Bringing this thread back from the dead. Surfing around on Ruger's site yielded this interesting contender:
https://ruger.com/products/americanR...ets/36924.html
Compact stock, lightweight, 16.1" barrel, 6.5CM. The stock isn't even butt ugly.
Only potential downside is that it doesn't take AR or AICS mags. But, is that all that terrible? Are Ruger's proprietary American series magazines at least reliable? Four rounds on board ain't a lot, but then you can tote extra loaded mags, and they are flush-fit, so toting the rifle in-hand in the field may be more handy.
What do we think?