Wade,
It puts me in mind of the thread where you take 1,000.00 and set yourself up with a hunting rifle. Many votes for the Ruger and a Leupold 3x9 in .30-06 or .270.
If I only had one rifle to hunt deer, elk, black bear, etc. with, I can see that the the fullsize Ruger is a sound option.
I have a fullsize option in the safe though, and it is a Remington 700 classic chambered for the .280. I held it and the Ruger/Swede side by side, and even though the Remington has a Leupold 3.5x10 on board, it weighs roughly the same. I can sling 160 grainers at 2800 out of that rifle, they do 2500 or so out of the swede. I'm just a hillbilly, but I can see that isn't a smart trade.
I could have kept the Ruger, but it would have seen the field once or twice maybe before I retired it.
