I've owned a couple over the years, an old Model 70 Win. and another one built on a 98 Mauser action. It's a terrific cartridge, hard hitting, fairly flat and very, very effective on big critters like elk. It's been popular in my neck of the woods for years among the real diehard elk/bear hunters.
I never owned a Ruger but I used one several times. Maybe it was just a weird thing with me, but it always seemed to me that the recoil with the Ruger was much more severe than it was with the Winchester or Mauser. Might have been a stock design thing - I just don't know. I do know that, while I never minded the recoil with the bolt guns, the recoil with the Ruger was enough more to put me off actually buying one. Hopefully you'll have better luck with yours.
Anyway, it's a great cartridge. Go out and hunt something really big with it!