bamaranger, couldn't help but notice your post #4; I believe I met that same guy back in MN in the late 70's. He, out of the blue, offered me to shoot his ROA in a pistol match, and I placed. He even loaded it for me. His Ruger OA was a wonderful thing to shoot, for sure, and I shot that particular match on a spur-of-the-moment whim. He wouldn't sell that pistol to me, either. I'm sure he probably still has it. And, it's the only time since, or after that match, that I've ever shot an ROA. I can only imagine that they're all like that one.