"It seems to me like a Ruger No 1 in .375 Holland and Holland (which can be downloaded to somewhat reasonable levels) fits the technical definition. Am I missing something?
The recoil caveat not withstanding of course."
Well, as has already been mentioned, no outside hammer.
Wonder how they would handle a Sharps Borchardt. It's a period perfect rifle from the 1800's early 1900's but has no outside hammer. When one gets down to the nitty gritty of the fact, the Ruger #1 is just an almost clone of the Victorian Faquharson rifles so popular among the British in Africa. It's only sin in the eyes of those states is that it has no outside hammer. I have numerous Ruger #1 rifles and one 1878 Browning that has a hammer and the speed of reloading for another shot is about the same as on the Browning you don't have to cock the hammer. Kind of tough putting the hammer on the half cock safety if the rifle is scoped.
I've thought long and hard about having that Browning bored out to .35 Whelen but the fact it's so darn accurate as is that I hesitate to make the move.
On those H&Rs in .35 Whelen, I've not had the pleasure
of shooting one in that cartridge and do imagine it would be quite a thumper on bother ends. However, if one was a reloader, one could conjure up loads in the .35 Rem. and .358 Win. class without a lot of trouble.
I did dwell a bit on the .35 Whelen as it is one of my most favorite cartridges. it's also a natural for cast bullet use. A 200 gr. cast bullet in the 1500 to 2000 FPS range would certainly be one very good deer thumper. Just something to keep in mind.
Paul B.