I think the American was designed to compete against the wildly popular Savage Axis. The Axis is now available in blued, stainless, right and left hand, as well as camo finishes. If Ruger hopes to be competitive then they'll almost have to produce the rifle in various configurations and finishes. It'll just take a while to get up to speed before the variants start to appear. Heck even the other calibers they initially announced haven't become available yet so I'm predicting stainless versions to be 6 months to a year away.