a ruger #1 RSI .270 for $500. i am a bit concerned about the velocity of the bullets from such a short barrel.

I shot a #1 B for alot of years and it had a
26" barrel this one you are looking at should have a 20" barrel and your ballistics wont be as good, but they will still be good.

Don

Hell, I'd buy it. It's a rifle with class. I have a Ruger 77 RSI in .308 Win. that is the fussiest rifle I own. About the only only load it will shoot worth a damn is the 165 gr. Speer Hot-core at a velocity of 2550 FPS from it's 18.5" barrel. At 250 yards, it's just a hair faster than a 30-30 at the muzzle, yet it dropped a nice mule deer at that distance with one shot. As a matter of fact, every deer shot with that load has been either a bang/flop or the deer moves less than 20 yards after being hit. The only bullet recovered hit the 250 yard deer in the chest as it faced me and didn't stop until it hit a back leg bone breaking that.
It that rifle was mine, I'd work up a good 150 gr. bullet load and never look back. Maybe use a Speer 150 gr. Hot-core for deer and the same weight Nosler for elk. Half the fun of hunting is seeing just how close I can get to my game.
I'm on the prowl for a #1 RSI in 7x57 myself.
Paul B.

I have the same rifle and use the same loads that I would shoot through my pre 64 Model 70. It shoots 1-1 1/2" all day and is a great balancing rifle. The average sporting rifle today has a 22" barrel so you are not really losing that much. It is also such a classic looking rifle.

Paul B

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About the only only load it will shoot worth a damn is the 165 gr. Speer Hot-core at a velocity of 2550 FPS from it's 18.5" barrel

I tried the 100gr hot core in my 257Rob custom Handi.They shoot really well 5 consecutive 3 shot groups averaged .480"

First time out hunting this year toke a big Mulie doe, a White tail doe, a white tail Buck and a Bull Moose which was supposed to be dead with my friends 06 bullet and toke off for the bush I droped him in his tracks with a shot behind his ear.

The bullet nearly came out the other side. All four one shot kills. The moose was only a 30yard shot. Never found any bullets in the deer. The buck ran 50 yards.
The Speer Hot core bullets are pretty good alright.

That SS Ruger is a nice rifle with the Manlicher stock. A 270 #1 with a 20" barrel will bark like crazy.If you load it with 150gr not too hot, it will do a good job for you on most stuff walking in the woods.

Paul B

A side note here, I have a 77 RSI in 250 Savage and it is finicky also, at least it shoots minute of Bambi at 100 yds.

Steve E.....

does the design of the stock have anything to do with the "finickiness" of the RSI? maybe i should save $300 and get a NEF in .270.

NEF, Volkswagon beetle. RSI, Mercedes Benz, no comparison. Yes, that full length stock can affect accuracy, as can that metal tip on the front of the stock. Unfortunately, Ruger's accuracy standard for #1s sucks at 2" at 50 yards being the standard. I've only had one of the 16 #1s I own not be able to beat that standard, and Ruger replaced the barrel.
Frankly, a lot of all this sub-minute of angle crap is just that, crap. Just how accurate does a rifle have to be to take a deer to a distance of say 300 yards, and honestly, most of us probably can't shoot well enough to hit a deer that far out anyway. A 1.5" group is more than sufficient for deer to 300 yards. FWIW, my #1A in .270 is more accurate with 150 gr, bullets than the 130 gr. bullets.
I would be willing to bet though, that the #1 is a stronger rifle than the NEF.
$500 for a #1 RSI in decent shape is really not too far out of line. If it's a private sale, you might be able to talk the price down a bit. There's onlybeen one #1 I didn't try and talk the price down on, and that was my #1S in .300 Win. Mag. which cost me $600. I know it was high, but I'd been looking for one for years in any caliber and that was the first one I'd seen for sale. Was it worth it? Oh yeah! Groupsd of .75" with my 200 gr. handload and one inch with the 180 gr. load. Winchester 180 gr. factory shoot 1.25" and all the loads mixed literally make 2.0" groups. Works for me.
Paul B.

I have a handi rifle and I have Ruger #1s.

Usually there is dimminishing returns from spending more money, but in this case, the line is still linear. If I pay $100 for a handi rifle and $425 to $475 for #1s, I will only be buying #1s in the future.
I am no elitist, and I don't like weapons that are jewelry. The #1 is just a much better rifle, functionally.

Yes!

it strings 1 1/2" vertically, but left to right, the shots are within 1/2" at 100yds.

I have never had a No 1 but in some rifles with a two piece stock the butt stock must be checked for proper tightness. I have heard some negatives re, the means of attachment of the fore stock on Rugers but a little search should provide an answer for that as well. Sometime back I read of a "cure" . Sorry but not beinga Ruger fan ( Browning B 78's are what single shots should look like) I never paid much attention.

RSI also means - repeative strain injury!!!

Have fun working the lever on that Ruger

I hunted three years in Alaska with a 20" barreled Mannlicher-Schoenauer carbine, and managed to kill all game in that Great land with it, except for the great bears!

I used the 150-grain Nosler Partition bullet excluisively, with 53.5 grains of IMR 4350 - a very accurate combo, BTW!! It averaged 2850 FPS from that 20" tube, perhaps helped in part by the 1/9" twist.

The ONLY drawback to that short tube in .270 is the horrendous muzzle blast-but it is NOT as bad in this respect as a 26" .264 Win. Mag.!!

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Originally posted by Steve E.:
Paul B

A side note here, I have a 77 RSI in 250 Savage and it is finicky also, at least it shoots minute of Bambi at 100 yds.

Steve E.....

Boy, what a great caliber for the RSI!