Where is Ghostrider?
He started this thread four months ago, and hasn't uttered a peep since. Have you bought one, yet, Ghost?
As for my input, I LOVE Rugers, despite some minor flaws with the MkII 22/45 I currently own. I've owned (and reluctantly sold) half a dozen variants of the P90, A Redhawk .44 Mag, a Single-six, a variety of Blackhawks and a number of 10/22s, PLUS the P345 I currently carry. And I will someday own more: A MkIII Hunter, a .480 Super Redhawk, maybe the new (accurized) Mini-14, maybe one of their shotguns if I win a lottery...
Like Mas Ayoob once noted, the P-series pistols are the Dodge trucks of the handgun world. Thick, clunky, over-engineered, they were designed for abuse. During the military sidearm trials of the late 80s, company techs screwed a bolt into the muzzle of a P-89 and then fired it in a bench rest -- twice. It bulged the barrel but the thing held together. That's MY kind of weapon!