The Ruger American series...I just don't understand the appeal.
The rifles I have handled appear cheaply made, poorly fitted, and slapped together. Ruger is not the only manufacturer guilty of jumping on the synthetic bandwagon and ending up with crap. Remington 710/ 783 are some of the ugliest rifles around. Cheap, cheap, cheap.
I am more or less on the same page.
I sure do like the Hawkeye models. Sad to hear they are going away.
Not the Hawkeyes, just the rotary-mag 77/whatevers, and they're only suspended for now.
Given the trend, however, I'd be inclined to get anything I really wanted before they changed the lineup again.