Thread: Ruger No1 Custom Rifles - Anyone have experience?

Dovedale gunsmith Dave Ward built himself a fantastic No1 (in 30-06 I think, it's been 25 years since I've seen it), it had a lot of work lavished on it and was aesthetically very nice.

The main issue that will always be with them is the lever/breechblock relationship - many singleshots have a tension between them so that they don't flop about if the block is down, not so much with the Ruger. If you handle nothing else you'll probably never notice it, however once you've had a real Farquhauson or Fraser etc and dropped the lever you're spoilt for life . . . .