Picked up a Ruger No. 1V in 25-06    Has a couple dents on butt stock but really like the walnut. Sure like the No. 1's

Indeed they did use good wood Joe Do and the checkering was also hand cut.

Bulseyetom wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2019 at 1:06pm:

I have a Browning 78, 1973 year with octagon barrel in 25-06 also. Good shooter

I have a  1982 vintage 1V in 25-06,  was a birthday gift. Harvested several Kansas white tail with it & a Wyoming pronghorn in 1985.
Don’t shoot it much anymore. It has never had a factory round run thru it. My favorite load is Rem. brass, 56gr 4831, & 117 gr Hornaday seated just short of the rifling, Federal BR primers.
I never felt at a disadvantage useing a single shot, of course I have never hunted dangerous game. It will shoot 5 shots at a 100 yards you can cover with a quarter. Enjoy.
Mike

John, most of my rifles have nice wood but the first rifle I ever bought new looks like I drug it 2000 miles.  It is a Model 70 in 270 that I bought myself for a graduation present from Fresno State in 1973.  For years it was my only rifle and was used for shooting ground squirrels to deer.  I hunted the forest land here on the coast for 25 years with that rifle and it must have logged at least 3000 hours in a saddle scabbard.  I lost it once as I had a deer tied on the saddle and was leading my horse back to the trailhead and it slipped out of the scabbard on the steep downhill trail.  I had to backtrack several hundred yards to find it!  A few years ago I decided to restore the stock but looking at all of the gouges from riding through thick brush and scrub oaks had done its toll and I broke down and put on a synthetic stock.  The metal finish is not too bad and the bore is pristine as I cleaned it after every use.  I figure the rifle has around 3500 rounds and it has lost some accuracy but I found it was still under moa with the 110 grain Barnes copper bullets that we have to use.  The rifle is a lot like me, not near as good looking as it or I was in 1973!     Tom