RE: ruger or taurus handguns
IMO the Ruger blows the Taurus away .
I own a blue 7 1/2 " Ruger Redhawlk 44 mag W/rings.
There a several 44 mag loads that say for TC or Ruger only, says something about strength.
Ruger rings let you take a scope off and replace it without loss of zero.
The ruger is USA made .
Both have a life time warrenty .
I have 10,000 + rnds thru it
The only thing I would do differently is buy the stainless .