I find it odd that Ruger has yet to chamber their #1 in the 450, 470, or 500 Nitro Express. I read in a recent Hornady article by Boddington that Ruger was unable to chamber the #1 in these larger calibers due to the width of the action. However, SSK will chamber the #1 in all of these calibers as well as both the 577 Nitro Express and the 600 JDJ. What is the story here?

Thanks

I have one in 500 nitro and it works great. That action will handle some pretty hot loads if you feel like shooting them.

i would buy a ruger number 1 in a heartbeat if it was a 500.
any one know where i can get loading dies for 450/400 cant find them any where.

Have you checked Hornady? Seeing they're loading it, good chance they might be making dies as well

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Originally posted by bigdoggy700:
I have one in 500 nitro and it works great. That action will handle some pretty hot loads if you feel like shooting them.

Bigdoggy---why only the varmint caliber The 600JDJ is a LOT of fun

My 500 RUGER # 1 has a longer barrel and I can shoot 570 grain bullets at 2365 ft/sec with it. thats a little over 7000 ft.lbs of energy.Needless to say these loads are not for for double rifles. I think it will do the trick. I have plenty of other really big boy toys from 2 4 bores, 700 nitro, 2 700AHR's and 3 600 overkills. This #1 is built to look like the older Alexander Henry model rifle. I picked it up in a trade with a guy in Alaska several years ago. Sorry you think it is such a whimpy caliber. I guess if you really want recoil and a real thumper at both ends we could go shoot my 600 nitro express 15" encore. Most people don't want much more recoil than that! You know I'm just funning with you! I have to give you credit though, this is the first time anyone has ever accused me of having a whimpy gun. Ha Ha. take care.

I know---sometimes you gotta needle people. I gave Ed @ AHR crap last year for taking his "varmint caliber" 585 on a boar hunt

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Originally posted by 600 Overkill:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by bigdoggy700:
I have one in 500 nitro and it works great. That action will handle some pretty hot loads if you feel like shooting them.

Bigdoggy---why only the varmint caliber The 600JDJ is a LOT of fun

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Yeah, bet it wouldn't be all that much fun to shoot if you didn't have all that pussy recoil reducing crap bolted to it. Looks more like an artillery piece.

Oh come on--it's a pussycat The one vid is of a 1040grn going 2k and the other is a light weight 800grn only going 1500 fps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xL1NuUO5WU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGxcJB4nq1Y

I ordered 450/400 Honady dies last year and got them promptly from Honady as I did brass for same. Reasonably inexpensive also if memory serves.

Don in Colorado:

Ruger is coming out with a 450 NE 3 1/4 inch as the last rifle in thier # 1 rifle, in the Bodington Series. Should be out within the next 12 months. I have one on order. It is the last of the five #1 rifle set. So far the 375 Ruger, the 450/400, and the 300 H&H have been produced.

Roger, Ehg5640, I bought one of the .450-400s last month, but have not fired it yet, a matter of ammo supplies, etc....

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Originally posted by Ehg5640

Ruger ... 450 NE 3 1/4 inch ... Bodington Series ... It is the last of the five #1 rifle set. So far the 375 Ruger, the 450/400, and the 300 H&H have been produced.

1) .375 Ruger
2) 450/400 NE
3) 300 H&H
4) ???????: 405 WCF or 9.3x74R or what?
5) 450NE 3-1/4"

They call that a Boddington Five Series?
Any 5 to sell some guns and ammo is a good thing.
Go Ruger!
Go Hornady!

EHG Wrote:

Ruger is coming out with a 450 NE 3 1/4 inch as the last rifle in their # 1 rifle, in the Bodington Series. Should be out within the next 12 months. I have one on order. It is the last of the five #1 rifle set. So far the 375 Ruger, the 450/400, and the 300 H&H have been produced.



Thanks for the information. I had not heard this news. I would still like to see a 500 NE released.

I too would buy a 500 NE.

Too much rifle for me, I will admit. I had one in .458 Lott and with some stock weight and a Limbsaver, it was certainly tolerable. If Ruger would build the No. 1 Tropicals with a proper English stock and screw in a 26-inch heavy tube, the gun would be much more pleasant for me to shoot.

the problem (well one) with rugger single shot rifles in heavy calibers is that they refuse to sell barrel stretchers. I tell them every year to make heavy 26" barrels in anything .375 caliber and up, and the reply is always the shorter barrels "handle better". My counter is that anyone who wants a shorter barrel can have that done, and that their refusal to sell the barrel stretchers to the public costs them sales.

They do not seem to care...

Rich
DRSS
Buff Killer

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Originally posted by RIP:
1) .375 Ruger
2) 450/400 NE
3) 300 H&H
4) ???????: 405 WCF or 9.3x74R or what?
5) 450NE 3-1/4"

Very interested to see what the 5th will be, as it is, I have sorta kinda put dibs on a .450 NE when they are out, should be a hoot!

And that missing Boddington chambering is for a 7x57mm. Sweet.
Boddington 5:

1. 7x57mm
2. 300 H&H
3. .375 Ruger
4. 450/400 NE 3"
5. 450 NE 3.25"


I already have these No.1 rifles:

1. 9.3x74R
2. 400/.395 Nitro Express Aboriginal (pictured below)
3. 405 WCF
4. 450/400 NE 3"
5. .416 Rigby
6. 450 NE 3.25"
7. 500 A-Square

I got Boddington beat.

Hi RIP,

Locally the Boddington FIVE aren't so popular, except that every serious hunter who frequents our gun shop is hungry to see, touch, and hold that 7x57mm Ruger. There may be a scramble over who gets that one, the Ruger will get orders for more 7x57mms and there goes the "set theory", since there isn't much call for .450-400s and .450 3 inch in Brazos Country, Texas. Even the .300 H&H is languishing.

LLS

Yup,
A .275 Rigby or 7x57mm Mauser in a Ruger No. 1 ... that is the ice cream on the Karamojo Pie.