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GSPfan, that is a beautiful stock! Who made it... what grade is that wood ... any details please!


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Wow! that's some rifle GSPfan. I agree we need more info on that one.

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,sometimes some shooters just don`t shoot well with any rifle ?

Fair point Pete,
But I have many Sako, Rem 700s, and Anschutz rifles that I shoot easy sub 1”, some about 1/2” five shot 100 yards. My four #1s, never came close to that.


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yes i have some older Sako`s that shoot great, a bunch of Rem.700`s and Savages too all shoot well too ,but i do have a few # 1`s that also shoot great but not all. but for collecting those Ruger #1`s go up much faster in value than any other new today rifles. another point these #1`s just are a very unique single shot made in America, easy to load and unload , has really no receiver of length which makes the rifle easier in a small box blind/stand to move in and out of windows while hunting. another very accurate rifle that is really over looked is a Browning BLR these lever rifles also shoot extremely well too. yes most people will shoot a bolt rifle to hunt with ,good for them,i won`t anymore i like a rifle with a little different look and feel with probably the same accuracy and the thought i was taught early as a youth make your first shot count don`t be wasting ammo or ruining meat. i don`t need a big clip/magazine full of ammo to shoot a game animal ,game animals don`t shoot back.

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The smith that did it is sadly retiring but I did manage to talk him into a custom High Wall in 38-55 that I just picked up. I've had the 7MM-08 for several years and it's extremely accurate. The stock is English walnut that came from Cecil Fredi. IIRC the barrel came from McGowen and is a tapered octagon 24 inches in length. Tally QD rings and the skeleton gip cap and metal butt plate were acquired by the smith who completed all the work other than the case coloring.

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Originally Posted by GSPfan
The smith that did it is sadly retiring but I did manage to talk him into a custom High Wall in 38-55 that I just picked up. I've had the 7MM-08 for several years and it's extremely accurate. The stock is English walnut that came from Cecil Fredi. IIRC the barrel came from McGowen and is a tapered octagon 24 inches in length. Tally QD rings and the skeleton gip cap and metal butt plate were acquired by the smith who completed all the work other than the case coloring.


that is a very classy finished rifle !


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I also have a love affair with the Ruger No. 1. I've never fired one or handled one outside of the Cabela's Gun Library but I was brought up shooting a Handi-Rifle. You can make the first shot count and get a second in pretty quick with that rifle. Missed a doe and she made the mistake of stopping on her way out, also had two does come in and the second made the mistake of hanging around to check on her friend. Would I ever strap it to a quad and go hunting with it? No, I have a Model 70 Extreme Weather SS for that but I would hike around with one. I don't need a hunting rifle to pull double duty as an F-Class rifle. 1-1.5 MOA is more than adequate to kill game at normal hunting distances. GSPfan, that rifle is a beaut.

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It is a little sad - this Single Shot 24CF room used to be dominated by Ruger #1 threads, but not anymore. I've owned a few:

- A #1V in .223 that was a great way to get started, but not being much of a varmint guy, I LET IT GO

- A #1B in 25/06 that gave me confidence to call my shots almost as much as the Glenfield .22 that I've had since I was 12, and the Red Ryder that I started shooting when I was maybe 7 - I LET IT GO

- A #1B in .338 Win Mag. that made 1/2", 3-shot groups at 100 yards commonplace. It gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing it was sighted-in and ready to go for any tag I happened to get - I LET IT GO

- A #1-s in .375 H&H Mag. It would shoot 3/4" without much issue, but I wanted something else more - so I LET IT GO

- A #1 RSI in 7x57 that had the best factory wood I have ever seen on a #1 that wasn't some sort of special edition - partly because it was darned nice, but also because the front and back looked as if it came from the same blank - I LET IT GO

- And finaly - a 4-digit #1 S26M in 30/06. It's nice enough to make one want to pack it away to collect value, but we hunt! I will let this one go when the good Lord decides to let me go. That's the plan anyway.

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And what do I want?
1A in stainless w black synth stock
.35 rem

Maybe next yrs project

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Long ago I had a #1 AB in 7X57. It had great wood which is why I bought it in the first place. I took it to Africa as my light rifle and shot most of my plains game with it. I had a 7X57 AI built on a Saka action and didn't think i needed two 7X57 ( now I;m down to three) and let it go.

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I hope they support No.1s better than their shotguns,

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I got into Ruger #1s back in 1975 with a #1B in 30-06. It was the first one I'd even laid eyes on. I always preferred the looks of the #1S so when I ordered another in .300 Win. Mag. they distributor sent a B model. My LGS called about the mistake and was told, that was all there was available, take it or send it back. I took it. Turned out that with the old Nosler 200 gr. semi-round nose Partitions it would shoot .375" groups when I did my part. Funny thing is I never could get the 06 to do a decent group while the .300 was excellent in that aspect. It also shoots the 200 gr. Speer Hot cores int .50", again when I do my part. It was a while before I got another, this time a #1A in 7x57. A total scattergun. 8" groups on a good day. I had my gunsmith check it out and after a chamber cast we found a throat more than 2" in length. Talk about free bore. Sent it back to Ruger with the gunsmith's report and when it came back it had a new barrel. Runs about one inch most of he time depending on the load. I've picked up a few more over the years and now have them from .22 Hornet to .416 Rigby. Ruger rally should have spent them money on those harder kicking rifle with decent recoil pads rather that the skimpy little red thing they used.
Probably my favorites of the ones I have are that 7x57 I mentioned and a black pad S model I found in .300 Win. Mag. It's as accurate as the early #1B and in the configuration I like best. And before anyone asks, I hunted with then almost exclusively until 2009. In 2010 I started doing a ranch hunt and single shot rifles were verboten. I also quit hunting he place but it suits me as an easy hunt now that I'm somewhat handicapped. Methinks come the next hunt I'll take the #1 and just sat I was burglarized and it's the only gun I have left. What can they say?
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is it just me or were the older models rock solid not liberal sensitive they used to lock solid and not easily bumped free


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GSP, that’s a beautiful gun.


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On the current production .450BM. I think it looks a little out of place but for someone wanting to build something stainless with good wood, it would be a good base. I doubt they will become as collectable as the others so I wouldn't feel bad for tearing one apart. It would be a handy little rifle with a can on it though and would lack the action noise of an AR or other semi auto.

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