Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots Ruger #1 300 Savage.....Custom

I really like the 300 Savage cartridge, particularly in a rifle where it can show its stuff with modern loads and bullets. An interesting load I use in my 700 Classic which would almost certainly do well in your rifle is a Berger 168 VLD on top of H4895 for about 2550 fps. 41 grains +/- will do it. The little 300 with its minimal taper and 30 degree shoulder looks pretty racy with a long VLD hanging out of it. You would have no restrictions on overall length to interfere with tuning in the VLD either.

Thanks for the tip mathman. I also have the 700 classic in the Savage. My smith thought I was nuts doing this in the 300 Savage but I like the classics and it's been taking deer, bear ect for over 100 years so whats not to like.

i have 2 custom Ruger # 1's 257 Weatherby mags. 1 Custom pre 64 Win. model 70 257 Weatherby mag., 1 Weatherby Accumark 257 Weatherby mag , and just built a 257 Weatherby mark 5 with a 71/2 twist 28 in Brux barrel to shoot Hammer 128 gr bullets out west. so you know a great cartridge too. " my son Sunday Minnesota deer opener weekend shot a huge whitetail buck that dressed 225 lbs. with his or my Ruger #1 257 Weatherby. this buck is impressive P.M. me with your cell number and i can send you a picture.

Artwork!!

Beautiful rifle

back to custom Ruger # 1`s i have been thinking about a 256 Newton in a #1 ? but maybe a 6.5 x 284 with a 7 twist barrel would be better ?

GSPfan,

Whose barrel did you use?

Thanks,

Jerry

I give you some new brass if I could shoot that gun. But you have to bring it to Idaho, and not mind the drool on that beauty. Color if you like but she is beautiful as is.
Jeff

A Very beautiful rifle you have there and in a great classic cartridge good luck on the opener on Monday ,hope you connect with it and post some pictures.

Line me up a deer hunt and I'll bring it.

The barrel is from McGowen

Absolutely beautiful!! I would be happy with as it is now. Would be hard to improve on it really, would just make it more of a museum piece than a hunting rifle.

That is a beautiful rifle in a great chambering!

The smith does indeed attach a lug to the barrel. It's more forward than the factory lug.

That is a stunner!

Curious though about the transition from octagon to round on the barrel. Looks like a recessed, contoured ring machined into the barrel?

Is that purely aesthetic or does it serve a purpose?

She a BEAUT! Congrats.

It's called a wedding band purely cosmetic.

I might be able to do that in Wyoming or Eastern Oregon, I am new to Idaho so may take me a bit to line up a good place worthy of that rifle.
If you do need some brass I have so e to spare. Just pm me. It may take a bit for me to find it as my loading supplies are in storage
Jeff

Beautiful rifle ! Since you have two that are case hardened I would have this one lightly engraved and maybe a deer and or a pronghorn engraved with a silver coin finish.

I.ve seen 6 bucks so far and none have been legal. I need 4 points on one side to be a legal beck. I couldn't take it any longer and punched a big doe with her. She went on a fifty yard death run.

Gorgeous Rifle!

As much as I like CC, I also like yours the way it is !

I also like what gnoahhh said, but it's your choice, (that's why we need more than one)
and again, nice job,on a beautiful specimen!