Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots If you could have only one, No. 1, that is.

I must concur on this one!! El Numero Uno, has anyone been able to narrow down just how many were stocked with Circassian walnut? I bought two of them just because I LOVE how they feel, handle and point! Can't beat the looks of the Circassian either...just wondering about numbers though.

Todd

I would say the 1-S 45/70 configuration is the handiest by far in my opinion. If I could have only one, 30-06 in the 1A is the same length and weight so it would probably feel just as good. The 9.3x74 isn't a bad choice either however.

Still, the balance of one with 22 inch barrel and 38.5 inch length seems optimum to me. If you only have one the 30-06 would have the most possible bases covered I think caliber-wise. I like the look of the AH fore end as well.

Same here, just wish it were a bit more accurate, probably has one of those long throated barrels.

I have it now, a 1S in .300H&H.

With today's stuff, all you'd need to compensate would be a stick-on thermometer for the barrel and turrets on the scope and you'd be good to go!

I only HAVE one so far, but it's one that I'd been trying to get for awhile: 1B in 6mm Rem.

I'm hoping to get one in 338 WM and 270 Wby Mag at some point, but it may be awhile down the road.

I am down to a couple No 1 so I think I'll keep the RSI in 275 Rigby which is the 7x57.

Tough one for me. Comes down to three to decide from, all would be in the H configuration, either in .300 H&H, .405 Win or .45-70. Just because of the classic chambering mated to a classic design. I really don't knwo which I'd choose is faced with the choice. Might cme down to a coin toss.

The only thing about the 405 Win, though it shoots real nice, is the cost of components. Brass is a little expensive compared to the rest. I love mine!

Why my K-1A 6.5x55 of course......and it IS the only #1 now! Would take it anywere, with proper loads.

If I had to keep just one, it would be the 7x57 RSI. With handloads, it would do me for just about all the hunting that I have left to do...

Actually I've yet to shoot mine yet and i'm thinking the single box of Hornady ammo will provide my brass needs for a long time. Besides, if only alowed one of these fine rifles, hink of the extra $ you'd have left for the cartridge components.

Mine is pretty accurate. Here's a 100 yard group. Nothing to sneeze at, IMHO. I am getting around the 2400 fps velocities aith 300 gr pills. Quite a hammer.

Brass in Canada is about $55/50 brass. I figure with the two boxes of factory I bought at the same time as the rifle, and the box of 50 I got later, I'm set for a while too. Barnes X bullets shoot like the above target in a lot of my rifles, but I really like them in 405.




I've posted this pic before, but here it is again, just for fun. BlkHawk73 -- get that thing primed up and start shooting it!

It took me a while to find the 6mm as well, but I like it a lot. When I found it I was just looking for a 6mm, no particular rifle. I got to scratch two itches at once. I do like the .270 Roy, it was the first bolt rifle I purchased, in a M70XTR of all things.

I was not aware the rifle was ever chambered in the 300 H&H, but I'm not a real #1 loonie. I'm thinking that would have to be my pick, as I am partial to classic cartridge in a classy rifle.

I have a 7-08 in a Montana already, but I am continually drawn to the .275 Rigby in a RSI, just to go along with the M70 WinLite in .280 and the XP-100 in .284 Winchester. Talk about overlap. The others, admittedly, are as far from a #1 RSI as one can get.

Cartridges I'd consider include only the

.30/06
.338/06 (maybe)
and .45/70

Like others, I have a few #1's but if I had to downsize to one it would be the 1B in '06. It would pretty much cover the range of hunting in North America and in a pinch can be loaded w/small pills for shooting varmits. Besides that, it's fun to shoot, easy to carry, and as a reloader, with all the options available in bullets and powders, it could keep me busy experimenting. IMHO it's the all round cartridge and suits the #1 to a T.

I do only have a single Ruger No. 1-- A Tropical Rifle in .375 H&H.

I have wanted one of these guns-- this specific model-- for as long as I can remember. My beautiful young wife gave it to me for my 50th birthday two years ago. If I could only have one this would be it.

Could you elaborate on how to get a beautiful young wife? We'll talk about how to guide them, as an elder statesman does, to give you rifles later. If you've achieved that, you can have all the No. 1's you want.

[quote=kciHCould you elaborate on how to get a beautiful young wife? We'll talk about how to guide them, as an elder statesman does, to give you rifles later. If you've achieved that, you can have all the No. 1's you want. [/quote]

I found mine in a chat room Actually the very first person I ever chatted with. A year later she moved up here and a year after that we got married. Be 9 yr this this. She's bought me a few firearms herself (I choose, she paid) and I've been fortunet to have the funds to almost double my collection.
They're out there, just gotta find 'em.

I found mine in a chat room Actually the very first person I ever chatted with. A year later she moved up here and a year after that we got married. Be 9 yr this this. She's bought me a few firearms herself (I choose, she paid) and I've been fortunet to have the funds to almost double my collection.
They're out there, just gotta find 'em. [/quote]

It's too late for me, I already got a bad one, save yourself.