What new Ruger would you like to see in a limited special run?

[greyfox]

Both in 275 (aka 7mm Mauser,; 7X57)

 

[F. Vaccaro]

We're dreaming. Ok a 77 RSI in .222 rem.

 

[BonUm16]

No. 1 .22 LR. Preferably an RSI but I’d settle for something along the lines of a 1-H.

 

[Muskox]

A FTW SAAM rifle or whatever they are called in 280 Ackley.

A FTW SAAM rifle in 9.3x62

 

[meigsbucks]

After reading the four pages of wish lists and catering to my wishes as well, I’d like to see a release of a different chambering for three or four years in the #1. This would be an ambidextrous answer to satisfy our Southpaw members.
Chamberings: 7x57, .300 H&H, .375 H&H and .404 Jeffery.
I’d be in on one or two of any of these.

 

[cajunchefray]

We're dreaming. Ok a 77 RSI in .222 rem.

While dreaming, a Ruger #1 in 470 NE, 26 inch barrel, with a proper stock, and weighted with tungsten rods fore and aft to 10.5 pounds.

Hell, build another in .500 NE at 11 pounds and a really good recoil pad.
My Dad always said “When you dream, dream a good one!”

 

[hawkhunts]

If Ruger would do a run of RSM’s I’d take a 404 Jeffrey. In the Hawkeye a 458 win mag would do, but as mentioned before you’d need it to gain some weight with some recoil reducer and a thicker but pad.
For the mid bores- hard to beat the 275 Rigby or 30-06.
I never saw until recently the Lipseys run off 77/22 African hornets, I missed the boat on that one. So much better looking than the standard 77/22. Maybe do a similar run in 218 bee if they would feed ok.

 

[TnKen]

77rsi with tang safety in 358 Winchester

 

[ClarkC]

I’ve been thinking of something similar, it seems Ruger is willing to satisfy some niche needs and we should step up to the plate and take advantage of that. With that said, my budget was thinking this would be a great project in 3 years!

My vote is a left-hand Hawkeye African in 9.3x62.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I want a ruger guide gun in .458 win mag.

I want Ruger to neck up their .416 to .458 in their Guide Gun. I’d buy one tomorrow! I just sent an email to Ruger requesting such. We’ll see what their response is.

 

[Winmdl71]

A model 77 in 275 Rigby

 

[odonata]

As a hunter, a lot of my rifle purchases are based off of emotion & nostalgia: There's a certain set of classic chamberings that have appealed to me since I was a young boy reading Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. So the majority of my favorites were designed over a century ago. Which is fine because they are totally adequate for the hunting & shooting that I do. Unfortunately I do shoot left-handed which is why I have eight ambidextrous No. 1's and 1885's.

Left-handed bolts can be limiting if I don't have one rebarreled or custom-built since southpaws have to choose from a smaller selection. There's just some chamberings that were never available from the factory in left-hand models (e.g. 257 Roberts, 7x57, 300 H&H, 35 Whelen, etc.). So I guess that is one of the reasons why I've always been fascinated by the idea of a small custom run of a particular rifle since it was theoretically possible to have something affordable built that a factory would never make for me in bulk.

I appreciate y'all sharing your wishlist with me & participating in the thread. I had a pretty good idea that it would be difficult to come to a real consensus with a clear winner. There's just too many opinions, biases & preferences. But also, this is a really small sampling of people so to think we would have 50 people agree in less than 70 posts is laughable. But it was still an informative read. And I was glad that I emailed RHC to ask them about what criteria they looked for. Now I know what the hurdle looks like which generally gives you an idea of the chances for success.

To give a brief synopsis of this thread up to this point, I really focused on the chambering only as a starting point since that would have to be the first thing a group would have to agree on.

For the Ruger No. 1 the 404 Jeffery was the most popular followed closely by the 300 H&H.

For the Ruger Hawkeye African, it was the 7x57 / 275 Rigby followed by the 458 Win Mag.

In between those two for the African was the 404 Jeffery again. But unless there is a way to squeeze that round through a standard Ruger long action, then this might require the resurrection of the older RSM model. Just getting a regular rifle made in a particular chambering would be a challenge. Getting a defunct model remade seems more so.

But since the making of affordable African-caliber rifle has been on the wane, it is possible that a compelling argument could be made that we're due for a limited run of some big boomers. With Winchester making some Safari Express rifles and Montana Rifle Co getting cranked up too, maybe those are some good alternative avenues to consider also.

Anyway, thanks again for your feedback. I enjoyed perusing it.

 

[Cheesehead]

M77 African in .318 Westley-Richards would be cool.

Honestly, I'd just like them to use decent wood for a change

 

[318AE]

A RSM in 404 Jeffery would be great. I understand they didn’t really make money on the RSM in the first place, so I doubt that will ever happen.

A #1 in 404 just seems like a really odd duck to me. The 404 was designed to be a bolt action cartridge with similar ballistics to the flanged, 450/400 3”. The 450/400 3” is great in a #1, but needs a heavy barrel.

The 350 Rigby Magnum might just work. It uses an available .358 bullet. Given Rigby is producing them again, ammo might be available commercially.

 

[Trogon]

For the Ruger 77 African, 5.56 x 45mm for shooting cheaper practice ammo; 7x57mm and .30-06.
For the No.1, 7x57mm and .30-06. A few years ago at the big Louisville KY gun show looked at a No.1 in .30-06 for $900 and gave it some thought, walked back around an hour later and it was gone. Snooze you lose that day. I have No. 1's in 6.5x55 Swede (International) and .45-70

 

[Mekaniks]

A No 1 in 404 Jeffrey or 450/400 and I'm a buyer!

I am in for what he said^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[generalzip]

I'd love a hawkeye african (quality wood stock that's bedded) in .458 WM with 20" barrel in an actual useful thread pitch like 3/4x24, not their idiotic 5/8x28 which is completely and utterly useless. Iron sights and some way to quick attach a red dot. I'd pay up to $2000 for such a rifle.

If a new rifle, an affordable double in 458WM, lott, or similar NE rounds I think would fly off the shelves faster than they could make them.

 

[uplander01]

#1 S in 35 whelen
M77 African in 404 jeffery

 

[Bush Buck]

I would buy a Ruger African in 338-06.

 

[AZDAVE]

Bring back the RMS (However since the bean counters are in charge there my guess is we would pay 7500 or more for one).

#1 tropical that is weighted properly for the round.