Does anyone have experience with the Ruger No. 1 in 450/400 Nitro Express? I am considering buying one. I have the 450/400's bolt action ballistic twin, the 404 Jeffery, but something about these old NE double rounds fascinate me. I can't afford a double, but thought the No. 1 would be a nice affordable option. I was looking at brass pricing for 450/400 and saw that there is 3" and a 3.25" chambering for the 450/400. which is the Ruger chambered for?

Thanks for any replies!

Adam

The Ruger is the 3". Brass and Hornady factory ammo are very reasonable in price in comparison with other big bore calibers.

I have one and like it a lot. Nice and handy and mine came with decent figure on the stock. Mine shoots good with 210, 300 and 400 grain bullets. Cant go wrong.

Excellent review here:
http://forums.nitroexpress.com...=0&page=0#Post154870

Looks to be quite accurate as well!

So what bullets in factory offering are available in this caliber?

Whats everyone using?

Hornady offers loaded ammo with their DGS and DGX bullet.

I knew about the Hornady loaded ammo

Was wondering what is available for bullets.

I'm really impressed with mine. Shoots less than 1" at 100 yds. I broke in the barrel properly and worked up a 400 grain Hornady DGX/DGS load to 2150 fps with H4831. Also found a Hornady 300 interlock load that works great although, it is a little less accurate than the 400 grain bullet. The Hornady brass is very good.

Rod,
For us up here it is pretty much Hornady, Barnes, Woodleigh, or cast. They're all accurate. Haven't had a 450/400 that wouldn't shoot.
Barry

Thanks Barry.

Hey I wanna thank you & the wife wants to cuss you.

After shooting your 450/400 in Caribou camp a couple yrs ago, I just had to have one.
So one is on the way, much to mamas displeasure.

I fellow AR'er is awaiting my MO, when he gets it, hes got a Boddington edition that gonna make its way over to Luxus walnut for an upgrader.....cant wait

I just wish they would make them all with a 26" barrel. It's pretty easy to shorten a barrel, not so to make it longer. I rechambered my 1B 30-06 to 300 H&H pretty easy.

Rich

Rod,

The Boddingtons have a much nicer set of sights and metal finish, and the Luxus walnut stocks are to dream for, .....I have a .450 Boddington coming thru Clay at Prophet along with the fancy Ltd. 45-70 and 6 of the .303's!!! ......son-in-laws and grandsons will be happy!! Just explain this to the wife and she might think you're not so bad after all!! If it gets too bad, I can send you a photo of my gun room and then she'll think you are tight-fisted Scotchman!!!

I just got one and I love it so far, but I noticed that the big rims cause fired brass to sometimes strike the receiver area behind the breech block and bounce back into the chamber. I am considering chamfering that area. Has anyone else noticed that happening. Also, brass bounces off the safety, but all calibers do that. For a potential DG gun, that is bad.

dpcd. If you watch Boddington on African Rifles, the very last scene of the dvd he shoots his 400/450 and the empty hangs up so he has to brush it away as he attempts to reload. I can't play it in slow mo on the player I have here, but it looks like it is slowed at back of action before being stopped by the safety, or maybe it's just an effect of it happening so quickly.

Cheers, Chris

The case bouncing off the safety switch is fairly easy to correct in that a bit of judicial filing of the forward edge, tapering if you will, eliminates that problem and does not leave a bad appearance. Converting NO.3 22Hornet to 45-70Gov't and am having to relieve the breech block area you mention. Might mention that the amount of force for the extractor is adjustable for more or less ejection results by tightening or loosening the spring tension screw on left lower side of receiver. Did all of the above on No.1 458Lott as well.

Yes, I have tweaked the ejector spring up and down. I have owned many #1s, and the safety thing is a situation with all calibers, but easy to fix with a file, and the brass usually bounces off the safety and clears the rifle, but the block recess hang up seems to be exacerbated by the large rim of the .450. And sometimes they will actually re-chamber themselves. I just re-checked my .375, and brass will bounce off the safety, but clears the block recess. One solution is to completely remove the ejector spring and only have en extractor, but that sort of defeats the purpose. I have B on B, and will watch it now. I love that video. What I really want is a Boddington "action figure". Complete with a Cape buff, an Ele, a leopard, a DR, and a #1. What do you think? NOT A DOLL, so don't start.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
What I really want is a Boddington "action figure". Complete with a Cape buff, an Ele, a leopard, a DR, and a #1. What do you think? NOT A DOLL, so don't start.

That is awesome...........where do I sign up?
Woould like to see CB's face if/when he reads that

I have a very old 4didgit SN 375 H&H in and Ruger 1H. It does not have the safety or block hangup problems that the new ones do. The new Ruger #1Hs will stop a cartridge case at the safety or rear block of the action if not ejected smartly every time. The fix as already suggested is to file down the front edge of the safety do spent cases will clear. If you have a action block problem as I did on 2 newer models, I has my gunsmith bevel the top of the rear block when he took off about 1/4 inch of the front of the safety. Necessary work if you want to persue DG. Good shooting

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Originally posted by tetonka:
Necessary work if you want to persue DG. Good shooting

I ended up contacting the importer to pass this issue onto Ruger's technical department. In a DG rifle, its ridiculous. The cases should be flung back straight out of the action. It only requires a trimmed down safety, not major surgery. Ruger would be wise to modify all 1-H rifles given their chamberings and potential intended targets.

If a similar issue occured in a bolt gun, cases striking an edge and falling back into the action ... they'd have solved it as a priority.
Cheers...
Con