I really like Ruger's efforts and portfolio, I own 3 stainless laminate Hawkeye and love them. Although, I have to admit that the Ruger American is one of the crappiest feeling guns I've ever handled. I have a Ruger American Ranch in .300BO that takes the P-mags and has a threaded barrel. Great suppressed pig gun, but man it feels like crap.
I'm really excited to see what Ruger does with the Marlin line. I think there's a lot of potential. I regularly use a JM stamped 1894 stainless in .44mag for shooting hogs. One of the easiest carrying and fastest deploying guns I own, with 10 rounds in the tube mag. I highly recommend a Skinner peep site with the aperture removed and used as a ghost ring. (BTW, Skinner makes an aperture holder that slides into the original site dovetail, so you have every option on-board.)
