Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots ..no one like #1s in stainless?

Looks like the era of the stainless Ruger #1 is about to close. They have now been removed from the Ruger website and the new distributor catalog I got a few days ago lists the last two stainless guns, #1S in .45-70 and .375 Ruger as closeouts...

I've had several #1s but my favorite two, and the only two I have left, are the #1H in .405 Winchester and a #1A in 7.62x39...both are stainless.

Kinda makes me wish I had bought that 1#A stainless .257 Robers I saw last month for $795.00...

Anyone else miss the stainless #1s?

Bob

I have long wanted a #1 in 300win mag, but saving up for one was out of my reach... especially after we had kids. I figured it was all just a pipe dream and made myself be happy with the rifle i already had. Then by shear luck a guy with a stainless #1 300 win mag was looking for 7600 35 Whelen, which I happened to have. We worked out a trade deal, and I now have my dream rifle.

I topped it with a silver Zeiss Conquest 3.5x10x44 and killed 2 deer the following day. It is on my "will never be sold" list and will be handed down to my grandson one day.

Bob,

It is with mixed feelings that I read the above... Personally, I never really lusted after a SS #1, That said, however, I have 3 - a .405 Win, a 6.5x55, and .35 Whelen.

Kind of makes me wonder what the status of the promised K1-A in .250 Sav. is. It may never happen now. Or better yet, it may come in Blue/Walnut.

All in all, tho' I really hate to see the trimming of the product line. I like to see options, even if they are options that I don't care for. I fear now that the K1-A in 7.62x39 may become so pricey, that I may never get one.

GH

Dunno, but for some reason the #1 doesn't look right in SS... wood and blued it looks just right...

I'm not crazy about the aesthetics of stainless rifles of any type, especially #1's. My only #1 is blue and walnut. I figure if you want stainless you might as well get an Encore (which I've done). They're butt-ugly already (but they work.)

I have mixed feelings about the stainless No. 1's. I do like them, but I also believe the standard blued version is even better. My sons prefer the stainless and that is what they want and I happily live and hunt with that...

I feel bad about the disappearing No. 1 as a product line from Ruger. They are great rifles, but I guess not enough of us feel that way.

I'd take a stainless 1A 303 brit with black synthetic stocks.

I like the SS/Walnut #1's but have not purchased one...., but it seems to me watching prices, the SS/walnuts go faster and for more money than their Blued/Walnut counterparts. .i.e GunBroker, GunsAmerica, etc.

Walnut and ss don't work imho, especially in the single shot setup.

I owned a SS and Lam. This combo that Ruger has recently offered across several calibers and models seems a little wacky. The SS metal is nice, so you don't have to worry about the rust factor, but the Laminate stock, usually thought of to keep a bolt action rifle from swelling walnut shifting bullet impact, just doesn't go with a "classy, traditional rifle".

The Lipsey Walnut/SS combos, always 250 at a batch, I have owned the 7.62x39, 257 Roberts, and 6.5 Swede are sweet rifles. If Ruger offered these at reasonable prices, should not cost more than a blue/walnut would sell.

To me, the same guy who likes SS/Laminate, probably likes bolt guns with synthetic stocks.

Just my opinion.

Mitch

Dead wrong there, buddy! I would pick a blue/walnut No.1 any day BUT I got a screaming deal on my SS/Lam .375 Holly and I like its contrast. It just looks good to me--if not as 'pretty' or 'right' as a blue/walnut. I also have seen a couple of those SS/Walnut 6.5's and I could be talked into one of those very easily (and just might someday!).

Even though I like my SS/lam Holly I HATE synthetic/fiberglass/plastic stocks on rilfes. I see all these rifles with their painted camo or McSwirly stocks and I fight a gag reflex but to each his own. Obviously, a lot of guys dig it.

I truly wish I had bought one of the SS/Laminated 1-B's in 7mm STW before they disappeared. I kept putting it off just because nowhere I hunt these days justified the reach of the STW. Still, wish I'd bought one. If a decent used one comes along when I've got some mad money, I won't hestitate.

My thoughts on a stainless steel #1 is this. I really like the Ruger Number 1 for a hunting rifle for a lot of different reasons.I really see a need for at least one stainless steel hunting rifle in the group of rifles I hunt with.So whats is there not to like? The only down side IMO is they are not light. I'm 6'3" and 250lb's so whats another 2-3 lb's ? I have one stainless steel number 1 in 25/06 and I shoot it well. When the weathers bad the stainless steel number 1 comes out.

Overtime, I have come to a point where I acquired so many #1s that most of the SS models I had were taking up safe space meant for for the wood and blue #1s which I prefer.

I sold off almost all of the SS models except for two SS/laminates -- a 7mm 08 B and a .375 H&H. They both shot exceptionally well out of the box with only minimal fiddling -- just trigger work and a real recoil pad for the H&H -- using almost anything I fed them.

The sporting weight barreled K1As I had -- .35 Welen and 257 Roberts -- gave me run of the mill results and I did not want to invest more in them for accurizing. I never got a chance to fire the STW. The K1As both had nice wood though.

1B

I have 2 Ruger #1's. Both are blue/wood, very nice wood. I have several SS/Syn bolts for bad weather. I'm sorry, but I have never considered a #1 in SS.

I think a No.1 with a matte stainless and Walnut would look sweet!!!

How about this one?


7x57 RSI stainless

Not a single shot.

1B

But damn nice is all.

When they are gone alot of people will want one.