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Ruger No. 1 Single Shot Rifles are quietly being discontinued, and a few key distributors are selling the "last ones." If you have an interest, this may be an ideal time to buy one.

While well made, and I think attractive, they had a questionable accuracy reputation. Many shot well; some did not. Barrel bedding was sometimes a problem due to the unusual front hanger arrangement. Personally, mine shot fine.

New ones seem to sell in the $900 to $1,200 price range. Cabela's has a few new ones.

My 45-70 shoots well enough for me.

Mine, too. I had a #3 in .45-70, too, that I bought used. My son and I killed a ton of deer with that little thing. My usual load for it was a Rem. 300 gr. FNHP at about 2100 fps. The previous owner had put a whiteline Pachmayr on it to tame it a bit. When my son was 10 years old he would shoot it off the bench. I conveniently forgot to tell him about recoil, and he never noticed it.

After I bought my #1 .45-70 I sold the #3. I once loaded 500 gr. bullets to about 1850 fps and shot them offhand at the range. It bucked and roared but they were fun to shoot in that little gun.

SRH

Dad's No. 3 was my introduction to the .45-70. I was about 12 at the time and he held nothing back and I was hooked. Brought it down to Arkansas one year for our annual shoot and it was deemed to be "that damned rude Yankee gun".

Pity on the No. 1's. They are a favorite. Between Dad and my brother and I there is a fair pile of them and we're always on the hunt for another.

I've had a few No. 1's. My first, and which I'll forever regret selling was marked "7mm Remington Express" now known as 280 Remington. It shot wonderfully. Presently I have one in 300 H&H which does the same (esp. with 200 gr. Barnes TTSX), and a full stock in 257 Roberts which is challenging me.
Most people don't know they've been discontinued, so now is the time to find them used for ~$700. Guaranteed they'll be bringing more in a year.

I've had a #1A in .243 for years. Just "enough gun" for lots of uses, and accurate enough for any of 'em. And light. And handy. And handsome (I swopped a deliciously figured buttstock off a #1H .45-70 onto the .243 and sold the cannon off--"too much gun" for my needs!).

If a #1 or #3 wont shoot, a 10-32 screw through the front of the forearm hanger, putting a little pressure on the barrel, sometimes helps. It is quick, easy, invisible, and reversible if it doesn't work.
Mike

This myth of the Ruger #1 being discontinued has already been nipped in the bud! The VP of Ruger made a public announcement that they have no plans to stop production. Considering the 50th Anniversary of the Ruger #1, it would be silly to stop now anyway.

The DeHaas method of adding the setscrew in the forearm hanger does occasionally help tune the vertical stringing as a barrel warms up. In my attempts it didn't help enough to be worth the trouble.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/01/30/keep-calm-carry-ruger-no-1-not-going-away/

Vall, the article you link to here is TWO YEARS OLD!

Question: If a favorite then why would Ruger even consider ending production? Because, business fact - companies don't keep manufacturing things that don't sell. As much as I hate to say this AR15's are manufactured by everyone cause they SELL. Modern Single shots not so much.

I have owned 2, #1's, over the years and sold both because they could not be made to shoot with any consistence past 100 yds, so not a real good "Out West" hunting gun. I only bought the second one because I guess I wanted to hit my thumb again with a hammer, since I couldn't really believe it hurt that bad. It does. (BTW they aren't the worst modern single shot, that would be the Dakota Model 10.

Isn't this timely:
#1 troubles