Luke
Great review and photos!
Overall I would say the gun's finish has an industrial grade appearance to it. Not necessarily a negative thing just that it might take a little time to get use to it as opposed to the usual blued/stainless steel models. Just your basic, no-frills plinker that would be fun to have around. Kind of makes me think that if Iver Johnson or Harrington and Richardson were still making inexpensive revolvers this is what they would look like.
Definitely appears Ruger has a winner with this one and I hope we see maybe something in a .22 Magnum or .327 Magnum in the near future.