Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots Ruger #1 (RSI International and 1H Project) - Thoughts

I've got a Ruger #1 RSI .308 international with the mannlicher stock in stainless/walnet - it's my daughter's rifle, officially, for her to use as she grows up.

I picked up a #1H in .375 H&H stainless/laminate.

I have a project idea to create a "father/daughter" matching set of Ruger #1 mannlichers by swapping the walnut stock on the RSI International for a laminate mannlicher, and having a matching laminate mannlicher stock made for the .375 H&H.

Any thoughts?



I found a guy who can cut the laminate mannlicher stocks for the Ruger #1, but they're all 20", and I would like to keep the 24" barrel so the barrel sticks out a little, similiar to the profile of a Nylon 66 with the stub-barrel sticking out the end, or the old (old) style Mauser mannlichers from the 19-teens. I wanted a Rosewood laminate for both, but the shop cutting the stocks for me only had "Royal Jackalope" -- or whatever Royal something-or-other he called it in stock, so that's what we're going with. Sorry, I just looked it up and it's "Royal Jackaranda" - I've been calling it Royal Jackalope all day at work.


I also found a master-smith willing to pillar and bed the matching mannlicher stocks onto both guns.

That's my thought anyway. Just a concept for now.

Any gotchas I should be worried about?

I have an RSI in 7x57 and a H in .416 Rigby, while the looks of the H/RSI will be great, it may be on the heavy side, especially in laminate.

Some years back I had a #1 in a Rigby and it could benefit from an extra lb or two, in my opinion.

I also had a custom .416 Rigby built and measured to me on a CZ602 action with a straight laminate stock, and the difference in recoil with the same ammo was night and day.

Kind of a coinkydink, but CZ has a model of their 457 RF stocked as you describe, called the Royal, of all things. Not sure how I feel about the look, but who knows how it'd look on a Ruger?


https://cz-usa.com/product/cz-457-royal/

Neat.

I was thinking more along the lines and look of the Sako Bavarian carbine, but the CZ is interesting too.

I admit I figure it’s a pretty niche market.