Exciting, but i will wait a while before even broaching one of these. Ruger will hopefully get it figured out but i am betting the first year production will produce issues. Ruger as well as other mfg. tend to bring things to market maybe sooner than they should and let the buying public be the beta tester. Or at least it seems that way. I hope they are not going to cheap out on the materials. It would also be nice if they fixed some of the inherent issues with the Marlin design. I assume the cost will be higher even than what we were paying before they went belly up. I did not see .45 colt or any other Pistol calibers on that 1894 list other than .44 Mag And .357. Which i realize will be there best sellers. The .45 colt would be appreciated by many.