Ruger No. 1 .500 Nitro Express.

**TStone** · 07-09-2022, 06:09

I recently had the opportunity to shoot a Ruger no 1, re-barreled to .500 Nitro Express. Despite the cartridge being quite powerfull (570gr bullet at 2150fps) and the rifle being rather light (9lbs) ant it wearing a typical Ruger ½" recoil pad, it was not uncomfortable to shoot. I fired 4 shots without being left with any aches or bruises.
I would not like to try it from a bench though.

**Skaaphaas** · 07-09-2022, 07:06

That must be a lovely gun.

**Koebelwagen** · 07-09-2022, 08:07

My mate has a beautiful Verney Carron double in .500NE that I shoot from time to time. You shoot this rifle standing.

You may find that as you fire more rounds the recoil effects compound and at about the 8 to 10 round mark it becomes a different story. During load development my friend fired 14 rounds in one session and came away with blurred vision and throbbing headache.

**oafpatroll** · 07-09-2022, 08:13

That's all the food groups in one meal! Must be a fantastic thing. If I had one it would be the last thing to be pried from my cold dead fingers.

**CorditeCrazy** · 07-09-2022, 11:11

That’s very cool

**TStone** · 08-09-2022, 05:55

Video of me shooting the Ruger.

https://i.imgur.com/MynK2RY.mp4

**pblaauw** · 08-09-2022, 07:35

That would be described as a 'stout' recoil

**oafpatroll** · 08-09-2022, 08:17

For interest I looked up Norma's max for URP for a 570gr bullet @ 2166fps which was 107.2gr. Looks like you'd get approx 60 rounds out of a bottle. Probably a good thing that it's not well suited to range plinking!