Like everyone else is saying, Rugers are tanks. They take alickin' and keep on tickin'. The pair I got when I started didn't have any work done on 'em for almost a year. Unless you count the Ajax fake Buffalo Grips I put on 'em. Sliver guns with black grips joust look right, don't they. Recently, I just had the spring replaced with lighter ones. All I had done. Probably all I will have done too.
All that revese spin pawl, half-cock notch, titanium floogle-breeemer stuff isn't required. Heck, what I did wasn't required. Hope that helps.