A lot will depind on what your going to do with it, for me you cant go wrong with the Ruger # 1, both rifles will need triggers or trigger work, and both should have speed hammers if you intend to use it as a target rifle or a range rifle, you can buy stuff like that for the # 1 but I'm not sure if you can for the new 1885. Again from a range shooting standpoint it's very easy to tune the # 1 barrel if need be, not sure what can be done with the new 1885.
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