Bought one in 1982 , it did not seem as solid as my Buddy's older model 44 . I think they went from milled steel to investment casting . He killed a boatload of bucks in NY state with his. From what I understand parts are hard to find and Ruger no longer services them.
My brother had one from that era. It didn't seem as solid as my old one. The guy he bought it from included a bunch of 180 grain loads with H-110 that shot really well in it. I almost want to say it had a "hardwood" stock rather than the walnut mine had, but I don't really remember. I don't think my brother kept it more than a couple of years.
