Kynoch
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Kynoch, I believe you mis understood.
I have a reflex sight on my rugers. It's like a scope, it does not rely on the barrel length for sight radius. I have it zeroed in at 12 yards. I put the 3 MOA dot on the target that's where the bullet goes. Reflex is a red dot that does not have a barrel. easier to see off angle. OK so yeah technically it doesn't have a site radius anymore or it's infinite.
A Mark III is ALL metal, well the stock grips are plastic, unless you get the wood option. I provided links to aftermarket wood grips of multiple sizes that, were cheaper than $75 and will fill most any large hands. I bet one can find grips even bigger than the Buck Mark if wanted.
My Mark III trigger breaks at 2 lbs. I haven't even gone in to polish or smooth anything. My Mark I breaks at just over 1 lbs. but it has countless trigger pulls and it's broken in quite well, so well I may need to FIX it soon.
For the additional cost I would be getting a heck of a lot more than different grips with the Browning vs. the Ruger.
FWIW The Ruger Hunter is priced at $679.00. $729.00 if you want upgraded grips: http://www.ruger.com/products/markIIIHunter/models.html
The Browning Buck Mark Hunter is priced at $479.99: http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/detail.asp?fid=006B&cid=051&tid=403
Ruger has raised their prices by a remarkable amount!