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100 yards, Leupold 1-4x20.

Currently three Number One's live in my gun safe. One rifle that was particularly problematic was a 257 Roberts #1B. Basically, went to " go to" load for the other Roberts here-a mistake. This mess was a no-brainer. The load was with IMR4350 and the 87gr, Sierra. Turns out the rifle had a throat so long if barely missed a freebore. Went to a 100 gr. bullet with IMR 4350 seated out short of the lands. Daylight and dark. Not too long ago made up loads with Varget and 117 Hornady bullets, Both combination worked very will. Will continue with the 100 gr+ bullets. The #1H 375 H&H and the #1 A in 30-06 also do well. All three are, to some degree, finicky but do very well with appropriate loads. Did finally get some decent groups with the 87gr, Sierra. The bullet appeared to be seated in the case an eighth inch. These rifles are unmodified. There's no way that #1B is a dual purpose rifle. These are not bench rest rifles. YMMV

I had four of them. Tried Hicks and various other accurizing devices and efforts.
None of them ever shot sub 1” and they were all .22 cal cartridges.
I won’t waste more money on them.

Here you go


https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/the-223-remington/

can someone outline this process......especially with pictures.

"Both guns, the 7-08 and the '06 are off to the gunsmith for recoil pads, trigger jobs, weather proofing and bedding work."

I can't say on the newer black pad #1's but I have 20 red pad guns plus a few M77s and not one damn one of those rifles has the interior wood sealed. I learned this the hard way. I have a very accurate #1B in .300 Win. Mag. that will put three 200 gr. Speer Hot Cores into a .375" group consistently. I got caught in a very heavy rain shower on an elk hunt in Oregon with it and it soaked up a lot of water. I'm surprised the butt stock didn't split as it swelled up badly. Never saw a legal elk. A few days after the hunt I got several shots at a coyote and never got a hit. None of my buddies could even see where the bullet struck. About a week later I took it to the range and the bullets were hitting just at the top edge of the berm, call it about six feet high. I stored that rifle out in my shed and took it out once a year to see when it shot. At six years after the soaking it was pretty close to where it should have been shooting. I pulled the forearm and butt stock off and removed the pad. There was no sign that the wood had ever been sealed. Just the stain Ruger used to color the wood. I checked out a few other of my #1's and the 77's and none of themshow any sign of ever having been sealed. Just something you might want to check out.
Paul B.

It's not exactly 'stock'......................

In 35 years of owning Ruger no1 akgnd No 3 Rifles and comparing them directly to many other single shots and bolt guns- I feel they are no more dificult to tune and load for that most other guns. And easier than some.

After seeing a few people on the internet whine about how they shoot,I feel the Rugers (both bolt and singleshot) are basically an I.Q. test for a the average rifleman.

If loading for and/or tuning the bedding a Ruger rifle defeats you, then you are truly a pretty sad excuse for a rifleman.

I see the same posts by the same people here over and over and it amuses me.

They should stick to bird hunting and leave riflery to the adults.