The Ruger Hawkeye Hunter is a walnut-stocked bolt-action 7mm Remington Magnum built for big game hunting in bad weather, on a satin stainless barreled action. It has an MSRP of $1,499, and Ruger shows the model as currently unavailable. It feeds through a non-rotating Mauser-type controlled round feed extractor, which takes hold of the case as it leaves the magazine and keeps hold until a fixed blade ejector throws it clear at the back of the bolt stroke.

A 20 MOA Picatinny rail comes fitted, held by four 8-40 screws into integral mounts machined into the solid-steel receiver, and the tilt in the rail buys scope elevation for long shots. No sights are fitted. Three rounds load into an internal magazine, and the solid-steel floorplate has a latch flush with the trigger guard so it cannot be knocked open and dumped. The barrel is cold hammer forged, free-floated and threaded 5/8x24 under a factory thread protector. Neither the LC6 trigger nor the 13.5-inch length of pull adjusts.

If you're cross-shopping, the Browning X-Bolt Hunter is a used buy in walnut with a detachable rotary magazine and 2 inches more barrel, 1.1 lbs lighter, though its scope bases fit no other maker's rifle. The Bergara B-14 Ridge has an MSRP of $999, a synthetic stock, a sub-MOA guarantee and 0.4 lbs less weight. At 129.6 oz the Ruger is the heavy one of the three.