I've read several times that the Ruger Gold Label was designed a tad too thin in the barrels and that caused chokes to shoot out, barrels to split at the muzzles, etc., which lead to Ruger dropping it from production. Were those issues ever fully resolved, or are guys just taking their chances when shooting their Gold Labels with heavy loads? It seems that several people on this forum like their Gold Labels and use them with heavier pheasant loads. But for those reports, and that odd side sliding barrel selector in the safety which I could never tolerate, I liked everything else about the GL and would have bought one.

"Life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun".