or sale. Not sure what to do with the 45-70 barrel minus its' scope mount.

for you guys interested in the wood,I bought a 7mm REM MAG in the bicentennial year-Ruger,I was told, put especially beautiful wood on their #1's that year-I have restocked many rifles, and none was ever any prettier than the wood on that #1-bought it with a heavy barrel because I wanted to kill a deer at over 500 yds,just once-the only bullet this rifle would shoot was a 120gr HP-but with this bullet( out of the 300 or more rifles I have owned in my life) was the most accurate-i always shoot 5 shot groups-it would pur them in same hole whether 5 or 25!-so if you see a 7mm bicentenial year buy it-it would be a bargain at any price-when my wife gets her new camera, I'll post a #1 that will knock your eyes out-it was carved by the late Temple Lide -my wife bought this for me as a present-I always considered his work a little to extravagant for a poor-boy!-its in 270, and also does not like heavy bullets

OGS,

I'm confused, do you have a pretty gun for sale?

Don't you be dangling carrots in front of me, unless your posting a price!!!!!!

I'm looking for a pretty RSI, and would love a 270 WIN.

POST A PICTURE!!!!

Here's a couple of my favorites, from left to right......1-S 45-70, RSI 7x57, RSI .243, 1-V 25-06.


Here's a closeup of the RSI 7x57 butt stock.....


And a closeup of the RSI .243.......