Thread: Ruger #1 303s of NZ

Cool rifle in the quintessential Kiwi caliber

A shooting acquaintance of mine is a bit of a No 1 collector, he has been given specific instructions to call me before selling - not that I think that is ever going to happen

yeah woodleigh 215s are good for Sambar but even then are fairly tough. but thats more or less the shape of bullet the ruhgers prefer.

i went for hot rodding option to create an all round rifle, as opposed to a less effective rifle loaded with 215 woodleighs at just over the sound barrrier lol..

i use 308 data for 150s-180s and so far its coming together O,K. the ruger will handle 50,000k older smle wont handle 39,000k lol.

I don't have a Ruger #1
A friend has heaps of them from 22 hornet to 458 and plenty in between

I would like one because I'm a single shot guy
But the right one at the right price hasn't come home with me yet

But I read with interest lots of threads about getting the problem ones to shoot.
Clearly some just go great straight out of the box
Others get sold on our of frustration by the original owners.

As a matter of interest ( and why I posted to this thread ) there are over 50 parts in a Ruger #1
I think this is part of the problem . Lots of parts in a mass produced rifle means lots of potential points of change in isolating the cause of inaccuracy.

But good old Bill Ruger opened the eyes of the world to a quality single shot anyone could own
So I will excuse his mass produced complexity

My brother has one.
I was talking to him today (before I saw this thread) and he's looking to sell his, along with a Marlin 450 lever.

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

My brother has one.
I was talking to him today (before I saw this thread) and he's looking to sell his, along with a Marlin 450 lever.

@hotbarrels Tell me more about this 450 marlin....

Originally Posted by Tommy

@hotbarrels Tell me more about this 450 marlin....

@Tommy Should have info tonight

I remember an arrival in gun nz about it. The throat seemed to be very long. A long round nose bullet might work very well in it.?

yes, there was quite alot of drama from memory with that batch of Ruger number1 in 303 but can,t remember what the problem was Friwi is probably right.
I had one in 204 cal and was very accurate after I changed the trigger and put a gadget called an accuriser that I got from Brownalls in the forearm that you could adjust with a alen key that put pressure on the barrel that tightened up groups if target shooting when the barrel warmed up because it would start shooting like shit.

@Tommy, Wilsons have a No 1 in 450 Bushmaster in stock.

I can pick it up and transport to SR Nats if you are that way inclined

@ebf, more keen on a bigger lever to be honest.