Ruger No.1 in 30-40 Krag
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Hookeye, I didn't know the Ruger No.1 made a rifle with boring wood, how about a picture.
Straight grain, no dark lines, no feather, no gold.
Just medium brown all the way.
There's a 7 mag M77 like that at my LGS as well, grain lines even lighter..........looks almost like freakin' cinnamon stained balsa.
Have seen many a 77 like that, #3's and 10/22s. Quite a few black pad #1's.
Even my dad's '66 fingergroove auto is pretty plain.
My '67 10/22 fingergroove is darker, stronger grain line than the .44..........nothing great though (except it's factory checkered).
Red pad #1 is best chance at good wood..........the older the better. Pop's B is OK (first version). My old B was pretty good too, enough that I recognized it from a distance at a shop yrs after I sold it.
My RSI is a red pad.............boring as heck.
But then if I deer hunt it I won't feel so bad about adding character to it.
Ruger wood, on avg..........aint nothin to get excited about. Seen a bunch of them over the years. My cuz's 77 was equally bland.
I did have a tiger striped gold walnut BDL that was downright handsome (non skipline checkered- better looking). My 7 mag was skiplined and boring. Most horrible my bud's .35 Whelen Classic.
Did have another BDL that had light on the bottom, and a bit of dip in grain..........the coloration and line made it rather attractive.
Hell, nowadays most of my stuff is plastic and painted.
I let a '77 B model slide b y on GB a few yrs back. It had nice wood. Been haunting me ever since (would have been a chuck rig only so minimal risk of dinging up).
Oh well.
Just medium brown all the way.
There's a 7 mag M77 like that at my LGS as well, grain lines even lighter..........looks almost like freakin' cinnamon stained balsa.
Have seen many a 77 like that, #3's and 10/22s. Quite a few black pad #1's.
Even my dad's '66 fingergroove auto is pretty plain.
My '67 10/22 fingergroove is darker, stronger grain line than the .44..........nothing great though (except it's factory checkered).
Red pad #1 is best chance at good wood..........the older the better. Pop's B is OK (first version). My old B was pretty good too, enough that I recognized it from a distance at a shop yrs after I sold it.
My RSI is a red pad.............boring as heck.
But then if I deer hunt it I won't feel so bad about adding character to it.
Ruger wood, on avg..........aint nothin to get excited about. Seen a bunch of them over the years. My cuz's 77 was equally bland.
I did have a tiger striped gold walnut BDL that was downright handsome (non skipline checkered- better looking). My 7 mag was skiplined and boring. Most horrible my bud's .35 Whelen Classic.
Did have another BDL that had light on the bottom, and a bit of dip in grain..........the coloration and line made it rather attractive.
Hell, nowadays most of my stuff is plastic and painted.
I let a '77 B model slide b y on GB a few yrs back. It had nice wood. Been haunting me ever since (would have been a chuck rig only so minimal risk of dinging up).
Oh well.
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Man, and that's an international, even the 10-22 international is prettier than that with a beautiful grain if I do say so myself. I've got a Ruger .44 Magnum carbine made in 1981, with very attractive walnut. I wonder if your No.1 hasn't been restocked?
Stock is original.
Not the first bland #1 I've seen.
Usually they're black pad but have seen enough red pad similarly afflicted.
Hate the "international" stocks.
Bought this to rebarrel (and swap forend).
Pic was crappy cell, but even better focus and higher def wouldn't help this stock LOL.
Won't abuse the rig, but will hunt it hard without worry.
Not the first bland #1 I've seen.
Usually they're black pad but have seen enough red pad similarly afflicted.
Hate the "international" stocks.
Bought this to rebarrel (and swap forend).
Pic was crappy cell, but even better focus and higher def wouldn't help this stock LOL.
Won't abuse the rig, but will hunt it hard without worry.
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Hookeye, Incidentally I just ordered a Ruger International in 10-22 from Bud's Gun Shop. I sure as heck hope my stock is much prettier than that.
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I hear ya Hookeye, do like the stock design, in fact I always liked the "sporter" style stock. I do wish the fore end had a lot more grain in it though. I'm still waiting on those dies from Midway.
Clark
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I bought all (4) #1 rifles to rebarrel.
They all shot too well.
223
223V
7mmRM
270
Here is how I clean a used rifle before test firing it:
Clean out the Copper.
Check for Copper
repeat until Copper is gone.
In the case of the 223V:
How did they get that much Copper in it?
How could they sell a 1/2" rifle for $500 in 2007 on the internet?
At $650, buy any and all #1 rifles.
Some #1's shoot like crap.
Some don't.
They may respond to load development and or tuning/tweaks.
It may be favorable or not.
My old .243 was sub .50" and I did nothing to it. Load development was minimal.
But I got it from the original owner and he said it shot great (did not tell me any load data).
It shot well for years, until the throat eroded. Varminter, I did not want to try heavier bullets and couldn't afford a rebarrel then, so sold it to somebody who wanted a base for a project.
I bought the RSI to have redone into .35 Rem, since Ruger never offered that and it with trimming meets out state cartridge spec for deer.
Some don't.
They may respond to load development and or tuning/tweaks.
It may be favorable or not.
My old .243 was sub .50" and I did nothing to it. Load development was minimal.
But I got it from the original owner and he said it shot great (did not tell me any load data).
It shot well for years, until the throat eroded. Varminter, I did not want to try heavier bullets and couldn't afford a rebarrel then, so sold it to somebody who wanted a base for a project.
I bought the RSI to have redone into .35 Rem, since Ruger never offered that and it with trimming meets out state cartridge spec for deer.
RPRNY
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It is a treat of a rifle. 180 grs through 220 grs cast lead at .310" over 4227 are accurate and easy shooting. In the Ruger No 3, you can load the 30-40 to 30-06 factory levels and I have found Berger 175 grs VLD s at 2,650 to be extremely accurate. The 30-40 is a tremendous single shot cartridge, easy and satisfying to load for and you can load it mild to Holy S__T in the Ruger.
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Zeke/PA
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I own three #1's and love them.
I would have jumped on the .30-40 in a half second.
A bonus is the fact that your rifle is a 200th year model as it adds somewhat to the collector value.
I would have jumped on the .30-40 in a half second.
A bonus is the fact that your rifle is a 200th year model as it adds somewhat to the collector value.
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Eastbank, the two top rifles look like really nice figured grain.
I might be keeping my TC .35 Remington after all.........
Bullet exited
Shot distance maybe 65 yards. Saw him out a ways and had to boogie about 30 yards to get a shot.
Piled up after hard run 75 yards. No blood for first 20 but then it got good.
Gonna take myself a long hot shower and pop some Dragon's Milk.
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Bullet exited
Shot distance maybe 65 yards. Saw him out a ways and had to boogie about 30 yards to get a shot.
Piled up after hard run 75 yards. No blood for first 20 but then it got good.
Gonna take myself a long hot shower and pop some Dragon's Milk.
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Hookeye, that is one dandy buck. I know what you're saying there Eastbank, those Brownings are absolutely beautiful. I've got a Gold Hunter 12ga. semi-auto with very nice looking wood, as well as a Browning SXS in 20ga. that has absolutely beautiful wood. BTW my dies finally got here today.
Thanks. He's not big but is the largest I've seen on the little spot.
I've gone entire opening weekend of gun and not seen any deer there.
Hunted all season and seen nothing of rack, antlerless small enough I didn't pop anything. Ya just never know.
Told myself I'd ditch the .35 Rem TC bbl if I didn't shoot anything decent LOL.
Little gun put it right on the money..........kinda hard to sell that bbl (it does shoot good, just too short). Might keep other TC frame and leave it as deer gun always set up.
Now to find out if the RSI shoots decent. If so proly stay in .243 win. Heck Indiana might somebody go reg rifle and my 700 has too much scope (is yote rig).
I've gone entire opening weekend of gun and not seen any deer there.
Hunted all season and seen nothing of rack, antlerless small enough I didn't pop anything. Ya just never know.
Told myself I'd ditch the .35 Rem TC bbl if I didn't shoot anything decent LOL.
Little gun put it right on the money..........kinda hard to sell that bbl (it does shoot good, just too short). Might keep other TC frame and leave it as deer gun always set up.
Now to find out if the RSI shoots decent. If so proly stay in .243 win. Heck Indiana might somebody go reg rifle and my 700 has too much scope (is yote rig).
dodge
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Actually it's a .30 Army not a .30 Government. The .30 Government is a 30-06.
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Hookeye
Got to disagree with you. Outstanding grain pattern or no grain pattern I still like the look, and the lines, of a full stocked rifle.
Got to disagree with you. Outstanding grain pattern or no grain pattern I still like the look, and the lines, of a full stocked rifle.
RPRNY
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The 30-40 was alternately referred to as the 30 Army, 30 US and 30 Government. The 30-03 and 30-06 were certainly also referred to as the 30 US and possibly as the 30 Government as well.
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