Considering how well the Special Order of Ruger #1 303's went, I wonder how much interest there would be in getting Clay to put together the following Special Orders (BTW, Cabela's did special order runs of just 100 rifles for their 30-40 Krag, so we wouldn't need to get 250+ orders like for the 303).
Anyway, considering how the Ruger #1 rifle is the only reasonably affordable alternative to an original Farquharson-actioned rifle & given the historically significant calibers for Africa & India it has been chambered in recently, such as the 375 Belted Rimless Magnum N.E., 450/400 3 1/4" N.E., 450 3 1/4" N.E., 300 Belted Rimless N.E., 275 Rigby (only the Texas Safari Club got that one, although the recently discontinued 7x57 Mauser was/is the same thing), how about one chambered for the old 256 Mannlicher. No, NOT the 6.5x54 later rimless cartridge, but the original, the 6.5x53R version, that was offered by a lot of the British gunmakers on both the Fahrquharson as well as various repeating rifles.
For second choice, or how about both, how about one in .357 Magnum, for a nice light rook rifle.
Are there enough people out here in CGN land who appreciate the old calibers to get this rolling?
Anyway, considering how the Ruger #1 rifle is the only reasonably affordable alternative to an original Farquharson-actioned rifle & given the historically significant calibers for Africa & India it has been chambered in recently, such as the 375 Belted Rimless Magnum N.E., 450/400 3 1/4" N.E., 450 3 1/4" N.E., 300 Belted Rimless N.E., 275 Rigby (only the Texas Safari Club got that one, although the recently discontinued 7x57 Mauser was/is the same thing), how about one chambered for the old 256 Mannlicher. No, NOT the 6.5x54 later rimless cartridge, but the original, the 6.5x53R version, that was offered by a lot of the British gunmakers on both the Fahrquharson as well as various repeating rifles.
For second choice, or how about both, how about one in .357 Magnum, for a nice light rook rifle.
Are there enough people out here in CGN land who appreciate the old calibers to get this rolling?
