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Offline eskimo36

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Custom Ruger 1-A Hornet
« on: May 07, 2011, 02:34:45 AM »
I just got pics of my 1-A Hornet and I will pick it up next week.  Luxus Arms in Mt. Orab, Ohio did all the work.  Turkish Walnut, hand checkering, color case hardening on the receiver and the lever, beaded cheek piece and steel grip cap.  I am thinking a 4x Leupold in Warne quick detach rings.   What do you think?   I included a pre checkered pic and the dry stock pic to show the progress.

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Re: Custom Ruger 1-A Hornet
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2011, 03:33:54 AM »
Very, very nice wood, and a very classy barreled action to mate it to. Scope choice is difficult, 4x is fine, maybe a compact mid-power variable, 2-7 or some such. Or, if a guy can find one, how about one of the "repro" Lyman Alaskans that Leopold made about 10 years or so ago, with a 7/8" tube. Sort of delicate looking. IIRC they were made in 2 1/2 X, 4X, and 6X, the later of which would be my choice.
Since I am the first to respond, as much as I'd like you to give the finished rifle to me for a prize, I'm afraid I'll have to pass, only cause the cheekpiece is on the wrong side!!!
Speaking of which, for a while I worked at a Sportsmans Warehouse when it first opened up. A fair number of folks came in over the 2 or so years I was there, looking for a rifle for southpaws. I would always show them #1's, but they would always turn up their noses at a single shot. Try as I might, I don't think I ever sold one. I guess that there is no accounting for some  people!!
When I applied for the job, the firearms manager, to see what sort of guy I was, asked me a hypothetical question..a friend won a big lottery and was going to send me on an Alaska Moose hunt...what rifle would I have him buy for me....I thought about it for a moment, a said a #1, SS, in .375H&H with a fixed 6X leopold. They are just so elegant, and yours is even more so, for sure !!
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Re: Custom Ruger 1-A Hornet
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2011, 06:25:04 AM »
On the topic of the cheek piece, it is on the wrong side for me too as I am a lefty.  But in the big picture this rifle will go to one of my sons and they are both right handed.  Other than an AR-15 all my rifles are single shots that I regularly shoot.  I have a few odds and ends that aren't single shots but they were inherited or bought from family or friends that needed money. 
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Re: Custom Ruger 1-A Hornet
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2011, 03:53:51 PM »
I only have one thing to say BEAUTIFUL.
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Re: Custom Ruger 1-A Hornet
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2011, 05:04:39 PM »
I have a couple of rifles with wood that, until now, I thought looked pretty good. That is beautiful and makes mine look like canoe paddles!
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Re: Custom Ruger 1-A Hornet
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2011, 02:06:36 AM »
eskimo36:  that is one beautiful rifle.  I love nice wood like that.  Thanks.
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Re: Custom Ruger 1-A Hornet
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2011, 12:10:58 PM »
Eskimo36

That is a perfect combination of class, caliber and quality.  Did you have an existing #1 Hornet that they modified, or did they provide the rifle and customization? 

Heck, I'd even settle for a slightly more common piece of wood on mine.... ;D

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Re: Custom Ruger 1-A Hornet
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2011, 02:46:19 AM »
I had one of the 350 something Hornet 1-A's that Ruger made.  Luxus did the wood and they had Turnbull do the color.  I have a set of warne quick detach Rings for this gun headed to Doug Turnbull right now for color case hardening to match the receiver.
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Re: Custom Ruger 1-A Hornet
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2011, 07:05:10 AM »
I must agree on the beauty of your new ss hornet. It's first class. I too am a sucker for fancy wood, although I can't afford it much anymore.

I've wanted a double rifle all my life. (just 2 single shots welded together, don't you know) Anyway I fineally broke down & bought one. It has the fancest wood on it I've ever owned. Exebition grade english walnut.  ;D I haven't taken posession of it yet but it will be making it's way to Alaska soon. I think I'm gona like it.  :o

Anyway congradulations on your new rifle Curtis,

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