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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How hard is it to pop the quarter rib off?
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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.
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Not bad but get a dedicated No.1 smith.
I use Steve Durren out of Michigan. He’s the No.1 GURU!
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