Stopped in a shop just to browse for another option for a walking around varmint gun and they had a SWEET Ruger #1 virtually unfired, with the cantelever mount but no scope, NICE grain walnut, in .218 Bee for $799...
Now I think that is a little high, ESPECIALLY in that old round..but the .218 Bee intrigues me, like halfway between the Hornet and the .222....and I LIKE old .22 centerfire varmint rounds...to be different....
I knew an "Old Timer" years ago that swore by his Winchester lever in Bee for 'Chucks, but even back THEN complained how hard it was to find ammo or brass...
And the #1....probably as beautiful a rifle as ever made, but have heard they can be a bear to get to shoot well, for every one that is a tack driver out of the box there seem to be two or three that guys have struggled with foreend shims and screw tension and other stuff trying to get them to shoot a group worth a damm....
Any thoughts on a #1 in Bee?