Ruger No1a

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soup

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Gents,
I'm just wondering if anyone has a Ruger No 1a in .243 and how it shoots?
I've already got white hair, but this rifle makes my blood pressure go UP. I tried 90 grain NBT -winy 100grain factory. 2 scopes and finally got a load with Hornady 100 Interlocks to shoot into an inch, but only at 50 yards. The reason I didn't go to 100 yards was that I only loaded 10 rounds and used 5 as the test. I don't believe in "it's close enough for hunting " accuracy, I want to know where the bullets going. WT Deer deserve better. That being said I chickened out and took my 30-06 but didn't get a shot anyway.
So now that I'm out of IMR 4350 I contacted VhitaVouri and they told me N150 was very close to IMR just a hair faster and it should work fine. Has anyone personally used N150 in the scenario above?
Do these No1 rifles always give problems, MOST of all has anyone hunted with one??
Thank you in advance for your time and help.
Have a Merry Christmas .
Semper Fi
Soup
 
This is very interesting. I sure don't have the knowledge to help on this but I'm interested in hearing from those that do. Good luck!
 
Finicky guns sometimes. When you tighten the forearm, you need to do the exact same every time. I always aligned the slot in the screw the same every time. You can also bed the hanger into the forearm or try to dampen a'la Ross Seyfried's method. You can also look for a Hick's Accurizer. I bedded the hanger on my No 1V in 22-250 and it would punch little clover leafs.
 
I'll pile on to the "not really helping trend". My Dad has a Ruger No.1 in .243 Win. I'll pick his brain and see what advice he's got.

And there you were, still just as knowledgeable as you started out.
 
Gentlemen,
Thank you for taking the time to reply.
I'm in need of help! To amplify the situation, shooting test rounds isn't really practical anymore with the shortages we all are experiencing. But it's necessary!!
Soup
 

Soup,

I have had a #1A .243 since the late 70's. Used it a little early on and then it just seems to sit in the gun rack. I took a couple of deer with it,
relatively easy to do, but for general groundhog hunting at any distance, I found it to be lacking. Accuracy was only mediocre. It's plenty enough
for deer, but for distant shots at groundhogs it was lacking, though I did manage to get a couple. With all that said though, I do love the #1 Ruger.

Here are a couple of vintage pictures.


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For the deer I used a Nosler Partition 95 gr. Don't recall which bullet for the groundhog.

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From what it seems, accuracy issues with the #1 lies in the fore-end. Through the years I've had a few but none I would ever called tack drivers. Most were good enough to hunt deer size game but for coyotes and smaller....meh! I've read about rifle that shot really well but I think they had been worked on. Maybe if a person wants to spend the money and put in the work they can be made to shoot well. They are nice looking rifles though and they always catch my eye. They always make me think "this may be the one that shoots good".
 
A guy was walking around at the local gunshow with one recently. I don’t know the exact model of #1. I was interested enough to ask about it. The rifle looked in good shape, a tad older, 270 win chambering. I think he was $800, or a bit more. I think his price was ok, unlikely to get gunbroker prices, cash, at a gunshow.

I did offer $700, since it’s one round I don’t already load for, he declined, fine.

I do kind like them, have low need though.
 
I have a 70's model 234 1A and it was shooting 3-4" groups out of the box.
After a forend bed, it dropped to 2". After a buttstock bed, it dropped to 5/8" for 5 at 100 yards.

Tony
 
I had a #1B 243 in the 1990's. After bedding the forearm to the mounting rail it shot very well, clover leaf groups. Used it for hunting while stationed in Germany. I also installed a Kepplinger set trigger in it. Don't know why I sold it.
 
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