Anybody have a Ruger No.1? I'm thinking about buying one & wanted some opinions.How well do they shoot ect. Thanks

You'll love the appearance of your ruger #1.....plan on a couple hundred bucks accurizing it after you buy it!!!

Their standard of accuracy of even a varmint model is 3" at 100 yards!

Vapodog, I like Rugers but I will agree that you have to spend some cash tweeking them in.

I knew a fellow that had a wildcat 243/06 in a big heavy bolt gun. He wanted the same cartridge in a lighter handier gun so he bought a Ruger #1 in 25/06 with plans to rebarrel it. He took it to the range to shoot it some and liked the accuracy of it so much he left it a .25 cal. and still hunts with it to this day. I believe his son bought one in .270 win. awhile after his dad started using the 25/06.

I have 2 of them a 1b in 280 and a 1s in 45/70. No I have not spent a couple of hundred dollars tweaking each one , in fact I spent 15 dollars on the 1b free floating the barrel with acraglass gel. The 280 shoots 1- 1 1/2 groups with some handloads I had hanging around from my last 280 bolt rifle and the trigger is pretty heavy 5lbs, there is a lot of room for improvement when I get around to making up some more loads for it and getting the trigger down to 3 1/2 or so. The 45/70 is a sweet rifle...beautiful wood and a 3 3/4 lb trigger from the factory and using 300 grain winchester hollowpoints shoots nice cloverleafs.

I used to have a 1A in 7mm Mauser... I loved it. It would shoot 1 1/2" groups regularly. I'm sure if I had known about the forend hanger modification, and floating the forend, etc.. it would probably have done much better. Aesthetically, it was wonderful. A classic, graceful rifle, with really nicely figured wood on it. In my more youthful ignorance and desire for "something different" I traded it off.... not a good decision. If I had the money, I'd get another in a heartbeat. Probably one of the stainless ones...

"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness..those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Santayana

Hornetguy, what is the forend hanger modification your talking about? I plan on buying a stainless 7mm. Having the barrel glass bead blasted to take the heavy shine off($65.00) free floating or bedding the barrel($70.00) & setting the trigger @ 2lbs.($10.00. My Ruger bolt in 7mm shoots 3/8" groups off the bags, can I expect this kind of accuracy from a No.1?
Thanks.

I used to shoot 1/2 to 1 1/2 inch groups with my no.1b. No modifications at all, just handloads. I sold it and now have the no 1 varmiter in the stainless laminate. Haven't had a lot of time to play with it yet but the first load I tried was 1 and 1/2 inch group off the box of a pickup. I will get to the range one day for some real fun. I believe the mod is a simple rubber o ring acting as a washer on the forearm. This should "float" the barrel a little.

Last year I traded a rifle for a S/S w/Laminated stock Ruger #1 in 45/70. Before trading I met the guy at the range and took a couple shots with it. I hit a little low, the shots were about .75" apart.He hadn't modified the rifle but handloaded several different loads until he found the right one.All the Ruger #1's I've ever seen have been very accurate.A great single shot,at a reasonable price.
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my dad had one..im not sure if it was a diffrent model or what but it was a tiny little guy and weighed next to nothing...i would killed to carry that into the woods...he shooots a deer with it and says he doesnt like it and sells it..he got a steal on it too..350 for it used but in perfect condition with a redfield scope..he said he didnt like it! the shot he made was dam near imposible with a full sized rifle..he had a turn completly around and coulndt move his legs too far so had to move his upper body and this is inbetween saplings a stuff a full sized barrel would hit easy...and he makes a shot like that..it was a great shot being able to turn like that...and it was so light thats enough of a reason for me to buy one...we walk 2 miles to our deer spot...my 10+lb mausers a killer on that walk my shoulders besides deer!....i dont know what he was thinking..i never shot it but was there when he did..it was in 3006..at 50 it held a ok group but he isnt a great rifle shooter for some reason..but his pistol shooting is up there with some of the best...i never understood that...but thats how it is..im sure it would shot better than 2 inches at 50...ive seen him shoot rifles alot and none group better..he doetn care..he says if he can hit a paper plate at 50 he can kill a deer..he does so i guess i cant justify making him shoot tight groups...o well..if i didnt love the mauser id get a no1....maybe i still will if i can find one in SS.....i need an "all weahter rifle" pretty bad im 15 and look for excuses to buy new guns!!!