How much interest in a Canadian limited edition Ruger No.1?

I'm with Rigby on the .280 Ross, before we get on the .303 (British) band wagon I would suggest the posters read up on this cartridge. A pretty hot .7mm, invented by a Canadian. JMHO - FWIW --- John 303.
 
John303 said:
I'm with Rigby on the .280 Ross, before we get on the .303 (British) band wagon I would suggest the posters read up on this cartridge. A pretty hot .7mm, invented by a Canadian. JMHO - FWIW --- John 303.
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how available is this cartridge? i'm not an expert
 
Kevan said:
Not trying to hi-jack a thread because I "need" a #1 / 303, but what would everybody's choice or preference be for sights / optics !
I think I'd have to choose between a 3x or 1.5x5 Leupold...
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i think it would have to have iron sights on it.
 
Ammo availability would be the fly in the oitment, unless I can find info.to the contrary it would be a fire form, handload situation. I understand that being a semi-rimmed case it can be made using magnum cases by removing the magnum "ring". Perhaps someone more knowledgeable will jump in here. I must reveiw the metric cartridges to see it the is a suitable candidate. --- John 303.
 
According to my cartidge conversion book .300 H&H cases could be used but the belt would have to be turned to .525" diameter.
it also mentions that B.E.L.L. brass was made in .280 Ross(don't know about that availability)
.280 Ross would be a nice choice, but ammo availability is the key, not everyone is a master at converting cases to other uses(myself included)

John303 said:
Ammo availability would be the fly in the oitment, unless I can find info.to the contrary it would be a fire form, handload situation. I understand that being a semi-rimmed case it can be made using magnum cases by removing the magnum "ring". Perhaps someone more knowledgeable will jump in here. I must reveiw the metric cartridges to see it the is a suitable candidate. --- John 303.
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Good luck with the Ross. You can get brass at $2 a piece or spend a week making 50. The .303 British was our military cartridge fore long enough, and it still beats the 30-30 for old guns in the bush up here every year. It may say British, but it was our boys that kicked the most Nazi butt with it in the two Great Wars.
 
rem338win said:
Good luck with the Ross. You can get brass at $2 a piece or spend a week making 50. The .303 British was our military cartridge fore long enough, and it still beats the 30-30 for old guns in the bush up here every year. It may say British, but it was our boys that kicked the most Nazi butt with it in the two Great Wars.
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Well, they only kicked Nazi butt in the second war. And in strict numbers, "our boys" didn't come anywhere near kicking the most enemy butt, being in relatively small numbers themselves. But it is fair to say not only that they "punched above their weight", but probably punched more above their weight than anyone else did. Here's to 'em :cheers:
 
John303 said:
Let's just make our own, pardon me that would be convert our own. 1. Find a Cdn party to supply .303 barrels, threaded and chambered. 2. A Cdn supplier for the stocks - maple / whatever but better than normally found on a #1, maybe with a cheek piece, checkered etc. 3. An engraver that will put a Cdn crest on the action, add a suffix to the Ser. # and the Cal. Have all the mods. done in Canada by Canadians, in other words more Canadian input & $ spent here. You get my drift, in the end that's about the only difference between a #1 & a Cdn #1 would be. FWIW --- John 303. **The $ either way would be the defining factor, no doubt Ruger could do it cheaper, but it would be American all the way **
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I think the logistics of this would price this rifle right out of most shooter's pocketbook. The time & effort to get all these things lined up together to produce a rifle in this decade would be very costly. I have had fairly simple custom rifles built that took well over a year and a half to have completed. I think this would be an absolute nightmare to try & take on in any quantity. But it is an option just the same. I think I'd try this route first...
 
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