Rifle Review - Ruger No.1 Tropical in .450/400 Nitro Express
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2012
- Ian Harford provides his analysis of one of the world's best known single shot rifles - the Ruger No.1. Ian has travelled across the globe with his Ruger No.1 Tropical in .450/400 Nitro Express and taken some pretty impressive trophies.
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I love that people are bring back the old rounds like the 450/400 NE thumbs up for using it. Ive gotta get me one!!
Thanks for the upload always good to see new vids on the Ruger No. 1. Looking at the 458 lott version personally.
Absolutely gorgeous rifles.
Great work, that gun is amazing!!
I've got a couple #1s and a couple more on my wish list. One of the finest rifles ever produced. There is just something about hunting with a single shot that does the heart and mind good.
hi.. nice presentaion. i do believe ruger no 1's are quite great & currently i have 4 of those chambered to; 450-400 n.e, 505 Gibbs, 500 nitro exp 577 nitro exp (not an ssk) and plan to have the 470 nitro & the 450 nitro real soon. my rifles can be seen on you tube at; about 1tufgun at you tube then click again.. regards Avi
It all depends how quickly you can reload. I can eject and load another cartridge in pretty quick time - less than 2 seconds - but I've had plenty of practice. Also, the No.1 shoots INCREDIBLY tight groups, giving me confidence in my shots and reducing the need for a follow up.
Njala is small game. My great grandfather used a 450 single shot in the 1950's for buffalo and elephant in what is today known as Zambia.
@@runewhiz you dont know much do you.
How's Nyala small game?
nothing explaining the bear collar was revealed to me
there was Ruger 1 450/400 NE with about 100rds and reloading dies for sale a couple hours from me for $1800 a while back. If i knew then what i know now i wouldn't have thought twice about getting it. Alas, i was new to this firearms thing and "didnt want to waste money on a single shot rifle." I do have a Ruger No. 3 in 45-70 now that i need to put some lead through.
A friend of mine's husband was asked to take down a hippo that was keeping a village from the water. He had an over/under Nitro Express 400, it took several rounds to take down the hippo.
I wanted a Ruger No. 1 in .405 Winchester for a long time and finally picked one up last year, brand new. The .405 is good enough for anything in North America but I'd want something more if I ever wanted to hunt in Africa, e.g., a .450/400 or a .416 Rigby.
They are such a GORGEOUS rifle and all sorts of fun to shoot, even if you're only punching paper.
hi ian, just having a watch back through your videos love my big game rifles and hunting, whats the scope you use on the tropical? i tried listening a few time over but i couldnt make it out, thanks pal and hope you keep it up pal always look forward to your videos
Wow...that is a hunting budget I would like to have! Good shooting.
Peace.
Double barrel Coach Guns are wonderful I would hope they could make some double rifles
I have both .375 H&H and .375 Ruger. Both are great calibres. Why stick with one, when you can play with many?
you bet!
ummm why does that black bear have a collar?
What are you talking about? That was awesome! Bear got OWNED!!>:D
love my number 1 in 375 H&H
Watch the video all the way through and all will be revealed...
I swear that scopes back to front?
you have to ask viking arms to lend you a no.1 in .303 british for a test, it would be interesting to see how the round would perform on deer etc in a modern rifle with modern hunting optics.
Hvorfor skyder du en bjørn der har en radio sender rundt om halsen??? 😲🇩🇰
person below obviously didn't watch the bear video...they are tagged to follow where they go it record the info...then when shot you return the collar (and pick up $50 for the thing) and they gather there info from its little black box.
also..nice gun, but to big for my needs lol
Well if you have one hope you have ammunition because Hornady has decided not to make ammunition for many of its calibers in order to keep their 6.5 creedmoor well-stocked!
I have one of these and am looking for a black powder load if anyone can help
I don't think that any charge of BP can push that 400-gr bullet down a barrel without some catastrophic failure. If on the other hand you duplicate the original 450/400 Black Powder Express 3 1.1/4," use a 230-300-gr LEAD bullet ahead of about 100-gr of black. Please consult a reloading manual before trying it.
Theres no such thing as overkill, if it dies then it dies. i love big bore rifles for hunting everything. gotta get me a 450-400 nitro express some day.
I want one in .45-70
Looks like a very light load.
Has a nice kick to it haha
Did you eat the bear in the end or did you just stuff it as a trophy?
I've got an excellent Ruger No. 1 chambered in .375 H&H Magnum. Maybe one day I'll be able to afford a double rifle... Hahaha, no way.
Check my bear hunt video out. It explains everything
Rim shells rule
No I haven't but if I did I wouldn't shoot a collared monitored Bear either!
Keep your eyes closed then as apparently you can't either read or comprehend that hunting is different in different places.
whats with the collar on the little bear .. . tragic
The collar is set in place by the Canadian government to track bears. When one is legally hunted, you take the collar back into the fish and game and they download the data.
It actually helps to understand the bear's movements better so they can understand how to conserve them better as a species I believe
Was a good video until you shot the Baited Bear!
Can I hunt elefants with it?
Why would you want to hunt elephants, aren't they an endangered species
@@fredatlas4396 nope, they aren't even close to being endangered. They're considered as pests in parts of Botswana
Obviously, you've never hunted in Canada.
you shot a tagged bear! why!?!
Who does that?
Are you kidding me !?
That bear could have been taken with a .22 ! It only looks to weigh @ 60-70 lbs and you shoot it with an elephant gun?
Strangest s*+t I've seen in hunting. That's bizarre!
You heard him, it was his 30th attempt at black bear. And a 22 wouldn't ethically take a black bear, but a 400 grain bullet will.
ANOTHER American thinking that an animal should be killed with the least gun as possible
.375 H&H is better for hunting different temp's ive herd of people with .375 Ruger having problems in hot temp's
With modern loads you won't have any problem with the Ruger
@@zajagter2888 ill stick to an older un compressed load thanks when you have a hippo running at you you better be about to get off more then one shot.
@@Brainmalfuction well we have had a 375 Ruger for a good amount of years and haven't had one miss fire with it, we live in Southern Africa so it is damned hot
@@zajagter2888 Have you ever had extraction issues ? Maybe it was just bullshit I herd.
But i was informed by someone i know that's very knowledgeable on firearms, that people were having cases jam in the chamber on very hot days , becasue the .375 Ruger is a pretty high pressure round as compared to the h&H
@@Brainmalfuction Well based on the fact that we run the Ruger and the H&H at high pressures it shows that you CAN safely run the H&H on relatively high pressures, which is about 61,000 psi,and no we have not had any extraction issues in the heat with the Ruger. I've heard of people who runs their Rugers at about 65,000 and they have apparently had a few problems. Edit: We run the Ruger at 62,000 psi
Sorry, but I'm afraid it's all part of the management process. I was told to take the bear and the collar was returned to the Department of Wildlife to retrieve the data. How a bear died is as important as how it lived.
At about 3:50 min......... as an alaskan i have literally kicked bears larger than that out of my home. Didnt need no nitro express to show it whos the alpha
Another American believing that you should try and kill something with the least gun as possible. Dead is dead
The bear in the video looked like he was six months old and weighed about a hundred pounds soaking wet.
I like bear meat! Don't you?
I dont think its possible(legal) to buy bear meat in Germany.I would if i could.
great job baiting that bear. what a joke!
I honestly don't understand what people find appealing about sitting in a tree house, waiting for some poor bear to show up, only to be shot. That's not hunting, real hunters stalk. Like you said, a complete joke!
03:54 The bear had a huge bald spot on it's back?
+wolfie83 Oh look! another armchair warrior! You obviously know nothing about this sport. I am a hunter. I track animals for food, that's why it's called hunting.... Not sitting in a goddamn tree to shoot a bear for a trophy. Get your facts straight before you ridicule other people.
NothingCoherent I agree whit you