Kyle;
That is a beautiful rifle!
However, I am going to disagree with you about the recoil. I have some serious experience with the .375 H&H Magnum in a Model 70 Winchester that weighs nearly ten pounds. The extra weight is a PLUS, not a minus, when it comes to the heavy recoil of a .375 H&H.
The first summer I had it I fired just under 1000 rounds of full house jacketed loads. I learned to manage it and DID shoot it well but it took disciplined effort.
Here is an amusing incident:
I was practicing for an upcoming black bear hunt in Canada. Now, a .375 is not really needed for black bear, but, like the O.P. I live in Ohio. No rifles may be used for big game in Ohio. I had had the .375 for some time and had never shot any game with it. So, I elected to use it for the bear hunt. I was practicing rapid fire offhand. Unknown to me a gentleman was taking movies of me shooting. This was in the days before digital cameras. When the film was developed we had a movie preview. I had on a ball cap and every time I fired that rifle the cap stood straight up on my head. Immediately after the recoil the hat settled back down on my head. It got a lot of laughs from my fellow club members when then movie was shown.
Don't talk to me about "little recoil"....
By the way, I DID get my bear, a nice representative example and we ate everything except the toe nails. One shot to the shoulder at 25 yards and he was DRN!! The bullet penetrated diagonally accross his body for 30 inches and was found just under the hide on his off hip. As good as it gets.
I just recently gifted my son-in-law with the rifle and he will take an Elk with it this fall, if everything goes well.
Again, that Ruger #1 is a BEAUTIFUL rifle. I have always admired the Ruger #1 Tropical!
Dale53