How many have hunted the west with a single shot rifle?

[BAKPAKR]

What is your pistol set up? I've been thinking about a 6.8 spc. I think it would be a nice little pistol set up.

On the goat, I used a scoped 10” stainless steel T/C Contender in 30/30.

I think the 6.8 SPC would be a great pistol round for hunting. I shot a black bear with my 14.5” 6.8 rifle. It dropped pretty quick.

 

[chevyman181]

I carried a Encore for years. Elk hunting I used a 300 win mag and a 7mm rem mag. For deer I used my 7mm-08 barrel. All of these barrels shoot at least MOA, the magnum calibers had muzzle brakes on them. The heavy barrels of the magnum rounds made the rifles heavy. I have a custom Remington 700 in 7mm for my primary gun. I'll take my encore as a back up.

blacksheep

Do you know the weight difference between the encore with the magnum barrel vs the 700? Thanks

 

[Four22]

Remington Rollingblock in .45-70 with a 405 grain soft cast bullet and 72 grains of FF is absolutely lethal on deer.

405 grains at about 1300fps his like an absolute hammer.

 

[Redman]

When I first jumped into Western hunting I used aT/C Encore in 7mm mag. It was heavy but killed several animals with it. I since switched to lighter bolt guns. Always wanted a Ruger #1 I think they are beautiful tools.

 

[quiet22]

Though not a 'designated' one shot, my only rifle I utilize for current western hunting is a 45-70 for which, if you calculate the cycle time following the significant recoil and adjustment of rifle takes almost just as long as a single shot with rapid reloading skills.

 

[Hunter4Life78]

I've used a single shot bolt rifle for the past 5 years. In my mind it isn't a handicap. I think the opposite it helps you slow down and get a good shot. Load quick if you need a a follow-up.

 

[Boarmaster]

I haven't but wouldn't think twice about using a quality accurate single shot rifle with a good scope on it.

 

[CaliforniaPatriot]

On the goat, I used a scoped 10” stainless steel T/C Contender in 30/30.

I think the 6.8 SPC would be a great pistol round for hunting. I shot a black bear with my 14.5” 6.8 rifle. It dropped pretty quick.

That's good to know. I was in the dark one evening in the TN mountains packing up from an evening sit for wild boar, and flipped on a light when I heard something approaching about 40 yards. Except it was a black bear at 10 years, coming right to me.

We had two mirrored, full cycles of stare, decide whether to attack, think better of it and back up a step....

Thankfully after the second round this he did actually back up for good.

Almost had to send a full mag of .277 TSX into a 10 yard target, YIKES!

 

[TX Trophy Hunter]

I’d love to have a Ruger #1, but as mentioned earlier they are way too expensive for the hit or miss reviews regarding accuracy and trigger quality. I will always wonder what could have been if I’d pulled the trigger when the heavier barrel .257 wby was available…

 

[6mm Remington]

Always a pleasure to help!

Ruger® No.1 Single-Shot Rifle Model 11386

ruger.com

 

[BrentD]

I’d love to have a Ruger #1, but as mentioned earlier they are way too expensive for the hit or miss reviews regarding accuracy and trigger quality. I will always wonder what could have been if I’d pulled the trigger when the heavier barrel .257 wby was available…

There are a lot of guns out there besides the Ruger #1. Some of them might be more interesting. How about a custom Remington Rolling Block, underlever Gove conversion? I know of one that was for sale recently for only $1500. It may still be available.

 

[TX Trophy Hunter]

Always a pleasure to help!

Ruger® No.1 Single-Shot Rifle Model 11386

ruger.com

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Yeah I know they’re listed on the website but they are not in stock

 

[shrapnel]

Yes, quite a few…

 

[Ought Six]

I grew up in the west and was an absolute terror for anything that walked or flew with my single shot pellet gun.

 

[MaddH]

Killed a lot of critters with my Browning 1885 in 7mm mag. Probably use it on my bison hunt this year too