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Wow! That’s a beautiful rifle and a great picture!

Like several posts have a 257 Bob in a 1B, circa 1985 manuf - nice wood and shoots well, great for both longer range yotes and mule deer

Currently two 1A's rotate through the line up: a Lipsey's Special 6.5x55 (129 Hornadys, 130 Bergers, and 139 Scenars - close your eyes and pick one), and a custom .250-3000 with Douglas barrel (any darn bullet you care to feed it works well, but mostly 87 Speers because I have a metric sh*t ton of them). In the past a 1B .223 that I plumb wore the barrel out on in the course of an illustrious groundhog hunting career (hah!) and a lot of willy-nilly bench shooting - the most accurate .223 I ever owned, until it wasn't.





I view #1's as elegant hunting rigs. They share space with a vintage bunch of dedicated target single shots - each gun has a specific purpose, and the Rugers fulfill my hunting needs with aplomb.

My #1 is the 7mm STW. It has killed a couple bull elk, and traveled many many miles in the saddle scabbard.

I have had fantasies of owning a couple of 1Bs in lighter calibers, like a 204, and 6mm. But this thread took me to Gunbroker to check out the selection.

Holy Stickershock Batman! I paid $500 for the STW new at Sportsman's. But I guess it has been a few years.

I had one in a 22 hornet,, wish I would have never sold it!

Stainless 45-70