Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Why did the Ruger Hawkeye All-Weather rifle fail?

Since you're asking for opinions, I'll give you mine. The same reason they changed the finish on the blued version. Nobody liked the matte finish. Period. End of discussion. (from my POV at least)

I'm betting that in a year (or sooner), you'll see Ruger release a SS Hawkeye with the old Mark II style (or similar "shiny") SS finish.

Of course, that's WAG.