Got a chance to buy a Ruger #1. Looks to be an improvement over 243?

Good Caliber. I have two of them.

I've taken well over 100 big game animals and predators in North America with this caliber, from Brown bears to moose, from coyotes to wolves. I think it one of the best calibers in existence. Just wish it wasn't so loud. I think you'll enjoy it Danny.

Jack

In my opinion, yes an upgrade over .243. I have both and if it wasn’t for sentimental reasons I would probably never shoot another deer with anything else. I used one as a calling rifle for years and was always happy with it then also.

Have an old m77 most accurate flat shooting gun I own!..

I have one in an old Remington. 700. It was made in 1969 I think, right about the first year it was chambered in that rifle.
Been a great gun, I don't use it enough.

Zim

It is a great caliber with a surprisingly long history behind it. I have one with a M98 action, it’s a Interarms, and have hunted with it since I was 13.

Excellent, bought a 1V in 1978 My son already inherited it

Buy it, or someone else will fall in love with it!!! Got 1 in a M77 great caliber, seen several elk killed with them also.

Yes I would say buy it and try it I think you will be pleased . A good caliber for predators and all the way up to medium size bear .It will of course not be the best caliber for large bear but it ill kill everything you hit in a good spot . And Ruger make a rugged rifle . The No 1 the M77 the Mark ii the Hawkeye are all solid made guns Some say that certain makes and models ae not al that accurate . But with some basic gunsmith work all of them will give you enough accuracy that will make everything you shot at fall over dead .And so long as youtake care o it all Rugers hold their resale value So you can't go wrong .

That is one gun I always thought I wanted just never bought.
Small world that it is.
I meet the guy they say developed and wildcated the load that became the standard for 25-06. At least that is what his son told me. Dad even showed me a letter he had gotten from the then Prince of Iran, who became Shaw of Iran. How he had used then experimental 25-06 loads he had sent him while on safari in Africa. How flat they shot and what he had shot with them. Thanked him for sending them for him to try really like them.
He didn't tell me how that deal got set up back in the day?? for sure wasn't online..
Letter was Interesting bit of history though I was able to see first hand.

Mac

thats pretty cool mark

This is one of the calibers I can't keep in stock here at the store. Everyone loves it here in Western Colorado. Very flat shooting, and takes many elk every year here in the area. Locals use it. Lot of out of state guys think you need a huge caliber to take elk, but you really don't. You just need good shot placement. If I can take an elk with an arrow, what makes you think you need a 30-378 Weatherby?

I have one in a SS Browning A-bolt Great Caliber!

When I was younger I always thought the ruger #1 stainless in the 25 06 would be my dream gun. The Real Gunsmith on YouTube has a good video on some of the accuracy issues with the #1s and how to fix them. Might be worth watching.

I had a Ruger #1 in .25-06. Bull barrel, set trigger, red shoulder pad. A very nice rifle but heavy. It got traded a couple of years ago because it was a safe queen that never got used and also because I have a Browning B78 in .25-06 that I like better.

Great long range coyote round, and deadly on large game as well...Hydrostatic shock, and favorable trajectory is its strength.

thanks for the tip crow heart

I wish I could find some 115 grain nosler partition ammo in stock somewhere for mine.

have you tried barnes tsx?