The bottom line......... no rifle (or revolver) is any stronger overall than its weakest point functionally. Rugers are anything but flawed when it comes to weak points. In fact, some have complained about them being overbuilt.

Certainly, if I was stranded some place out in the wild parts of Alaska and my only source of supply was a single fly-over via SuperCub dropping 50 pounds of stuff, my Ruger stainless M77 223 and a hundred rounds of ammo would give me more confidence than any of the Winchester, Marlin, or Remington rifles and equal weights of ammo that my safe might hold.

Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.