This Year's Crop Comes Out

 

I am seldom one to pose as an authority on anything (being a hare lipped retard and an old stubfart makes that an unviable proposition) - but one of the few things I am an expert on are good rifles for old dogs. I sold more Ruger No.1's at our club than Bill Ruger did! So many, that I feel I should be entitled to some kind of financial compensation, HAR HAR HAR!!! Fact is that I converted a fair number of very young shooters too. A couple pops on the gong at 100 yards - and they'd be as smitten as I was. The older guys saw the 1/2~3/4" inch groups and they'd be reaching for their wallets trying to buy it off me. You can go all day with a gentle calibre like the .25-06, the wife and kid can shoot it, and everyone shot it well. A couple of the guys bought their own when they couldn't buy mine and one even  started collecting them.

I am not a calibre snob. I beak off about the classics because I get off on tradition and the trappings of the Old World. But even in today's world of tactical rifles, econo-snipers right out of the box, and a plethora of new calibres every other day... this rifle has a place in YOUR arsenal. 

There may be several hunting rifles as good as the No.1... but I assure you... there are NONE better. This year the winner (for me) is the No.1 in .275 Rigby. (Don't call it the 7x57 Mauser or the great novelist, adventurer, and man about town - WL Emery - will have your bloody hide!). If the coast is clear, and the Great White Hunter isn't within ear shot - the .275 Rigby is properly called the 7x57 Mauser. The Brits renamed it the Rigby because they couldn't handle the idea of attributing the deelopment of this great cartridge to the filthy Huns. Can't say I blame 'em... but for all intents and purposes... they are one and the same. The cartridge was legendary in Africa both in war and on the game field. The No.1, with a 24" pipe, will shoot and handle like a champ in a package only a little bigger and heavier than a Daisy BB gun. It is just as handy and fast as the classic Winchester 94 lever gun - but offers superior effective range.

Yes, the price tag on them will make a lot of people gag. Yes, you can buy a cheaper econo-bolt gun that will probably do as well for you in the field as the No.1 will... but your cheap econo-gun will have no soul. Hunting with this rifle is like hunting with Grampa. Your kids and grandkids will cherish it as much as you do. The difference between the No.1 and the lesser bolt guns is the same as the difference between a burger and a T-bone steak.

I hate to say this, men... but regardless of your current financial straights - get your visa card out and place your order. If the wife barks at you - tell her to STFU because I said its alright! A few lumps from the fry pan and rolling pin are a small price to pay for bringing an heirloom piece into the family that will outlast you for generations to come.

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