Perhaps I am a bit of an elitist, but I believe if Ruger gave us a Number One with consistently fancy wood with a street price of $1,500, they'd sell the living sh1t out of them.
Offer "cool" cartridges, like the .280 Ackley, .30-30 Winchester, .30-40 Krag and such, and mostly in the 1A or 1AB.
Treat the rifle as the flagship of the line rather than as the poor step-sister.
Trust me, RGR could make significant money on this puppy, if they handled it right ... and we, the hunters and collectors, would LOVE the rifles. Literally, everybody WINS.
Steve