Looking at a Ruger #1 in .416 Rem Mag

[PJgunner]

Doc. I have 16 Ruger #1s in various versions. I also have a custom job based on a #1 action with a Remington barrel. (We won't go into that Jonah.)
Almost all of my rifles have been purchased second hand which means the people selling them either had problems or were expecting more accuracy than the rifles could deliver.
Ruger's accuracy standard for the #1 rifles is 2.0" at 50 yards. Not too cool in my opinion, but fortunately, most surpass that standard, one that I consider unacceptable for a rifle that is as expensive as they have become.
However, I feel that if one will accept a reasonable accuracy standard, especially if the rifle is to be used for hunting, then most #1s will be more than adequate. I decided long ago the 1.5" or less at 100 yards was perfectly good for most hunting use. Most have done better than that, but 1.5" is my outer limit. If they shoot worse than that, then it's time to tinker. As I mentioned, most of my rifles have been bought used, so I expect problems. Mostly, there have been none.
Only one has ever had to be sent back to Ruger and it had a very bad barrel, the throat being over 2.0" long. The rifle was chambered to the 7x57 Mauser round and is one of my favorites.
Another in .270 Win. had been free floated to improve accuracy by the previous owner, and probably only made it worse. I put a shim under the barrel which improved things, but I did have to work up a load to make it fall within my standards. I've found you can usually get decent hunting groups by reloading. It's just a case of finding what the rifle likes.
There was a page one accurizing Ruger #1s that I had bookmarked, but the site seems to have disappeared, at least from my computer. I'm on a back up machine right now while trying to figure out why my normal one keeps disconnecting me from the web.
The site had a lot of very good information on improving accuracy in #1s, and it was called the "unofficial ruger number one page", IIRC.
Paul B.