It's a bit odd to me that the smallish Ruger safety is often mentioned as a "problem". I've always thought the over-size Winchester safety was more of a distraction than the Ruger style wing. I like it small and out of the way.
As far as weight.....grow some balls! 8 ounces or so might make a difference when you are bragging to your buddies, but the field it hardly matters. If 8 ounces a difference you should take up some less stressfull activity
Sorry if I seem overly harsh, but damn....get a life! The Ruger action is as close as we come to the original '98 idea (which is near
"perfect").
I too love the old tang safety...but the "modern" wing safety is pretty damn good and prefered by most.
Get over the fact that hand-fitting and machined steel is a thing of the past. The Ruger 77 best of lot...in modern times
