Do modern centerfire single-shot rifles have a place?

[locolobo56]

I have an H&R that started life as as 20 ga. A friend gave me a 30-30 barred. I had to modify the forearm but it will work with both barrels. Won't say it's a tack driver but 1.5" groups with the right bullet hand loaded. It's never let me down. I've got a Savage 111 in .270 and an AR in 6.5 Grendel that I can hunt with (Grendel has never killed anything) But the H&R has never let me down. And I can chamber another round almost as fast as a bolt.

 

[STCM(SW)]

My Ruger #3 I put a Ruger #1 stock on. It's a 45-70.
Withe a 265 gr. lead bullet I molded it took down the biggest white tail buck we ever got here. No need for a second shot......

 

[lihpster]

I would love to own a Ruger No. 1 in .300 Win Mag. Unfortunately, I'm not made of money.

 

[leonardocarrillo]

At my gun club, for safety reasons, long guns must be fed shot by shot.
For people who only shoot carbine in the club, a single shot pistol fits your needs perfectly.
Regarding the choice of the Ruger N°1, I think it is very good, it has a nice appearance and is robust.

 

[Model 15-4ever]

Panache.

Either you have it, or you don't. There's no explaining it.

 

[CH4]

Panache.

Either you have it, or you don't. There's no explaining it.

That’s right!

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

At one time Mossberg made a single shot rifle.......But the design was butt ugly and nobody bought it. If had a good designer it might have survived
When I think of SS's I envision Winchester High/Low walls.....#1's ain't bad either.

 

[Alpo]

That question seems to be like the fellow that cannot understand why I carry a five shot J frame when I could carry a 19 shot Glock. More ammo is better.


Single shots are wonderful things. I've got two #1s, three rollers, two sharps, a trapdoor, a martini, and a bolt action single shot. Calibers running from 22 long rifle to 45/70. And when shooting one I have never felt that I was under gunned and that I needed 8 or 10 more rounds.


If I was going to war I would not want a single shot. But for sporting purposes I don't really see the need for bunches and bunches of ammunition.

 

[RobertJ.]

I've always loved single-shots, and in my opinion, the Ruger #1, and especially with the Alexander Henry forend, is one of the most aesthetically pleasing rifles ever made. I have one, chambered in .270 Winchester:

 

[6string]

Single shot firearms are more important and relevant than ever before!

Every shot fired should have an intended outcome. More importantly, the outcome of each shot is a result of the application of marksmanship fundamentals and the discipline to know when to fire and when not.

It doesn't matter if you shoot competitively, are a hunter, or carry for defensive purposes. Even if just shooting for fun, unintended consequences are never more than one bad shot away.

Unfortunately, too many people believe in sheer volume of fire.
(And we wonder why there are persistent ammo shortages!)

Speaking broadly to our forum members, how many of you know that thru August and September of this year we had the International World Cup?
It is the biggest and most important competitive shooting event in the world. It's held every four years in between Olympic Games.
The USA won a good bit of shotgun events, but in rifle and especially pistol it was an utter embarrasment.
In my personal favorite event, 50 meter Int'l Free Pistol, the USA came in second and third LAST place! How does that happen? Our teams are abundantly financed, in no small part through the excise taxes we pay on guns and ammunition. And, with the 2nd Amendment, we have more handguns in private ownership than any other country on earth. But, USA-Shooting can't find two guys that can even break 500 out of 600 points?
PS: if you don't know the event, it calls for a single shot .22 cal pistol, fired one handed using only open metallic sights. Pure application of precision marksmanship fundamentals at the highest order.
Unfortunately, everyone would rather hose "bad guy" targets at 10 feet with their hi-cap 9mms and call it a day!

Oh, beautiful Ruger #1 rifle!! IMHO, the best rifle Ruger ever made!

 

[Charlie Foxtrott]

My single shots see the most range time and hunting time of all of my rifles.

I have hunted dangerous game with them as well. The thing with hunting dangerous game is that you do not hunt by yourself. So having a single shot rifle is not a show stopper.

I have some chambered in pistol rounds that are a lot of fun to shoot as well.

 

[22hipower]

I like your #1, I have one in 45-70. Also a Cooper 22 in 7-08, a Browning 1885 in 22-250 and a handful of TCs. I don't feel "under-gunned" when using any of them except perhaps when a bunch of Texas pigs are the target. Although most of the time lately I engage the pigs with an AR in 300BLK. Not sure I get any more of them than I would with one of the single shots but the suppressed 300BLK is a little quieter.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

 

[Baltimoreed11754]

I still hunted deer with a No1-V in .25-06 for a long time. A swell rifle but I don’t hunt any more so it got sold. Now my only single shot range toy is a NSW Martini Cadet in .32-20/.310 that’s still in military dress even if the caliber is not. Another sweet rifle.

 

[Puller]

I’ve never hunted with a single shot rifle but I might as well have. Of the several dozen whitetails I’ve taken with repeating rifles I’ve never had to fire at one twice.

I did shoot a deer and then a coyote in short order that was tracking it, but there was 30 to 45 seconds between shots so I probably could have reloaded a single shot in time.