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<blockquote data-quote="baldhunter" data-source="post: 2897031" data-attributes="member: 11853"><p>I had two Ruger 1's,still have one,a 1976 1-B.The other one was a 1977 1-V.Both these rifles where 7mags.Both shot about 2-3" at 100yds.First thing I did was float the forearm.I did a lot of the work right there at the range.That helped a little.The next thing I tried was,with JB Weld Kwik,I epoxied the forearm around the hanger screw.Those two improvements got them down to about an 1 1/2" shooters.I wanted better,so I shot five Tubbs Throat Maintenance bullets in each rifle.They both shot under an inch after that.Both those rifles fro what I could tell were Wilson barrels.As for Wilson barrels,I have a Ruger 77 Tang Safety model that had a Wilson barrel.The problem with that barrel was voids in the metal the barrel was made from.That barrel had small voids in the chamber and about an inch or so down the barrel,there were voids all the way around the rifling inside the barrel.Once the bullet hit that rough spot,it ripped the copper jacket,laying down a trail of copper down the barrel.I ended up rebarreling that rifle. Here is an article I found on improving the accuracy on a Ruger 1 <a href="https://www.rifleshootermag.com/editorial/ruger-no-1-single-shot-rifle-tips-improve-accuracy/458720?fbclid=IwAR3D_Kv76daFCCEGtaIDBDEs0KvNWRYgP_DjRX-nNBkKaISsS2zerVc7XWw" target="_blank">https://www.rifleshootermag.com/editorial/ruger-no-1-single-shot-rifle-tips-improve-accuracy/458720?fbclid=IwAR3D_Kv76daFCCEGtaIDBDEs0KvNWRYgP_DjRX-nNBkKaISsS2zerVc7XWw</a> </p><p></p><p>After I made improvements</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/Z9gXZ3dH" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/Jn48N57f/20170818-132224.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baldhunter, post: 2897031, member: 11853"] I had two Ruger 1's,still have one,a 1976 1-B.The other one was a 1977 1-V.Both these rifles where 7mags.Both shot about 2-3" at 100yds.First thing I did was float the forearm.I did a lot of the work right there at the range.That helped a little.The next thing I tried was,with JB Weld Kwik,I epoxied the forearm around the hanger screw.Those two improvements got them down to about an 1 1/2" shooters.I wanted better,so I shot five Tubbs Throat Maintenance bullets in each rifle.They both shot under an inch after that.Both those rifles fro what I could tell were Wilson barrels.As for Wilson barrels,I have a Ruger 77 Tang Safety model that had a Wilson barrel.The problem with that barrel was voids in the metal the barrel was made from.That barrel had small voids in the chamber and about an inch or so down the barrel,there were voids all the way around the rifling inside the barrel.Once the bullet hit that rough spot,it ripped the copper jacket,laying down a trail of copper down the barrel.I ended up rebarreling that rifle. Here is an article I found on improving the accuracy on a Ruger 1 [URL]https://www.rifleshootermag.com/editorial/ruger-no-1-single-shot-rifle-tips-improve-accuracy/458720?fbclid=IwAR3D_Kv76daFCCEGtaIDBDEs0KvNWRYgP_DjRX-nNBkKaISsS2zerVc7XWw[/URL] After I made improvements [url=https://postimg.cc/Z9gXZ3dH][img]https://i.postimg.cc/Jn48N57f/20170818-132224.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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