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fourbore
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Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro
10/06/16 03:57 AM

I picked up one over the winter and found it a pleasant shooting and relatively accurate rifle.

I can place 5 shots just under 2" at 100 yards with Hornady factory ammo.

The gun is surprising easy to shoot and no more recoil IMHO than a 375H&H. Some one else said the same thing and I have the same impression. The 416 rigby recoils quite a bit more. I guess the low pressure and moderate energy (as big 40's go) is the reason. I have the c weight barrel. That is most common and the lighter of the two options produced.

I shot mine off the bench, with a front rest and rear bag. No cheater vest, no lead sled, nothin. I shot it just like I would a 30-06. No pain, no next day black and blue - no problem. The muzzle rises and I lean back a bit when it fires. I take about 30 minutes to fire a group. That keeps my central nervous system happy and allow the barrel to cool. The barrel get quite hot, quite fast.

I have some Hornady 300 grain .411 SP Interlock bullets to try and reload. That could theoretically be of some practical value. Seriously, I expected more recoil. I may go ahead and get some 400 grain bullets and try and duplicate factory loads. I would be nice if POI for the 300's was close to the 400 bullets at 100 yards, or 50?

I used standard factory Ruger rings, no offset. The scope is a Nikon Omega 1.75-5x which has a bit longer eye relief for black powder rifles. It seems to be working out very nicely.

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Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	TOBY458	28/04/16 10:48 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	Huvius	28/04/16 12:08 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	DarylS	28/04/16 12:27 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	sharps4590	28/04/16 09:45 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	TOBY458	29/04/16 01:23 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	Huvius	29/04/16 06:11 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	Rockdoc	29/04/16 10:54 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	TOBY458	29/04/16 01:21 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	sharps4590	29/04/16 08:29 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	Rockdoc	29/04/16 09:01 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	Rell	29/04/16 09:29 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	TOBY458	30/04/16 01:03 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	chuckT	05/05/16 04:20 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	TOBY458	06/05/16 10:48 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	TOBY458	21/05/16 02:05 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	AbitNutz	21/05/16 07:54 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	DarylS	22/05/16 02:07 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	TOBY458	23/05/16 12:09 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	fourbore	10/06/16 03:57 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	Postman	10/06/16 05:54 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	CptCurl	10/06/16 09:09 AM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	sharps4590	10/06/16 09:41 PM
Re: Ruger No 1 450/400 Nitro	TOBY458	11/06/16 11:10 PM

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