This one was built as " My Dream Rifle ".

[Ben]

Custom Ruger # 1 - 358 Win.
FOR ALL OF YOU 35 CAL RIFLE FANS :

My " Dream Rifle ", A Ruger # 1.

The rifle now has a 20" barrel ( Ideal length IMO for slipping around through the hvy. timber here in AL and not have the end of the barrel always hitting tree limbs ) . The barrel was rebored & the barrel was cut and re-crowned by JES in OR.

http://www.35caliber.com/

The barrel is a 3 groove , twist 1 - 13, .005 tall rifling. chambered in 358 Win. The bore is .3580 ", mirror smooth.
The sling does not attach to the fore end. Instead, it attaches to a solid steel barrel band on the barrel.

The rifle has a Burris, Signature 1.5 X 6 Variable with a plex reticle in low mounts.
The rifle has a Moyer's Adjustable trigger in it, set at 1.5 lbs. , clean , crisp, with no over travel. The stock and fore end are highly figured. The butt stock has a " Shadow Line " Cheek Piece .

I did all the stock work on the rifle. The rifle shoots just as good as it looks.

Here is a photo " slide show " :

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/haysb/slideshow/Ruger Number 1 358 Win

 

[Brother_Love]

Ben,
Fabulous, gorgeous, beautiful! I love the shadow line cheekpiece and sans checkering. All that and a .358 too, what's not to love about it?
Malcolm

 

[S Mac]

Super Ben. I'm becoming more a 35 fan all the time.

 

[Gary]

Ben; what finish did you use on the Wood, it's beautiful!

 

[Ben]

Ben; what finish did you use on the Wood, it's beautiful!

Gloss oil finish.

Ben

 

[Missionary]

Looks like a worthy example of a "woods rifle" in a good caliber to thump critters up close.

 

[Gary]

Kinda what I thought Ben; how many coats you put down?

 

[Ben]

18-20 coats

 

[Gary]

Humdinger of a result. It's magnificent!! I've got a Black Walnut slab in the shed that's been there for 10+ years with figure like you have on that buttstock and I bet it would make a great stock. It's about 4' in length and 3+" thick. Might have to get it out and make something out of it.

 

[Ben]

Good luck.

I worked on this one for 9 months.
I don't regret a minute of it.

Ben

 

[oscarflytyer]

Beautiful! Too purty wood to carry in the AL woods! They can be very unforgiving! And I LOVE the steel buttplate!

 

[Gary]

Time spent; that was going to be my next question. Maybe I'll just send this slab to you.

 

[Ben]

At .25 cents per hour, this one would cost quite a bit of money now.

Ben

 

[oscarflytyer]

Based on that one, plus the stock repair you did on my Win Mdl 12, I am def going to have you fit the laminate stock to my Swede Mauser. I started the project about 1991! And you can see how long it has taken me! Last thing to do is fit the Boyd's laminate stock to it and trim it down into a lightweight contour (thing is heavy as a brick!). And I hate stock fitting an suck at it!

 

[Ben]

You know where I am.

Thanks,
Ben

 

[quicksylver]

Yep ..my dream rifle... #1 ..your stock work..1/2 octagon / 1/2 round, 24" barreled ..in 30-30 with iron sights..got one in the safe you would be willing to part with ?

 

[Ben]

Are you thinking more than $100 or less than $100 ? ?

 

[quicksylver]

Hey... can't blame a guy for dreaming..right ?
BTW I noticed there was a lack of a decimal point after the $100...more like $100 x say 25 or 30

 

[Ian]

I don't know about Ben, but I do a stock about every 5-6 years. That's just long enough for me to forget what a $#@($*$ it is to do correctly with hand tools. Well, I do a lot of it with a chainsaw (usually starting from a raw chunk of tree trunk), but the rest is chisels, Sureforms, rasps, files, sandpaper, barrel channel scrapers, checkering tools, and lots and lots of paint stir sticks dipped in kerosene for the soot.

 

[Ben]

I don't care who is doing the work.............Inletting, fitting, shaping a nice stock is time consuming , meticulous work.

Ben