Ruger No. 1 International

February 03, 2020, 08:54 AM

66tas

I have a 77 International and No 1 International, both in 257 Roberts, both have taken deer. They are plenty accurate for most hunting situations, but the barrels do heat up quickly so sighting in can be a time consuming process. However, with my handloads both are 1 inch guns at 100 yards. Thats pretty good and plenty accurate enough for me.

February 14, 2020, 07:58 PM

Blackhorse4

BigBoreShooter has my exact Ruger # 1 RSI in 7x57 caliber! Kudos, Sir. Is your scope a Leupold in 2x9x33mm?
I also have a Ruger # 1 VHB in .25-06.
They are my only hunting rifles. I apologise for no pics at the moment.
Blackhorse4

February 14, 2020, 08:02 PM

YellowJacket

quote:
Originally posted by Blackhorse4:
BigBoreShooter has my exact Ruger # 1 RSI in 7x57 caliber! Kudos, Sir. Is your scope a Leupold in 2x9x33mm?
I also have a Ruger # 1 VHB in .25-06.
They are my only hunting rifles. I apologise for no pics at the moment.
Blackhorse4

I had a 1V in 25-06 for awhile but got rid of it. Still have a 1B in .270.

February 15, 2020, 10:59 AM

pulicords

I've got a Model 1B in 30'06. It's very accurate, but I haven't used it much for hunting since I picked up a Remington Model 700 Classic in .35 Whelen. The 1B accounted for this Red Stag in Argentina a few years ago, at over 300 yards.

February 19, 2020, 06:20 PM

P-220

Thank you all for the information and pics.

Please keep them coming.

Thank you.

February 21, 2020, 05:15 PM

cas

Posted a bunch of times... my RSI in .243 Win.

The other is a .475 Linebaugh.
I have one in .450/400 Nitro Express also, I have to get them all together for a picture some day.

May 09, 2020, 03:17 PM

P-220

BTT.

I have had the money for a couple of months, but the last and the next OGCA shows have been cancelled.

Anyone else have some pics to share, to help me through, until I can get one of my own.

Thank you.

May 15, 2020, 06:03 PM

P-220

Ok, continuing my search, I have looked at hundreds of #1 Internationals over the past few months.

I have found some variations, better wood and red pads being two that are important to me.

Today I found one that is stainless, great looking wood and a red pad. It is chambered for .257 Roberts, a caliber I know little about. The strange thing is the same model # has a black pad on the others I have seen. All are brand new, so I am unsure where the red pad came from, but I found it striking.

The realty is that it will probably punch holes in paper and not be used for hunting.

Is the .257 Roberts a caliber worth considering, or is it one of those I may regret long term.

May 15, 2020, 06:49 PM

Tailhook 84

Based on the current offerings at Ammo Seek I doubt the cartridge is going to disappear any time soon, but you will pay a higher price for the ammo just to punch paper.

I inherited a .257 Roberts and enjoy shooting it on rare occasion. It's a great cartridge, but mine is trapped in a less-than-stellar platform - the Remington 760. I have always wanted to purchase a better rifle in this caliber because it has lots of accuracy potential, especially if you reload.

Throw ".257 Roberts reviews" into a search engine and you'll find lots of links to rave reviews of the caliber. And if you decide not to purchase this particular Ruger, shoot me an email with a link to it.

May 15, 2020, 07:08 PM

YellowJacket

quote:
Originally posted by P-220:
Ok, continuing my search, I have looked at hundreds of #1 Internationals over the past few months.

I have found some variations, better wood and red pads being two that are important to me.

Today I found one that is stainless, great looking wood and a red pad. It is chambered for .257 Roberts, a caliber I know little about. The strange thing is the same model # has a black pad on the others I have seen. All are brand new, so I am unsure where the red pad came from, but I found it striking.

The realty is that it will probably punch holes in paper and not be used for hunting.

Is the .257 Roberts a caliber worth considering, or is it one of those I may regret long term.

Its a great deer round but I don't think it has anything extra going for it on the range. Factory ammo is limited and expensive, though you have more bullet choices than, say, a 243 Win to which it is most often compared.

The 257 Bob is based on the x57 case whereas the 243 is a necked down 308. 243 is short action vs the long action 257. Probably not a big factor with a #1.

Make no mistake, though... I would certainly love having a Number 1 in 257 as I believe niche rifles deserve niche chamberings.

I'd rather have one in 7x57 or 280, though.

Lastly, I have 4 or 5 Ruger factory red pads if you think you want to swap out a black if you can't find one. It's cheating, but I won't tell.

May 16, 2020, 12:03 PM

P-220

quote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket:
quote:
Originally posted by P-220:
Ok, continuing my search, I have looked at hundreds of #1 Internationals over the past few months.

I have found some variations, better wood and red pads being two that are important to me.

Today I found one that is stainless, great looking wood and a red pad. It is chambered for .257 Roberts, a caliber I know little about. The strange thing is the same model # has a black pad on the others I have seen. All are brand new, so I am unsure where the red pad came from, but I found it striking.

The realty is that it will probably punch holes in paper and not be used for hunting.

Is the .257 Roberts a caliber worth considering, or is it one of those I may regret long term.

Its a great deer round but I don't think it has anything extra going for it on the range. Factory ammo is limited and expensive, though you have more bullet choices than, say, a 243 Win to which it is most often compared.

The 257 Bob is based on the x57 case whereas the 243 is a necked down 308. 243 is short action vs the long action 257. Probably not a big factor with a #1.

Make no mistake, though... I would certainly love having a Number 1 in 257 as I believe niche rifles deserve niche chamberings. I'd rather have one in 7x57 or 280, though.

Lastly, I have 4 or 5 Ruger factory red pads if you think you want to swap out a black if you can't find one. It's cheating, but I won't tell.

Thank you for the information and the offer for a red pad. I had no idea red pads were available by themselves.

I will keep this thread going until I finally choose one.

Thanks again to all who have contributed.

May 16, 2020, 07:56 PM

YellowJacket

I don't know how "available" they are but I bought some off a guy on rugerforum some years ago. I had one on a No 1 2506 but put the black one back on when I sold it. I also have a boat paddle/stainless rifle that I want to put a walnut stock/red pad on.

August 05, 2020, 06:34 PM

P-220

Well, it finally happened.

I pulled the trigger on one I found on GB.

It is chambered for .308, has (from what I could see in the pics) good wood, it is stainless and it has a red pad.

I hope to be able to pick it up Friday or Monday.

I have also been reading quite a bit about finding the right glass. It sounds like this rifle is a little harder to scope than most.

I am excited to add this to my small collection.

I will post pics as soon as I can.

Thanks again for all the recommendations and pics.

August 06, 2020, 08:32 AM

dewhorse

quote:
Originally posted by PGT:
I bought an RSI this time last near; never knew it existed.

at the shop:

I didn't buy it on the spot but once I realized how hard they were to find, I drove back down 5hrs round trip a couple days later.

I bought a Galco sling for it and a spare front sling loop (they come black!) and polished and waxed it to match.

I also found a rare "basket weave" 10/22 International (only made in black action) and a spare 10/22 in stainless and swapped it over.

Oh my....nice wood

August 06, 2020, 10:22 AM

YellowJacket

quote:
Originally posted by P-220:
Well, it finally happened.

I pulled the trigger on one I found on GB.

It is chambered for .308, has (from what I could see in the pics) good wood, it is stainless and it has a red pad.

I hope to be able to pick it up Friday or Monday.

I have also been reading quite a bit about finding the right glass. It sounds like this rifle is a little harder to scope than most.

I am excited to add this to my small collection.

I will post pics as soon as I can.

Thanks again for all the recommendations and pics.

As long as you have a scope with good eye relief you'll be fine. It can be hard to mount the scope rearward enough as the dovetails in the receiver are at such a place as to intrude on the scope's adjustment knobs. Ruger makes an offset scope base/ring but as long as you have 3 1/2" to 4" of eye relief you should be fine.

As you see, the scope could not move much more to the rear.

August 07, 2020, 05:21 PM

P-220

Well it arrived today. To say I am happy, is an understatement.

When I called the shop that was handling the transfer, the gentleman who answered the phone even commented on what a beautiful rifle it is.

While the wood is not quite as nice as PGT's (that is the best factory Ruger wood I have ever seen), it is in the top 5% of #1 Internationals I have looked at over the past several months.

Great wood, stainless, a red pad and chambered for .308. Grand slam.

I will do my best to post pics tomorrow, when I can get some outside.

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to this thread.

August 07, 2020, 06:14 PM

PGT

Awesome! Yeah....I drove 4hrs round trip back to buy the one I got because I didn't want to play the wood lottery with one online when that one was so nice

August 07, 2020, 09:52 PM

MikeinNC

I had a number one (not an international) in 45/70 and with 405 grain RNFP handloads I could put ten rounds in one inch at 100 yards off a sandbag. Factory rifle.

Wish I’d have never sold that one.

Good rifles. Once you hand tune a round to your rifle, you will be satisfied.

August 07, 2020, 10:17 PM

YellowJacket

quote:
Originally posted by PGT:
Awesome! Yeah....I drove 4hrs round trip back to buy the one I got because I didn't want to play the wood lottery with one online when that one was so nice

Plenty of then have good buttstock wood but not many have anything special in the fore end. Yours definitely stands out.

August 08, 2020, 08:53 AM

cas

I bought another No.1 a could weeks ago and the wood, while it has nothing wrong with it, is very plain compared to my others. Can't complain though, it wasn't a planned purchase. Offered to buy it pretty much sight unseen. Got it from a coworkers, friend's widow.

Payed more than I could have, but enough that I didn't feel like I was taking advantage, but yet a good enough price to excuse buying something I surely don't need. lol