I bought one of these a few months ago. It is the fourth 6.5 caliber rifle in my collection (1 .260 Rem, 1 6.5 Creedmoor, and 2 6.5x55SEs, both Rugers). It is a great caliber as bullets have high BCs and SDs, can be loaded up on modern firearms (like my Ruger No. 1 and my Ruger 77 African. Now I'm a sucker for classic calibers (I have a beautiful Win M70 with Grade III wood and glossy blued metal in 7x57, though I bought some Hornady brass in .275 Rigby just because...) and I have a nice wood and blue rifle in .300 H&H. I admit to enjoying the writing of Robert Ruark and, occasionally, I have been known to say things like "Who was that guy, 'Karamoja' Bell, and he did what with a .275 Rigby?"
The Ruger African is a beautiful rifle that I would have preferred in 7x57 or 9.3x62 (I spent last night trying to find one through Lipsey's). I have a beautiful Ruger 77RSI in .308 Win but I'd trade it in a heartbeat for a 7x57 in the same rifle. I love high grade wood, nicely finished blued metal, 100+ year-old calibers (I recently sold my .375 H&H Magnum because I don't like being punished by recoil), and bolt actions and double rifles. I just saw a Karl Gustav 1896 6.5 Swewde on Sunday at my local Cabela's...it may well follow me home if I set out a bowl of milk and a warm blanket (heh, heh...). Young guys always seem to go for MSRs and EBRs...I go for the arms used by my father's and gran'ther's generation. That's why I like assault rifles like the 1860 Henry, the 1873 Springfield Trapdoor, the .30-40 Krag, the 1903, the M1 Garand and the M14 (all of which I've had the privilege of shooting). Old school may bore the young but it's fun for the old farts.