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Wondering bore dia. on new production 7.62x39 number 1's
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.311, at least the SS Lipseys models were.

Live mine!

Per an email from Ruger, .3100 to .3115 groove dia

Not sure why they made these. Gotta think they could sell oodles of thirty-thirties, which would be a better choice for most purposes. I know there's some cheap ammo out there in 7.62x39, but how many people are going to feed it to a No.1?

Left over barrels from when they produced the .303 British

Blasphemy writ large.

Not a bad gun for a blind, though, compact, effective, modest muzzle blast & recoil. Wish it had better wood, but...



The load is the Nosler 123gr Ballistic Tip, over a warmish charge of 1680. Makes 2550 fps out of the Ruger's 22" barrel, which is a couple hundred fps better than an AK or SKS can get. Dropped that pig in its tracks with a shoulder shot. Dragged the pig back to the blind, 10 minutes later another horde of pigs showed up.

Ruger also made a small number of .30-30's in the #1A, but they are almost impossible to find. I'd like to see another run of those, and a run in .35 Remington.

Sort of neat little rifles but I agree about the 30-30 and 35 Remington . A 348 win would also be sort of cool.

I've often wondered why Browning/Winchester never brought out the
High Wall in .348. Some of the custom SS makers do; Dave Scovill had (or had) one.

Darrik has .338 Federal No.1s, at a good price of course. Not a bad way to go.

I think (would have to get my book out)a small number of original High Walls were made in .33 Winchester. Or maybe I'm thinking the .35 Winchester. I know there a few made in .405, as Ken Waters wrote about one.

The .348 won't really do anything the Whelen won't do - except fit in a Model 71. Which is not trivial