My knee jerk reaction to the thread title was ‘Yes’ and remains so. Ive lusted over a Ruger No. 1 International for years and when I found the one I wanted, I passed even though I had the money and since then they‘ve doubled in price. Buy now if you can.
Fwiw, I have an early production Hawkeye in 375 Roger. No issues with it since I got it and accuracy has been excellent. No experience with the newer ones. I have a few MKII’s and all have been decent.
I like my first lite stuff and go with performance over pattern any day. I too have been switching over to solids, easier that way. That said, I’m still a little salty they discontinued the forest green.
Even though my moose hunt was guided I thought I do a brief write up in case anyone is interested in doing the same. My wife and I drove with a truck bed full of coolers and surprisingly, the distance from our place south of Pittsburgh to North Sydney, Nova Scotia is just a couple miles further...