Gents: I got a reply from Ruger to my letter urging them to chamber the No. 1 Tropical in .470 Nitro Express. Linda DeProfio wrote back to say that Ruger has had several requests recently for a rifle in this caliber, and that all suggestions, whether by letter or phone, are passed on to the sales manager, who reviews and sorts them out for discussion at monthly sales and planning meetings. She said, "It is letters like yours, from the field, that are most interesting to Sturm, Ruger & Company."
I strongly urge any of you who have any interest in seeing Ruger make a run of .470 NE Tropicals to consider sending Ruger a brief note. Their address is: Sturm, Ruger & Co., Lacey Place, Southport, CT 06890. I believe that continued attention to requests for a factory No. 1 470 would put these guns in our hands.

If I didn't already have one, I would write them a letter. Thanks to Hamilton Bowen, I have one.

My letter is in the mail. I suggested they start with the 470, then the 500 if sales are good. I feel certain they could easily sell a limited run of both calibers.

I think Ruger could sell a limited run of No1s chambered for the 470NE, and 500NE, and the two new H&H chamberings, added to the chamberings already made in the Tropical!

I for one would buy a 500NE, a 470NE, and a 400H&H, in a heartbeat, at $1000 each, IF they added a real recoil pad!

Mac is right.They need real recoil pads and
for no more than it would take do up heavy calibers from the Lott on up, put in a recoil
reducer.They would sell thousands, not limited runs,Thousands!!Ed.

Mac, Ed, please share your thoughts on this with Ruger. Mac, I second the motion on a Decellerator or some sort of improved recoil pad. This is the first thing I do when I get a tropical: have the smith replace the pad.