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I became intrigued with this concept of a "stalking rifle". I was browsing through some of the more well known commercial names like Blaser, Krieghoff, Merkel, etc.

Anyone shoot a single shot stalking rifle at big game here in the US? If so, do you think you are handicapped with a single shot rifle compared to a bolt action? The Krieghoff Hubertus has me interested in a single shot rifle.

I've been using a Ruger #1 in .270 cal. for many years on whitetail deer. We rarely get a second shot on them anyway in the thick woodlands of the South, so the one shot really doesn't create any handicap at all. If I were hunting Griz, I'd probably feel differently...Geo

Geo: that was what I was thinking. I live in the mid-Atlantic area and have lived in the northeast (NY and NJ). Most of the hunting I have done has been "pushing" open fields to kick up bedded down deer and using a semi-auto shotgun but even then, I can get off at most two shots (on a good day) before the deer scatters through the brush and into the woods (if I didn't hit it).

Geo, it's nice to see someone other than me that uses a Ruger single shot. I use a Ruger #3 carbine in 45/70 with open sights. I initially bought it for a bear hunt in Canada back in 1978. Some people thought I was nuts for using it on that hunt. I guess it all boiled down to confidence in my carbine and shooting ability with it. It has since become my first choice for deer hunting up here. Should I ever go bear hunting again it will definately go with me.

I hunt with a .270 #1 my friend's thought i was nuts.bought it in 1978 it is a 1976 production.i mostly liked the wood.(unusual on a Ruger)

For some reasons, the wood on the No1 Rugers is very good, in my experience.
Mike

I like to use one of two Browning 1885's that I bought new in the early 80's......I like the octagon 28" tulip breech barrels.....one chambered in .270, and one in 22-250...same hole accuracy with either gun, if I do my part......I like long barrels and the accuracy that comes with them.....

Also use a Whitney-Laidley split breech 28" tulip octagon in 30/40 that I built up and a Pedersoli Sharp's 32" octagon in 45-70 for anything you want dead in their tracks.......

Well that's two Rugers with nice wood then. For some reason I lucked out and got very nice wood on my #3. The butt plate is a different story. It's the same piece of cheap plastic crap as the Mini-14. If I ever get off my lazy butt I'm going to hand make a steel butt plate for it.

Well stated- St. Hubertus is the patron Saint of serious hunters. I have a Winchester High-Wall in .45-70 and recent changes in that great old BP load- for the Marlin LA guide series carbines- have made it a real 'stopper' so is the .348Win with 300 grainers- but getting ammo for that, like for the old .32 Special, is getting to be almost as bad as trying to find a wide range of affordable shotshells for the Bastard guages-- C'est La Vie!!

I live in a shotgun only area and I went with a single shot rifled as I would rather cary a 6# gun than the alternative, and accurate as far as it has to be. Up to this point it hasn't caused a problem. If the gun has ejectors the situation is diminished further.

This past weekend I was hunting in the Catskills with a small frame rolling block in 9.3mm. Trim, light gun with a 27" octogon. Felt great in the hands when climbing mountains if I might actually have had to shoot it.

Cheers,

Tom