I still miss that 7x57 and I sold it over 30 years ago. Being a friend of Bill Ruger would have it's advantages in wood selection. I think if Ruger marketed the #1 as a semi custom rifle with nice wood and custom features such as case hardening, grip cap options and but treatments along with sight options they would sell.
They do make a nice platform for a custom gun however and I have less in the 300 H&H than I would if I ordered a Dakota M10 the same way.
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There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter...Earnest Hemingway
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