Opinion on single shot's

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I was just looking to get some thoughts on single shots. I always swear I'm gonna buy a repeater and for a while I owned a lever 30/30 and a pump slug gun and hated them. I just went out and bought a mossberg SSi in .308 and have had a NEF 12ga for years and love them. I had a NEF45/70 at one time and loved it but had to sell it. People have asked if has some thing to do with price and I tell them to go price my mossberg SSi against their marlin 30/30 and tell me if they think it's price or price a ruger No1. I just like my singles except for my .22 lever henry.
 
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I have owned and shot/hunted with single shot, shotguns for as long as I can remember. Although one of my favorites guns when I was younger was a Savage/Stevens over and under .22lr and 410 shotgun, I guess technically it is not a single shot. I still have it but it is not used so much any more as I don't rabbit hunt like I used too.

I have owned and used many pump and semi auto shotguns, too. However I currently use a single shot winchester 3 inch 20 gauge most of the time when I go hunting. It is much lighter in weight and very easy to break down and put in a vehicle if i don't happen to have a case etc. and I really don't need or want anymore fire power. If I miss, I miss. Oh well.

At one time a buddy owned a Ruger #1 in .375 H&H and it was a lot of fun to shoot but I have never owned a highpower single shot myself. with the exception of muzzle loaders, which I use most of the time for deer hunting here in Iowa.

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If you really want to get all warm and fuzzy for single shots you should read the current edition of the American Rifleman.
P.S. I love shooting my Sharps rifles and have a fondness for a Pedersoli made Trapdoor that is, according to some 'experts', supposed to be a big piece of shyt but things aren't turning out that way.
 
Well, I've been lusting after a Ruger #1 in 6mm Rem for quite a while now. Unfortunately they quit making them in that caliber several years ago. I really regret passing up on 2 that I found at a gun show a couple years ago. One was in near new condition for $450. The other was definatly carried hunting a number of times and was at $425. I know I could get one in .243 pretty easily, but dang it I want it in 6mm.
 
Nef

I don't know if I'm alone in thinking a collection of NEF handi's is money well spent, but then again, I couldn't care less. Rugged, accurate, tweakable, and great factory service.

NEF rifles are just plain a great value, and their youth models are best way I've found to introduce youngsters to firearms safety, ownership, maintenance, and responsibility.

Yeah, put me down as a fan.
 
My kids all have single shot .22s in my humble opinion that is the only way to learne how to shoot. one bullet at a time , one shot one kill.
 
Last season, I took my NEF single shot in .223 out varmit shooting with a buddy who uses an AR-15.

He could do follow-up shots a lot faster than I could.

But I never needed one that day.

Its kind of a cliche, but people with single shots tend to shoot them more carefully. I know I do. And I 'can' do a follow up shot pretty quick. I use a butt cuff to keep spares handy. I just don't miss as often.

So I think single-shots are under-appreciated.
 
For the past 20 years my dad has used nothing but a Ruger no1 in 25-06 for just about everything. He's a big fan of never taking a shot until you know you can make it. He also has one in 416rig that he bought for an African trip that never happened.

Granted, not a rifle but my son's deer gun is his Contender with a 14inch 30-30 barrel. I hope I've taught him as my father taught me.
 
My dad bought several NEF single shots for varminting... very accurate guns but often need a trigger job.

I have a buddy who hunted with a Ruger #1 in 7x57... he didn't miss much.

They are both very accurate rifles, though the Ruger has the stronger action. I don't think you can buy an NEF in .375 or .416.
 
Dr Rob, No sadly you can't Hndi's in .375 or .416rigby but they do make a .45/70govt and it will take down anything in N.America and I know alot of African guides carry Marlin 1895 guide guns in .45/70 although with the newer .450marlin that may have changed. But if some one is looking big bore NEF single then .45/70 is agood choice. Like I said I had one but had to sell it. :banghead:
 
Just bought a Thompson G2 rifle with various barrels. I really like this thing and find it to be accurate beyond belief. I have no problem with it being a single shot, but I do a lot of bird hunting and for that, I use a double barrel. I can't get by bird hunting with just one shot.
 
Ruger #1's aren't terribly cheap.

But boy, are they fun!

Here's my Ruger #1S in .45-70:

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Ruger No. 1's are beautiful guns. I will have one someday. My problem is deciding what caliber to get. Until I decide, I think I am going to buy a T/C Encore in .204 Ruger and change barrels as I see fit. IMHO, single shots are great guns for beginners all the way up to the expert marksman. BTW, I have been under a rock for a while and I am ready to get down on THR! I hope I can help others as much as they help me! Good shooting.
 
Some beautiful guns here. I thought I was alone out here it's nice to see alot of you love your singles like I do. All my buddies I hunt with Got bolts,pumps,and auto's and man can they waste ammo on one deer (sad). A buddy of mine shot a deer 4 times last year and we tracked for 6 miles and 3 1/2 hours and never found it, I guess when you hunt with a single you just take a more calculated shot. No slam on any one here I'm sure alot of us can and do, still use one shot even out of an auto, just not the crew I hunt with.
 
I'm on a single-shot kick at present (first time in my life). Just a few NEFs and 1 Rossi so far, but when my ship comes in, I'll probably be a T/C hound.

I was telling my buddy the other day that if someone stole all of my guns, my first purchase to get 'back on my feet', hunting-wise, would be the Rossi 3-barrel set of .17HMR/.270 win/.50 ML. Killer deal for $279-ish.

http://www.rossiusa.com/products/product-details.cfm?model=S1727150M&category=MATCHEDSET

Then add the .22/12 ga combo for another $130 and be fully back in bidness with 5 guns for just over $400:

http://www.rossiusa.com/products/product-details.cfm?model=S121280RS&category=MATCHEDPAIR
 
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