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DarylS
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Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1
25/12/07 10:35 AM

Call PacNor (google 'em) and they can tell you what they barrel for and chamber. They make one of the most accurate barrels you can get - way above what the Ruger can take advantage of, but having a great barrel for reasonable cost is a nice thing.
; Harry McGowen is another you could call.
; That Ruger would make a nice .50 Alaskan - 520gr. at about 2,100fps. There is really no need for longer cases uneless you want to burn a lot more powder for little reward. (like 100fps) The .50 Alaskan uses easily aquired .348 brass blown out straight - "0" case loss in forming. After that, a set of dies from CH4D will do the rest. Normal powders like Hodgdon's Extreme H4895 & H4198 will give virtually the same pressure and velocities winter and summer, without presssure spikes. RCBS 550gr. mould was very accurate for me in my RBlock .50 Alaskan. Due to pressure limitations of the rolling block, I only ran 450gr. to 1,900fps. Harold Johnson, who designed the .50 alaskan on a m71 Winchester aciton, called it his bear stopper. He was from Cooper's Landing, Alaska. His modified 450gr. jacketed bullets ALWAYS exited the brown bears he shot, not matter from which direction. North or South, including quartering shots - all exited. He used a cut-off 750 gr. boattailed steel cored .5 browning bullets at 450gr. and reversed them for cup-pointed solid bullets. He also said the cavitation and internal damage was something to behold, due to the cup point. That was at a mere 1,850 to 1,900fps muzzle velocity. Good enough for me.
; You just made up my mind on what to do with my own 'spare' Ruger #1.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	25/12/07 08:44 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	DarylS	06/01/08 01:57 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	06/01/08 06:07 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	DarylS	07/01/08 03:18 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	06/01/08 08:38 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	bonanza	28/12/07 11:41 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	28/12/07 12:43 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	bonanza	29/12/07 12:09 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	akjeff	29/12/07 01:46 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	akjeff	28/12/07 01:20 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	25/12/07 08:48 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	25/12/07 09:17 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	DarylS	25/12/07 10:35 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	9.3x57	07/01/08 07:20 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	07/01/08 02:20 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	DarylS	07/01/08 09:45 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	09/01/08 01:20 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	bouldersmith	09/01/08 02:10 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	DarylS	10/01/08 12:06 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	10/01/08 08:05 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	bouldersmith	10/01/08 01:17 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	fallingblock	11/01/08 01:43 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	reflex264	20/01/08 11:47 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	AkMike	25/12/07 12:33 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	26/12/07 01:23 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	26/12/07 02:05 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	DarylS	26/12/07 02:35 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	smicha6551	26/12/07 04:29 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	26/12/07 08:16 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	26/12/07 11:04 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	26/12/07 01:39 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	akjeff	26/12/07 04:19 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	poprivit	28/12/07 10:42 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	28/12/07 11:32 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	400NitroExpress	31/12/07 07:30 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	04/01/08 02:06 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	400NitroExpress	05/01/08 09:31 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Old_rifle_nut	24/01/08 01:48 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	DarylS	25/01/08 05:42 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	25/01/08 11:30 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	DarylS	26/01/08 03:03 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	26/01/08 07:10 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	mikeh416Rigby	06/01/08 11:40 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	07/01/08 02:01 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	05/01/08 01:18 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	400NitroExpress	05/01/08 03:24 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Bramble	06/01/08 01:38 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	Marrakai	05/01/08 07:52 PM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	NitroX	06/01/08 01:14 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	05/01/08 04:36 AM
Re: Rechambering a Ruger No. 1	375RugerNo1	04/01/08 11:01 AM

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