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A question to my fellow Ruger # 1 admirers -
How many of the #1-As (product # 11348) were produced in the .303 British chambering ...?
Where were most of them shipped...Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK...?
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SakoAlberta would know that. I believe I heard Canada, USA and Australlia got the lion's share.
I sure do like mine.
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Thanks for the info..
Also how many of the #1-S s were made in 9.3 x 74R ? It was catalogued for a couple years (?) and now it has been dropped ?
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From my understanding, Ruger does not release production numbers.
The special runs: lipsey, cabelas, daca, rmef, ect ect are the only one that you can get a relatively close production quantity. And what I mean by that, is there are several special runs that have had extras (over-runs) that are sold off to either the public through normal channels or are picked up by employees.
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Given what is known about the production cycle model at Ruger -- new parts put in bins waiting to taken off the top for use in prodction runs; only receivers are marked with parts numbers; actual production of a given model and caliber are done in bursts over a year or more; and wide, sometimes multiple decades, disparities exist between entry into parts inventory, assembly, storeage, and actual shipment -- I doubt Ruger even knows with any preciaion how any of what were made, when. The only accurate recoverable date in such a system is the shipping date.
Even if you choose to concede that they MIGHT have kept this all straight for their own records, there is the phenomenon of the "one-ofs' including special rifles produced for Friends of Bill and by workers at the plant. Example -- I have a custom #3 with no irons made at the plant by the workers in 7mm BR with an english straigth stock and schnabel with no barrel band. The receiver serial # according to Ruger was for a 22 Hornet.
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Medicman,
What loads shoot best in your 1-A .303...???
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303 Brit SAAMI cartridges are registered from .054" to .064". 303 Brit SAAMI chambers are registered from .064" to .071". 95% of the brass in the real world is .062" or less. If I were to chamber a Ruger #1 in 303B, I would set the headpsace at .062". I am really sick of the range of 303 Brit Enfield No. 4 Mark I chambers, bolt heads, and thin compressible bolt bodies with lug in the rear. The Ruger #1 is the best action I come into contact with, and tight headspace would be nice. The 303 Brit brass pushed to the threshold of long brass life and backed off a safety margin in a #1 action, should exceed the power of the weaker 308 cartridge pushed to the edge and backed off a safety margin.
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Medicman,
What loads shoot best in your 1-A .303...???
Thanks, JMV375 174 Hornady rndnose 45 gr H414 at 2400 180 gr Speer 46gr H4350 at 2250 150 Barnes tsx 46gr H414 at 2500 I have not done much experimenting as these loads were good in my SMLE #4MkII and give me 1" - 1.25" in the #1 on a good day. I am sure the action would stand more pressure, but it is a 303Br and I am happy with that. I do notice there is less brass stretch in the #1. The above loads can be found in Ken Water's "Pet Loads" but were worked up to in the #4MkII Randy
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