Never hurts to review what's been said in the past, in the case of a gun such as the Gold Label. My opinion: Ruger did a nice job of getting the weight down. Wish they'd gone with two triggers and 2 3/4" chambers (gun's too light for mags anyhow), but they did not. But they took out weight by milling steel from the receiver. The result is a gun with a fairly significant weight forward (barrel heavy) bias. That may be OK for a target gun, but not so hot for a field gun. I'm also not a fan of the combination safety/selector.
