Ruger no1

WAB said:
The No 1 stock has too much drop at the comb for use with a heavy caliber, at least for me. A properly designed stock would go a long way in taming recoil.
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Has anyone re-stocked a 375 this way and how much difference did it make? I am considering a new stock for aesthetic reasons, but adding height, a cheek piece and a thicker pad may all be worth it. It's just a 375 and although not brutal recoil, the less the better - why take a kicking if you don't have to?
 
I find the rifle recoils rapidly with full .458 Lott loads. It's not necessarily the thump that gets you, but the zero to 21m/s that causes alarm. It's just so bloody fast in the hands. This alarm can be worked through, but I have not fired the rifle regularly enough to see this yet. I believe if I fired it twice a week I could see my way to ten very good rounds. I think a person could develop a tolerance for fifteen to twenty rounds a day spread out. The barrel will burn the hands by eight rounds of sustained fire. Maybe I need to make one of those BPCR blow tubes for my Lott.
 
My slim experience of a Ruger No1 is with a 416 Rigby. It kicked like a mule ! Comparatively I shot a 416 Rigby in a Winchester M70. With some apprehension I stepped up to the mark. We were shooting clays at 100yds on the range.
I’m glad to say there was a world of difference ! As previously mentioned it may have something to do with stock design.
 
Finally got a chance to take my 450/400 No1 out yesterday for a test run, and let’s just say, off the sticks the recoil was a little on the eye opening side. This rifle is the “D” profile barrel, so that adds extra heft, but what would be the easiest way for a bit of heft? Some lead in the forarm and butt stock?

This was also the first time shooting anything over .375, so I do realize there is also a learning curve associated with the bump up in size.
 
Aaron N said:
Finally got a chance to take my 450/400 No1 out yesterday for a test run, and let’s just say, off the sticks the recoil was a little on the eye opening side. This rifle is the “D” profile barrel, so that adds extra heft, but what would be the easiest way for a bit of heft? Some lead in the forarm and butt stock?

This was also the first time shooting anything over .375, so I do realize there is also a learning curve associated with the bump up in size.
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Stick with it and it gets easier. Might also make up some reduced 'practice loads' to build confidence and familiarity with the rifle. When I first started firing my .404J It seemed like a beast. Now it seems powerful, but not beastly.

With a generous Pachmyr Decelerator recoil pad and below max loads, it will be much better.
 
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Mike is right, just shoot it a couple of times per trip until you start to get used to it. I would second the decelerator pad and possibly consider a mercury cylinder. If you do go with the mercury cylinder, take it out for hunts. No sense lugging the extra weight and the legality of traveling internationally with a cylinder of mercury would be an interesting question.
 
Nevada Mike said:
Stick with it and it gets easier. Might also make up some reduced 'practice loads' to build confidence and familiarity with the rifle. When I first started firing my .404J It seemed like a beast. Now it seems powerful, but not beastly.

With a generous Pachmyr Decelerator recoil pad and below max loads, it will be much better.
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This is what I did with my .458 Lott. It works well. Of course, your journey may be different.
 
Aaron N said:
Finally got a chance to take my 450/400 No1 out yesterday for a test run, and let’s just say, off the sticks the recoil was a little on the eye opening side. This rifle is the “D” profile barrel, so that adds extra heft, but what would be the easiest way for a bit of heft? Some lead in the forarm and butt stock?

This was also the first time shooting anything over .375, so I do realize there is also a learning curve associated with the bump up in size.
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Dont feel too bad. I had one a few years ago and found the recoil anything but "gentle"! After a few rounds of factory loads I would get a headache and have to quit.
I later sold it off and bought a CZ 550 in .404 Jeffrey, same round without the rim, and found it much easier to shoot and no headache.
Mine had the lighter C barrel.
If you plan to shoot it much I echo the above on having it fit with a much better recoil pad. Rugers pads on the heavies are almost worthless, wish someone would clue them in on that!
 
@Kevin Peacocke I have restocked several #1's to get the fit correct for me. The largest I currently have is a 450/400 and it's recoil is very manageable.

I built one years ago in 500 NE from a 375 doner #1, it was fairly easy to shoot when you kept the loads at the 570gr at 2150 or less. When you pushed the velocity above 2200-2300 it got a bit more sporty. The 470 with proper stock fit and a GOOD recoil pad and you will be fine.
 
I wonder how people tell the difference between the C and D weight barrels? I do this by lining them up side by side. Is there a wonderful book or resource that tells us this? I believe the .404 was cut with a nonstandard chamber and they were on the C weight barrel. It's possible the .450-.400 were also built on this barrel.
 
CTDolan said:
If you’re going to have one made up, why stop at a .470 NE? ;)

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They've been "re-engineered" in 500 NE, and more; I'm thinking (AGAIN!, because I have most of the components) of the 366DGW, Judson Bailey's brainstorm; 416 Rigby necked down to 9.3mm. Mercury recoil reducer in the butt might help ...
 

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