I would like to see a picture of the Ruger Victorian.

According to this Rifleman article, the name was only Ruger's tentative, pre-production, terminology for the new SS he was designing--he was evoking the image of the great British SSs of the Victorian period.  There was never a specific model called by that name, according to this piece.

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gwahir wrote on Feb 7^th, 2019 at 12:57pm:


That's correct--there's a brief excerpt from it in the much later GD piece cited above by JLouis. I checked the several GD Treasuries (collections of previous GD articles) I have, but the original '67 article was not reprinted in any of them.  Maybe the Archives have the '67 ed.

However, this statement does not make it sound like the "Victorian" was marketed as a model distinct from other No.1s:

"Originally, the rifle was going to be named the Victorian, due to its 19th century styling, but not long after it went into production, the name was changed. From the beginning, the actions were stamped “No. 1” and that became the official name."

Most of the very early production No. 1s were stocked in much fancier wood than was later used. 

RSW wrote on Feb 7^th, 2019 at 8:36pm:


That word "Victorian" has enormously historic & positive connotations for me, as it obviously did for Bill Ruger; however, it seems wiser of him, on second thought, to have selected a name that did not, where the American public was concerned, call for any special knowledge of "ancient history."  Doubt there were very many US buyers of the No. 1 who were well versed in the history of British SSs.

Gentlemen, thanks for your input.