Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots Rebarrel a No. 1?? How difficult??

Can even go lighter yet. Hodgdon has data for the 250 grain Barnes starting at 2600 fps. In that heavy of a gun, that would be a fun load.

Pac-Nor has done #1's for me, and they do a fine job. They had a fire a year or two ago, but they are now back in business again, and they will do custom contours.

Might contact RJ Renner http://www.rjrenner.com/ He is something of a Ruger #1 specialist doing both metal and wood. He could even do the light weight treatment on it, install a thinner octagonal barrel and a new trimmer fore end. I would have him do the butt stock too for a complete package.

I have shot the 458 with 45-70 class loads and they are a lot of fun. Jack Rabbits hate it though.

http://www.oregunsmithingllc.com/

They have my #1 as we speak. It is getting a Benchmark 25-06 Ackley Improved barrel with a 1:7 twist! I opted for the picatinny rail instead of the factory rail.


Wayne does remarkable work. Here she is before the surgery

Load 300 gr hollow points to 1600-1700 fps, or 405 gr to 1200-1300 fps (45/70 Trapdoor level). It'll greatly reduce recoil and still hammer deer.

I have 3 Ruger #1s.

I bought one, a 270, just to rebarrel, but it shoots too well with the factory barrel.... I can't take off a 1" shooting barrel:(
So I made a scope mount for it.

How hard is it to pop the quarter rib off?

The flathead allen screws can be very tight. I broke the head off one. Penetrating oil and some gentle heat would be in order. There are two screws and two dowels. I did not try to remove the dowels from the barrel since I was only interested in taking a few thousandths off the back end of the rib.
IIRC I was able to unscrew the broken stub with vise grips after the second screw and rib were removed. Ruger sent me a new screw.

Not bad but get a dedicated No.1 smith.

I use Steve Durren out of Michigan. He’s the No.1 GURU!