ATLAS
COLLECTIBLE FIREARMS

Atlas Collectible Firearms is profoundly honored to present an exceptional, museum-grade piece of custom single-shot rifle craftsmanship: an original 1976 Ruger No. 1B chambered in the high-velocity .22-250 Remington caliber. Manufactured in 1976 as confirmed by serial number 130-23339 stamped sharply on the action, this 200th Year of American Liberty bicentennial production rifle features a 24-inch heavy round barrel rollmarked "MADE IN THE 200th YEAR OF AMERICAN LIBERTY". Elevating this rifle to true heirloom status, it boasts exquisite, near full-coverage master hand engraving executed and signed "JAMES B. MEEK Engr." on the underside by legendary American Master Engraver James B. Meek. Sourced directly from the prestigious Donald Glaser Collection—creator of the world-famous GRS pneumatic engraving tool—this custom masterwork represents an unrepeatable combination of master provenance and gunsmithing art.
Displaying breathtaking artistic execution, the brushed bright action showcases intricate ornamental scrollwork surrounding detailed game scene vignettes—a fox emerging from its den on the left receiver wall and a bird of prey perched on a timber branch on the right. The scrollwork continues gracefully across the tangs, breech end of the barrel, and blued operating lever. Stocked in a magnificent piece of highly figured walnut, the rifle features a wrap-around multi-point checkered beavertail forend and a pistol grip stock completed with a shadowline cheekpiece, engraved brushed bright grip cap, engraved screw escutcheon, sling swivel studs, and a checkered blued Niedner buttplate. Optics include a clear Bushnell Scope Chief VI 4x32mm scope held in original Ruger rings on handmade scope bases.
The overall cosmetic condition of this Master Engraved Ruger No. 1B remains in very fine condition throughout, retaining 99% of its blued and brushed bright finishes with only light handling evidence and a few minor dings on the underside of the forend. The custom-grained walnut stock set presents in excellent condition with razor-sharp checkering patterns throughout. Mechanically, the falling-block single-shot action operates with vault-tight, crisp precision, locking up solid, while the 24-inch heavy barrel preserves a mirror-bright, pristine bore with sharp, razor-defined rifling lines and clear scope optics.