"If anyone has one that they can't get to shoot, I'll give you 500 bucks for it. (prefer early red pads)"

I have a few. Case in point, a #1B in 25-06, looks bad and was bought to use as a donor. Sub MOA with everything I've run through it. Found another 25-06 with spectacular wood. It thinks it's a open bore shotgun. Still working on that one. Out of the 20 #1's I have, still working with three. Only one was bad enough to need sending back toe Ruger. Rifles in 7x57 do not need 2.5"+ throats. Ruger installed a new barrel. I have them from .22 Hornet to .416 Rigby. All are red pads BTW.
Paul B.

Our forefathers did not politely protest the British.They did not vote them out of office, nor did they impeach the king,march on the capitol or ask permission for their rights. ----------------They just shot them.
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