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Dang. that looks nice. Leather scope covers too. My very first deer rifle was a 7mm Express.

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Originally Posted by DLALLDER
Thanks for the answers about the 2nd shot but it is very difficult for me not to think about a 2nd shot when I have a sounder of hogs at 50-60 yds that may number as many as 50+. The LO wants EVERY ONE shot that can be shot and I want to oblige him. Daniel


Then a #1 .. or any other single shot .. is not the ideal choice of rifle. Its like fly rods or automobiles. Don't try to haul gravel in a Corvette, that's what dump trucks are for. Don't try to fish for kings or coho on a 0-weight, that's what 9-10 weights are for. And if you've got potentially 50-60 hogs to shoot, go with an AR. Pick the right hammer for the job.

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I agree. It sounds like you need a semi-auto, lever or pump gun.

That, or 50 guys with singe shots. wink

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Drink a few Mountain Dews and a #1 turns into a semi auto LOL

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Well crap.

It was oiled up pretty good when I bought it. Suspected some tiny rust (or oil over run from stock maintenance) but the shop was poorly lit (so is my house).
Its worse than I thought, which kinda cranks up my OCD.

Prev owner bought it used, ran into him today. He never shot it, but the scope dings and wear/pitting say this gun was hunted with..

I dunno whether to hunt it myself or dump it to help fund a custom #1.



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Pics 1 and 2 are tolerable to me

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Here are the disturbing ones.
Thought them lesser when purchased (poor light and bad eyes).

Hunting gun, so doesn't matter, hell it's 50 yrs old and used.
But damn I wish it was cleaner LOL
But that proly why it was priced the way it was, as a well used B model.


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Congratulations! Great looking gun! I wouldn’t have been able to walk away from that one either

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Didn’t see the last pics before my previous post but those don’t look all that bad to me. If you do decide to send it down the road, please let me know

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Im just spinning like a top.

Theres another #1, an old B that will eventually be coming my way, in .22-250 and I have zero use for that cartridge.

Idea is to have that one built into .35 rem. But even then, id rather go stainless.

All i do is work and sleep. More rifles just means more stuff not being used

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Well I guess I have two choices..........send it to Ruger for a bit of cleanup/reblue and a new grip cap
(or other place for same)

or sell it as is.

Gonna sit on the fence for a little bit.

Gunshow this weekend, one dealer is up on this stuff. He hits my number and it's gone.
Now to figure a number LOL

He often has new ones. Burns my azz no stainless .35 rem ever made.

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Am I just not seeing some horrific damage?

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Its not horrific, but its got pits on the tang.
Could send back to Ruger for reblue and bet they could get 50% of that out.
Itd be tolerable then.

Grip caps can be changed and are cheap.
Like pretty rifles but am a hunter, not collector.
Stainless and plastic work better for me.

Thought I'd like a pretty #1 though..........but then the pitting on the tang just knocks the shine off (to me).
Reflective in price I paid, so not a bad deal..........since it was priced as a well used 1B.

But I wish it was a little better. Picky I know.

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My middle kid can shoot decent, but isn't a hunter or shooter.
She said kill stuff with it LOL

My youngest said send it in for refinish.

Kids.

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The receiver I would rub down with a chore boy with some FLITZ polish on it. The grip cap I would put masking tape over the wood and use 400 grit wet or dry sand paper on a sanding block to remove most of the roughness. On the pits after the polish I would put some Oxypho from Brownells on it.

It can be a crap shoot sending the rifle back to Ruger.


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Looks pretty good to me, I'd hunt with it and not look back. Life is short, use it, wear it out and enjoy it. This is what life is about.

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Originally Posted by Tejano


It can be a crap shoot sending the rifle back to Ruger.

Yep. They may 1. Do what you want 2, Do the reblue but replace that nice wood with current 2x4, 3. Say they can't do anything and keep it, offering you one of their current rifles in exchange (or PARTIAL exchange). All of the above have happened before.

Being a No.1 loonie, I'd keep that rifle at home. The damage is not bad at all; I've got one or two that are worse. It's a rare gun in that caliber, so any changes to it will negate that instantly. Just my jaundiced view.

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