most accurate single shot?

Got Juice? said:
Asking MOA from a falling block is a bit much. A Ruger #1 can get close as can a B78 with some tuning. But out of the box, neither one will do it
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Horsefeathers. My Ruger #1 experience is pretty limited to many on here, but my 9.3x74 and 257 Roberts will both do it. The 9.3 with Norma 286 Oryx and the below pic of the 257 Roberts with 75 gr. VMax. No tinkering with rifle or load, just a max charge of RL15 and a 75gr. Vmax at standard OAL. I'm sure I can improve on it, but why bother.(the bottom left shot is the first before adjusting new scope I mounted)

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bearkilr said:
We don't speak of Coopers and Kimbers in this thread either. Did you read post #1? Falling block or break action single shot is what he's interested in.

I swear Savage fanboys have Tourette's, they blurt it out every chance they get, no matter how irrelevant.
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Original post was "accurate" and "single shot", he met both with the lrpv post.
 
bearkilr said:
Horsefeathers. My Ruger #1 experience is pretty limited to many on here, but my 9.3x74 and 257 Roberts will both do it. The 9.3 with Norma 286 Oryx and the below pic of the 257 Roberts with 75 gr. VMax. No tinkering with rifle or load, just a max charge of RL15 and a 75gr. Vmax at standard OAL. I'm sure I can improve on it, but why bother.(the bottom left shot is the first before adjusting new scope I mounted)

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Some strut work was required on my #1's. They shoot quite well now :) But MOA out of the box, they were not. a 3 shot MOA group is not terribly impressive. But a 10 shot MOA group is :) And that was a little work to get there. At least for my #1's
 
Got Juice? said:
Some strut work was required on my #1's. They shoot quite well now :) But MOA out of the box, they were not. a 3 shot MOA group is not terribly impressive. But a 10 shot MOA group is :) And that was a little work to get there. At least for my #1's
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Mine are hunting rifles, as intended by Ruger. I don't see the need for a ten shot group, however impressive it may be. In fact, I'm quite happy with the first cold bore shot holding true. It's not too often you get a clean second shot while hunting, even less so with a falling block.
 
T/C Encore or Contender depending on how big a caliber you want. My Contender in 7-30 Waters is my go to deer gun, or with the .223 barrel for coyotes etc and the Encore in 7mm Rem Mag or 50 cal BP for the big stuff. All the barrels shoot much better than MOA accuracy and these guns are way more versatile than a #1 IMHO.
 
bearkilr said:
Mine are hunting rifles, as intended by Ruger. I don't see the need for a ten shot group, however impressive it may be. In fact, I'm quite happy with the first cold bore shot holding true. It's not too often you get a clean second shot while hunting, even less so with a falling block.
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Mine are Varminters as labelled by Ruger. Glad your 'hunting' rifle is accurate for cold bore +2 extra shots. As a Varminter, I take a lot more shots than that :)

But it all boils down to what a person can or cannot accept as a standard of accuracy.

My Ruger #1's and Tikka's are similar in performance to 375M (and the Rugers have been accurized as much as I can afford to do) Beyond 375 the Tikka has the edge.

As near as makes no difference, I still have a love affair with #1's , no matter if they shoot lights out right from the box or not :)
 
I have owned more than 20 Rugers over the years and about dozen ( or more) Brownings, only one dog in the whole lot that would not shot three into MOA, a 243 Light Sporter.
I picked u a 1B a few years back that was chambered in 7mag.
He gave me four boxes of different brands and weight of ammo with it, with two rounds out of each box.
none of those two shot groups was over 5/8". That is pretty impressive for an untuned factory rifle with factory ammo.
All of the Brownings were very accurate s well.
I still hunt wit a Ruger, but it is totally customized by Leeper.
!0 deer with 12 rounds so far ( two deflections from brush), some with the express sights and some wit the scope.
If was looking for a single shot rifle there ma still be a 1885 in '06 for sale on the exchnge!
Cat
 
I mostly shot single shot rifles. I've owned a few Ruger #1's and a few of the modern Browning 1885's. The 1885's were more accurate than the Rugers with only one exception which I still own. My really accurate Ruger has a Ron Smith barrel on it, so it's not a factory rifle.

Chris.
 
As a single shot fan, like many above, I have/had many. Most of the newer guns will do 3 shots in 1. I have 3 Ruger #3s that all do it. My shooting has changed with my health, I now use my Shilo Sharps in 50-90 at targets and an original 50-70 rolling block for fun. The Sharps will do 1 in if I work at it,the RB 3-5. Pick what feels good and looks right to your eyes. This might be a forever buy. I have many more guns than I need but just bought a Browning 78 in 17 Rem because I love the looks ��
 
Ruger No.1 fan here... I have owned and shot more than 50 No.1's and they have all been reasonably to very accurate out of the box and extremely accurate before I was done with them.
 
fat but funky said:
Hi Guys,

what would you say is the most accurate single shot rifle?

Assuming modern-ish production, quality optic, one of the more common hunting calibres (270, 308, 30-06, etc0

ruger #1, win 1885, browning b78, luxus, other?

Would prefer a falling block, solely because I think they're cool, but would consider break action

I would be frustrated if I dropped the coin on a nice single shot and couldn't get it under 1 MOA. I know, I don't need 1 MOA, but this is about want, not need.

Thanks

Fat
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A bolt gun loaded 1 at a time.... be my choice
 
I have owned 16 #1 Ruger rifles over the years, and only one would not make moa with a 3 - shot groups, starting with a cold barrel.
[222R, 243W, 6mmR (x2), 25-06, 7x57(x2), 7mmRM (x2), 30-06 (x3), 300WinMag (x2), 338 Win Mag, 375 H&H Mag]

Some required a bit of "tweaking" to get there, but the eventuality was a plenty accurate hunting rifle.

I shot quite a few animals with my #1's, and never could find serious fault with them. Dave.
 
Got Juice? said:
Asking MOA from a falling block is a bit much. A Ruger #1 can get close as can a B78 with some tuning. But out of the box, neither one will do it
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Ruger #1's are quite a bit more accurate than people give them credit for. Are they capable of the same accuracy of a trued up bolt rifle? Nope, but they can definitely hold their own and MOA isn't that difficult.

Here's what my #1 in 308 Norma mag will do quite regularly. This was a 5 shot group, sometimes I can keep that 5th shot in, sometimes I can't, but the first 3 shots are usually 1 ragged hole.

 
blueoval56 said:
Ruger #1's are quite a bit more accurate than people give them credit for. Are they capable of the same accuracy of a trued up bolt rifle? Nope, but they can definitely hold their own and MOA isn't that difficult.

Here's what my #1 in 308 Norma mag will do quite regularly. This was a 5 shot group, sometimes I can keep that 5th shot in, sometimes I can't, but the first 3 shots are usually 1 ragged hole.

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I am a huge fan of the #1 :) But WOW that 5th shot made me laugh.... my guns would do that as well, until they were shimmed, and accurized. I have fonr memories of starting a 10 shot group with the varmint rifles.

Shotes 1-5 were great. Then take a 15 minute break. I think it was on shot #7 that I would literally shout 'you f#king slut, you had to c*ck up the group didn't you'

But now they shoot lights out and I am happy, so are the other people at the range. I get a wee salty when my sub moa group goes 'minute of mini-14' on me
 
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