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GSP,
I was stunned to see the pics of your rifle... As I was just up to Kip's today. He has build me a #1 in 6.5x54 MS and is currently building me one in an unmentionable 6.5 chambering. When I told him what I wanted, he looked at me and said: "Why?"
GH
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Okay...you can't tease us like that. What's the unmentionable chambering?
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I ain't tellin'! Ya'll would laugh me right outta here...
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Good to see you back here, Edward! Look forward to hearing more about the 6.5!
Jeff
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Welcome back Grasshopper!
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He built me a nice 275 Rigby on a VZ24 action recently as well. The #1 turned out really well. He has a pair of actions that will eventually a matched pair. I offered a couple of caliber suggestions and I bet one was the same as yours in an unmentionable caliber.
I was there this am as well and picked up a sweet pre64 M70 in 264.
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I ain't tellin'! Ya'll would laugh me right outta here... Knowing Ed's bizarre taste (man after my own heart), I'm going to guess 6.5 Jap or Carcano... I certainly wouldn't laugh. I'm still going to have a modern 7.65 Argentine made up at some point if I live long enough...
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I ain't tellin'! Ya'll would laugh me right outta here... Knowing Ed's bizarre taste (man after my own heart), I'm going to guess 6.5 Jap or Carcano... I certainly wouldn't laugh. I'm still going to have a modern 7.65 Argentine made up at some point if I live long enough... Those were my guesses too, for something strange and eyebrow raising in 6.5mm. The 6.5 Jap is actually a very nice, efficient little cartridge, but got saddled with the ugly Arisaka. Now, if my brother were doing this, it would be in 7.5 French
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I ain't tellin'! Ya'll would laugh me right outta here... Knowing Ed's bizarre taste (man after my own heart), I'm going to guess 6.5 Jap or Carcano... I certainly wouldn't laugh. I'm still going to have a modern 7.65 Argentine made up at some point if I live long enough... The 6.5 Jap is actually a very nice, efficient little cartridge, but got saddled with the ugly Arisaka. I forget who it was, but several years back, some gun writer mentioned having a T/C barrel made for the Jap and said it was one of the most efficient cartridges for deer he'd ever used in the Contender. I would guess it to be in the ballpark of the 6.5 JDJ.
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I've got a very old issue of Rifle with a piece on a Contender in 6.5MS, of all things.
Whatever floats your boat.
What fresh Hell is this?
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Need info on K. P. Wood. gunmaker and the wood. The inscription says 7-08. Super work. I like the way he did the Talley bases, bringing the rear base over the action. Scope mounting, especially with the newer short scopes, can be a challenge with the #1, one of the main compaints I have about them. That is one fine looking rifle. I love the short forearm and the sling swivel stud treatment. I like about everything on this one. DF
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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
Agree. It could evolve into a custom shop situation with special orders. The big dealers, like Lipsey, serving a niche market and making big orders, should help keep the #1 alive and well, even at higher price point. Instead of using crappy wood and slapping them together, build the gun Loonies want, priced accordingly. I'd pay $1,500 for one I really wanted before I'd pay half that for a plain jane gun lacking premium fit/finish. But, I'm a Loony... Can't speak for the unwashed masses... DF
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DF The wood on the custom #1 came from Cecil Fredi in Vegas. You can Google him. I have bought lots of wood from him and never been disappointed and he's a good guy to deal with. Check your PM on Kips info.
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They don't get much better than that.
For those of us who like our scopes set back a bit, I was wondering if a slightly shorter LOP would help position one's head to accommodate the forward base positioning on #1's. Carbines sometiems have a slightly shorter LOP for fast handling.
Most scopes I see mounted on #1's are pulled back to the limits of the rings. This is more evident with shorter scopes, not so much with longer ones.
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I originally had a Leopold Vari X III 2.5X8X36 on this rifle but really didn't like it. Not enough eye relief and when turned up I had to creep the stock. I changed to another Vari XIII this time a 3.5X10X40 and it's much better.
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VX-3 3.5-10x40 CDS is longer than some. I got a Weaver/Picatinny rail for my RSI '06, used low Weavers. That set up put the rear ring back over the action. Not the prettiest, but it works. DF
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I'd like to find (or build) a #1 in 6.5X55. I don't really know why, I just want to
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GSP, a 1A in that clambering is a SWEET rifle. Probably my favorite #1 out of the few I own or have owned. I missed out on the K1A run but managed to snag a blued run a year or two later. Need some better pics but here is one from a little hike last summer. I and my wife have taken a couple of deer with it but the only one I have a picture with is the first. A doe on opening morning in 2011. Had a VXIII 2.5-8x36 on it then. As you can see, the port side of the buttstock isn't nearly as nice as the starboard.
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That's a nice rifle. I have had guns with nice figure on one side and pretty plain on the other before.
Maybe next years project will be another #1 if I don't find a 6.5X55. The search is half the fun.
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