I’m slightly surprised by this. When I bought my first gun store weapon, dealer told me to stay away from Ruger in the semi models. Said they were good revolvers.
Ended up with a Kimber. Loved the XD though. Also got a Springfield WWII 1911 replica. Smoothest firing weapon I’ve ever fired.
The classic Ruger semi autos (save for the P85) are built like tanks and very reliable, but their accuracy is just ‘acceptable;. On the other hand you can use one as a hammer and it won’t care.