I have never found that using a single-shot rifle is any handicap. I am able to poop off as many rounds in an afternoon with a single shot as the other guys with repeaters. In addition, the single-shot is at no disadvntage at all in the hunting field. You only give up perhaps two seconds reloading a No. 1 as opposed to a bolt action, and every Ruger single shot I've owned ( a 25/'06, a7X57mm's, a 7mm Rem. Mag., a .30/'06, a .30/40 Krag, a .375 H&H, and a .45/70) was as accurate as any bolt action right out of the box. I could care less what Ruger's accuracy standards are, as long as the stuff I buy from them meets MY standards! So far, it has, beginning in 1972 when I bought a Model 77 in 7X57 because they weren't making the 7X57 in the No. 1 yet. But I have one of those too, now.

I have never dealt with Ruger customer service, because no Ruger product I've ever owned failed to work as required.