My wifes grandfather worked at ruger as a pistol-smith for almost 30yrs. He absolutely swears by them and loved working at the company, and based on his knowledge of their quality control, would never recommend a revolver to someone other than a Ruger. Any custom work they needed done for display at museums, Texas rangers, or any kind of commemerative pieces, he was the smith on the job, chances are, if you have a Ruger six-gun, and it has the number '7' on the inside of the grip, you have yourself one helluva fine piece that was given extra special attention to detail and workmanship. Not to say any of their other guns are of any lesser quality. He spent a good part of his life devoted to the company, and jumps at the oppurtunity to talk about the degree of quality workmanship and attention to detail the company strives for and achieves by employees who truly care about their products and places at the company. My neighbor, and when I say neighbor, I mean the guy who lives at the end of my 1/4 mile driveway, worked for Ruger also and was also a very proud employee. To me the fact that the employees take as much pride in the products as the owners, really says something about the company, JMO