And anything Ruger builds just keep right on working.
I suspect you are younger than me or not had as many Rugers.Or you choose your words carefully. There is a lot of ground between working and being a keeper.
I agree 100% (and if it mathematically made sense I would say 150%) about Ruger customer service. The flip side is,I have had to take advantage of that excellent CS on many occasions. Beyond that, some guns, are not defective, but stuff like poor accuracy. Those not bad enough to send back and not good enough for anything.
It may just be that for me, S&W rifles are more an unknown while I have a long history with Ruger. My Thompson Center experience has been tops. I might be wishful thinking that some of that rubbed off on S&W after that acquisition. That is hope and guess, far from known.
All I say is look at both and read the reviews for both. There are some nit picky differences.
I like to know where I could buy either for $484!!!