Originally Posted by DocB

Got a Ruger Number 1 Tropical back in the 1980's. They were pretty cheap back then. . .maybe $400. Enlisted a bunch of my wife's high school football players to go out to shoot it. She was teaching back then. Free ammunition for everybody. I showed them the cartridges and nobody would shoot it. Bunch of weenies. I shot it twice. Still no takers. I shot it three more times and called it a day. Left a bruise on my right shoulder about 6 inches long. I held it tight too. It's the twin to my 375 H & H Magnum which doesn't kick at all. I had a 375 in a Winchester M70 that would lift your left foot off the ground every time you shot it. Some of my big military buddies said it wouldn't lift their foot, but it did. . .every shot. It's all in how well the rifle is made. Winchester. . .not so good. Ruger 1. . .excellent. I sold off the Winchester.