I'm looking at a Ruger Number 1 with a nice grade of wood and a Mannlicher stock chambered in 7 X 57. It has a Burris scope on it but that doesn't matter to me. What's a good buy price?

BTW, If you guys start pissing about grain flow through the butt, I swear I will burn this place to the ground.

$850+

I sold one here on the board a couple years back w/o scope for $725.

Ruger #1s have always had nice wood. Anything under $800 is gonna be a decent price, especially in 7x57.
I just looked up some prices on GA, under $900 for ANIB would be a great price.

Thanks guys.

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BTW, If you guys start pissing about grain flow through the butt, I swear I will burn this place to the ground.

Burning electrons is against new Federal laws....

Obama will send the BATF, FBI, and Hillary Clinton out to sit on your face!

Frank-

I know this will probanbly start a pissing contest with someone, but it is not intended to. It is just my pwn personal view and policy.

I have a bunch of No. 1's, and even the new ones I bought within the past year (.405 and .450/.400) cost me under $800. For a used one I simply don't normally pay over about $400. For a really, really special one, I MIGHT go to $550. (You'll substitute your own dollar amounts there.) There are too many rifles in this world to have to.

Every time I get turned down, I soon run across something else I'd just as much like to have and can spend the same exact money there.

So, basically that brings one around to "How badly do you want this particular rifle?" I am sure there is someone out there who will pay whatever figure the owner asks for it. So, if you really, really want it, that's likely what you'll have to pay. And if you want it that much, best do it now before someone else does.

There is no need to feel badly about that. If you want it and have the money or can otherwise afford it, buy it. Life is not about "who got the best deal". That's a game very similar to liar's poker.

If you'd just like to have it but don't really want it badly, make him an offer. In other words, test just how badly he wants to sell it. Probably the two of you can compromise somewhere in between...your desire to get it will match his desire to get rid of it at that point. If not, then just let go and head for the next deal which WILL be coming your way, with a smile on your face.

Best wishes, guy.

AC

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Originally posted by Alberta Canuck:
Frank-

I know this will probanbly start a pissing contest with someone, but it is not intended to. It is just my pwn personal view and policy.

I have a bunch of No. 1's, and even the new ones I bought within the past year (.405 and .450/.400) cost me under $800. For a used one I simply don't normally pay over about $400. For a really, really special one, I MIGHT go to $550. (You'll substitute your own dollar amounts there.) There are too many rifles in this world to have to.

Every time I get turned down, I soon run across something else I'd just as much like to have and can spend the same exact money there.

So, basically that brings one around to "How badly do you want this particular rifle?" I am sure there is someone out there who will pay whatever figure the owner asks for it. So, if you really, really want it, that's likely what you'll have to pay. And if you want it that much, best do it now before someone else does.

There is no need to feel badly about that. If you want it and have the money or can otherwise afford it, buy it. Life is not about "who got the best deal". That's a game very similar to liar's poker.

If you'd just like to have it but don't really want it badly, make him an offer. In other words, test just how badly he wants to sell it. Probably the two of you can compromise somewhere in between...your desire to get it will match his desire to get rid of it at that point. If not, then just let go and head for the next deal which WILL be coming your way, with a smile on your face.

Best wishes, guy.

AC

Albert, I haven't seen a #1 used or new for $400 in at elast 10yrs. I just don't think they exist today, JMO.

I'd like to live somewhere there were Ruger No.1's to be had for 400.00, you've got to look long and hard to even find a 77 for that price around here.

500.00 is a steal on most internet sites, 600-650.00 is usually bottom dollar from what I've scene.

The less common chamberings seem to start at about 700.00 and up. There have been a few good deals on GB lately. Boddington .375 Ruger for 750.00 with great wood and I saw another .375 H&H go for 625.00 and was kicking myself for not bidding.

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I'd like to live somewhere there were Ruger No.1's to be had for 400.00, you've got to look long and hard to even find a 77 for that price around here.

500.00 is a steal on most internet sites, 600-650.00 is usually bottom dollar from what I've scene.

The less common chamberings seem to start at about 700.00 and up. There have been a few good deals on GB lately. Boddington .375 Ruger for 750.00 with great wood and I saw another .375 H&H go for 625.00 and was kicking myself for not bidding.

I don't doubt what you say about where you shop, but then I ALMOST NEVER buy from internet sites, and I sure as Hell don't buy at auctions!

Instead I haunt small local gun shows all over the state, keep my ears open at the local gun club(s), look at garage sales and estate sales, that kind of thing. And I always carry enough cash to dicker and buy wherever I am. One never knows when they will come across something they want that CAN be had at a good price.

Some folks around here will pay $600 for a used No.1, but not too many. Most don't want anything to do with a single-shot and would RATHER have a Remington, a Savage bolt gun, or a No. 77 or something such as that.

Of those who do appreciate single-shots, most are only willing or able to pay minimal bucks and will buy something like a NEF instead. Luckily, the real afficianados of single-shots seem to prefer things like big Sharps replicas, modern clones of 44-1/2s and things like that. Or, if they have plenty of bucks, original Hi-walls, etc.

There are lots of buys still out there, but they don't go looking for the customers, the customers have to spend the time and effort looking for the buys.

And, one does not do that with much success if the would-be buyer announces to God and everybody that he is looking for No.1s. He just has to be calm and alert, keep his eyes open, and strike when the iron is hot.

His buys in the next 6 months may include no No. 1s at all, but then the next month after that, he may run across three or 4 of them at good prices and should be prepared to buy them all. The ones which he later decides he doesn't want to keep can always be sold on the internet to people who will pay more.

I know a number of folk who make their livings that way. I don't, but I do find some nice guns for myself.

A couple years ago I purchased 7 Stevens Mod. 200s and a #1 ruger in the same time period. Before I played my little barrel changing game on the Stevens I tested each for repeatability as I did with the Ruger #1. One of the Stevens was a .223 as was the Ruger at that time. The Ruger could not best the Stevens .223 or perhaps 1/2 of the other Stevens.
Being somewhat of a utilitarian does one kinda over look performance and pay nearlly 3 times the price for some pretty thing? Some would I guess but not me twice. roger

I'm with you Roger. I wouldn't pay double for less performance either. And don't.

I really like Ruger No.1s for their styling, and I have some that shoot really well. But some of them don't/won't. (Just like other guns.)

A friend and I tried every week for about 6 months to find a load which would work well through a 7x57 No. 1-A he bought over the internet. It was a very nice looking gun, in immaculate condition, but we never did find anything that would shoot half way as good as almost any of the cheapest bolt rifles in that chambering.

So, I buy them for what they are...good looking rifles with "classical" lines.

But I won't pay a large premium for them, that's for sure. And over time, I never have to.

BTW, he paid $700 for his, which is more than I would. He also sold it for $700, again over the internet, so he wasn't out too much money...if you don't count 20-odd weekends at the range, shipping both ways and an FFL fee coming his way, together with dies, ammo, numerous brands and weights of bullets, several different powders, etc., etc.

Anyway, I'm not suggesting that no-one should pay $800 or even more for a used one. Just saying that they need to answer one basic question first. How much do they want it? If they badly want it and have the money, there is no reason not to buy one at ANY price.

But, if they don't lust for it, patience will usually find one eventually at a price and in a chambering which WILL make them go bonkers for it.

Deferred gratification can be a real benefit some times.

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Anyway, I'm not suggesting that no-one should pay $800 or even more for a used one. Just saying that they need to answer one basic question first. How much do they want it? If they badly want it and have the money, there is no reason not to buy one at ANY price.

That's really what it comes down to. I would love to have a #1S in 300h&h, there is one on GA for $1200! I am not going that far. I could find a used #1B, add a banded sight & have it rechambered for less than that. I love the #1 style & most will shoot w/ a little tweeking. I have two & they both shoot way better than I do. If we all just bought utility, we would all shoot Savage 30-06 & call it good.

It didn't sell at a $750 asking price. I've saved the owner's contact info and may make him an offer in a coupe of weeks.