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Ben
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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Rockdoc]
      #165056 - 27/07/10 07:13 PM

G'day Chris,

I used 83 grains of AR2213SC for the RNSNs.

If you do find-out where those sights can be acquired, please let me know!

Cheers,

Ben

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Rockdoc]
      #165064 - 27/07/10 09:37 PM

Damn, Ben! I didn't know the Texas heart shot had made its way to Oz.

Great success. Congratulations.

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #165521 - 02/08/10 06:09 PM

I have not seen the sights Boddington uses on his No1. Is it a peep sight?

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Ben
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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Rule303]
      #165524 - 02/08/10 06:51 PM

Nope, it's a single standing express sight.

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #165912 - 08/08/10 01:51 PM

This morning a mate from New Zealand came along for a stroll to see if he could shoot his first Australian game. Eventually we found a few pigs, and after a good stalk he made two one-shot kills on the young boars. This little rifle is really sweet to shoot and is accounting well for itself despite being the new kid on the block.

Me and Greg Pearson with the two pigs he killed:


The Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" Nitro Express, just sitting back and enjoying the scenery:


Edited by CptCurl (16/08/10 09:36 PM)

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #165939 - 09/08/10 07:07 AM

man, you're having way too much fun with that little jewel!!!

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: degoins]
      #166574 - 21/08/10 01:49 PM

For my first experience with a Woodleigh 400 grain Hydro, this little chap fell to one shot, broadside pass-through (of course), low chest with one busted leg; impressive spray:







Sadly, I was fumbling a little with reloading when the really big chap and others blew-out past me to disappear into the Never-Never, and embarrassingly I did miss one shot at a bolting pig. But it sure was fun!

Edited by CptCurl (21/08/10 04:48 PM)

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #166618 - 22/08/10 07:51 PM

That's awesome Ben. Little bloke really bled out!

What loads are you using for the hydro's and about how fast?

Cheers, Chris

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Rockdoc]
      #166619 - 22/08/10 08:30 PM

G'day Chris, I'm using exactly the same as I do for the 400 grain RNSNs: 83 grains of 2213SC. I really don't know how fast they go. Someday I'll get a chrony.

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #166620 - 22/08/10 08:34 PM

Thanks Ben. Much change in point of impact?

Cheers, Chris

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Rockdoc]
      #166621 - 22/08/10 08:37 PM

I don't think so. I haven't tested any side-by-side on paper. All I've shot so far are termite mounds, and no matter what the projectile is, they all seem to go where I want them. Perhaps I'll shoot some paper when I head-up to Darwin to see a mate there, and beat my fear of the range!

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #166623 - 22/08/10 08:39 PM

Actually, I was a bit surprised by how low I hit the pig, as he wasn't that far away; I don't know if that was my bad or what, so I have a good excuse to do some more shooting and see.

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #166624 - 22/08/10 09:23 PM

In my 404j with 82 grains of 2209 and CCI mag primer the 400 grain Woodleigh RN produce 2270 fps.
The same load behind the 400 grain Hydro produced 2350 fps and prints 2" lower at 100 yards.

My 9.3 with 286 grain Hydro's print about 4"lower than the 286 grain PP's.

In my fathers 338 win mag the 225 grain Hydro hits 1.5" lower than any of the normal 250 grain loads.

Here is the last two shots I fired before going to Africa.
The top one is a 400 grain Woodleigh RN
The centre one is the Hydro.



This is the 338 win mag before Africa.
The top bullet is the 300 grain RN
The other one is the 225 grain Hydro.



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Edited by CptCurl (26/08/10 07:52 PM)

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: FATBOY404]
      #166633 - 23/08/10 01:00 AM

Good consistancy, FATBOY404. The Hydro's cut nice holes, don't they.

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: DarylS]
      #166648 - 23/08/10 07:13 AM

Interesting. They do indeed cut a nice hole.

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #167201 - 04/09/10 08:31 PM

The station manager's wife heard the dogs going crook one night, and went outside to find some buffalo in her garden. So, we've done a few trips out to poke along the nearby creek, and two of them have turned something up.

Earlier in the week, I got this little fellow. Two Woodleigh 400 grain Hydros did the trick, both entering the front of the chest next to each other. One was quartering-on, which exited out the ribs; I couldn't find an exit for the perfectly front-on one. He was shot at about seventy metres, and made perhaps forty. There was no need for insurance shooting.



Gabby waited very patiently for permission to tuck-in:



Then finally, today, my Kiwi mate was able to shoot his very first, also with the Woodleigh 400 grain Hydros. The shot distance was about sixty or seventy metres, and was taken front-on, exiting out in front of the hip, low-down. The little fellow made about seventy metres before crashing, and although probably unneccessary, two insurance shots were taken into the spine, both of which exited. Good meat all-round!



Edited by CptCurl (06/09/10 09:17 PM)

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #167218 - 05/09/10 12:43 AM

great stuff!! thanks for sharing and keep it coming!!

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: degoins]
      #167323 - 06/09/10 09:20 PM

Damn Ben, you're going to wear that rifle out in the first year!

Great hunting.

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: CptCurl]
      #168900 - 03/10/10 06:24 PM

Taken yesterday afternoon with Woodleigh 400 grain solids, plus a soft through the noggin as he thought about it when nearly wrecked (I'd run-out of solids):


A young boar shot this morning with a Woodleigh 400 grain soft, which entered his right shoulder (quartering-on) and exited his rear belly; the little one was released back in the nest with by the water:


Edited by CptCurl (04/10/10 09:51 PM)

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #168902 - 03/10/10 08:08 PM

Hi Ben,

Well done mate, you a very fortunate with all of your hunting exploits and I must say that you have a one in a million wife, don't forget to thank her and take out the garbage without being asked...

Cheers Mate,

Jeff

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: CHAPUISARMES]
      #169000 - 05/10/10 01:33 PM

Nice animals Ben. I see your love affair with the 450/400 3" continues. Good hunting mate.

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Drew_Jaeger]
      #173948 - 24/01/11 07:17 AM

To celebrate the re-opening of Nitro Express, here are some photos I'd like to share from yesterday's clay pigeon shoot with the Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE:











A fun way to spend a wet season afternoon!

Edited by CptCurl (24/01/11 09:53 PM)

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: Ben]
      #173959 - 24/01/11 08:44 AM

Hi Ben,

It would be a "Fun way" any time of year let alone a "Wet season"

Glad to see you made it back from the parents safely. I guess the Rigby is very close now....

Cheers Mate,

Jeff

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: CHAPUISARMES]
      #173962 - 24/01/11 08:54 AM

The contrast between you pictures is amazing. The dry season is very different to your newest pictures. Good logging tactics too!

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Re: My Adventure With Ruger No.1 in .450/.400 3" NE... [Re: AkMike]
      #187900 - 13/08/11 10:48 PM

Testing today (thanks to John M. for the loan of a chrony) found my 400 grain RNSNs travelling at around 2050fps. Short a theoretical hundred, but still seem to work. Or, will they stop working now that I know?

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