I own Rugers, I have owned Rugers, and I will continue to own Rugers. There are a lot of folks who don't like them, but they are bulletproof. Strong, solily built, and good shooters if you do a few necessary things to accurize them.
* Ruger uses unpiloted reamers to finish the chambers on their barrels, then cut the throsts at the end. I have seen Rugers with almost 2" of freebore. Not terribly conducive to accuracy. We used to accurize Rugers by first bedding, then trigger job, then set back and recut the chambers. Worked every time.
* Ruger 77s with the tang safety are not controlled round feed. They are push feed, they just happen to have claw extractors. The new Ruger 77, the Mark I, is controlled round feed.
* Rugers do have a recoil lug. All CF one-piece-stock bolt-action rifles have recoil lugs. The smith that said it had no recoil lug didn't know what he was talking about. On a Ruger 77, it's just smaller, that's all.
* There are several ways to make your rifle shoot better. Rugers tend to be a bit finicky about loads becasue of their longer throats, but they have always had good barrels on them. If you can afford $200, send the rifle to ER Shaw and get it rebarreled. If you can't afford that, talk to a smith and ask how much it would cost to get the barrel set back.