Rossi leveraction .357mag

[TUBBY1]

You'll be happy

Love mine,16" large loop carbine. Still have one for 449.00 at robertson trading post, tenn. New in box.that's where i got mine and am very pleased.357/38 is a great lever caliber for all ages.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Rossi made Winchester 1892 clones for everyone from South American police to Legacy Sports for the Cowboy Action folks. So you will get different quality reports. I got the impression Rossi quality has improved over the years.

Many .357 pistol loads gain 500 fps when fired from a 20" carbine. 158gr bullet at 1300fps is impressive. 158gr bullet at 1800fps is very impressive. .45ACP and 9mm carbines only gain about 50 to 100 fps over a pistol in the same caliber. .357 carbine is a whole new animal.

 

[bill in IN]

Had a Rossi, had it stolen, re-bought a Marlin (80's vintage) and I prefer the Marlin but the Rossi wasn't bad at all.

 

[Hanzerik]

You'll be happy
Love mine,16" large loop carbine. Still have one for 449.00 at robertson trading post, tenn. New in box.that's where i got mine and am very pleased.357/38 is a great lever caliber for all ages.

I bought both of mine from Bud's Gun Shop. They have been the cheapest I have found. But it looks like they are getting low on the Brazilian models, they still have the 24" octagon barrel in stock for $386 delivered. But it looks like the Italian models are being stock...but at almost twice the price. You can usually tell whether it is Brazilian or Italian by the price, and from what Steve Young has said the Italian jobs are rougher then the Brazilian models but cost more. They do have nicer wood though, but IMHO not worth doubling the price.

I love my Brazilian Rossi Pumas, and will not part with them like I have other guns. There is something about a good lever gun that just makes you want to have more. If I had the funds I would pick one of those 24" octagon barreled .44 mag, case hardened models up to go along with my other two.

 

[Hanzerik]

Hey, how is that tang mounted peep working out for you? I have a Dr. Skinner peep mounted where the rear sight normally is, and that worked out pretty well for me.

I haven't really had a chance to sit down and really shoot it with the tang sight due to weather and back (sciatic nerve) issues. But hopefully I will be up and about soon; just had back surgery yesterday and will be on convalescent leave for a while recuperating). Last time out I was clearing some too soft cast bullets out of my brass, and was just blasting through the rounds without really trying to aim...took a lot of scrubbing to get the leading out. Reloaded those 100 cases with some better cast bullets and some hornady xtp bullets, but have not had a chance to get to the range, other then to shoot about 10 test loads with the new cast bullets out of the 16".

But even with those too soft crappy cast rounds I was getting about 4" groups at 100 yards. I was pushing them pretty fast and with them being too soft, they weren't catching the rifling very well and I was getting some wicked key-holing in both guns, but the rounds that actually shot decent did pretty good with the tang sight setup. I can't wait to try out the XTP loads, my rifles shoot jacketed bullets really well, but those first cast loads sucked. If I had kept the powder charge down around 7gr of Unique they would probably be ok, but I wanted a standard load of 10gr which was too much with those bullets. The new 240gr cast bullets I bought are much harder and shoot great with 10grs of unique out of the 16".

 

[lonestardiver]

I have the trapper's model in .44 mag with the big loop. It has been a great shooter....I load down a .44mag shell to .44spl velocities for cowboy action shooting...I also shoot full power 250gr hog medicine....dang the steel butt plate hurts after a bit. Hands down it is a great brush gun..light, fast, and potent down range. I've lugged one around a air portion of South Texas with others carrying their winchester '92s in 45 LC.... Mine is still lighter ad points quicker. The best part is that my henry 22lr trappers model has the same sight radius and heft so it is great for pratice and not as punishing on the shoulder or the wallet. I'd get another Rossi trappers model in .38/.357 with no hesitation to round out the stable.

 

[robctwo]

I have the 20" Octagonal barrel in 45 Colt. I've been loading up some real bruisers to stretch it out. 340 gr LFN over 21.5 H4227 at around 1,270 will get anyone's attention. That is the upper end of the Ruger/t/c data from Hodgdon, not for replica pistols at all!!!.

I prefer the 6.3 Red Dot under 230 gr LRN at about 950 for dinking around.

I am in the process of adding the Marbles sights as well. Have the tang peep and a gold dot front installed, the fold down rear was back ordered but on it's way. Turns a $460 gun into something over $600, but makes 100 yard shots more doable.

 

[revolvergeek]

The only things I plan to change on it is replacing the plastic magazine follower with a steel one and adding some type of peep sight. Even with the crappy open sights it will hold 4moa at 100yds with my .357 handloads.

Oh yeah, I absolutely hate the bolt safety and will be removing that very soon.

http://www.stevesgunz.com/ is going to be selling a peep sight that replaces the safety lever, so you get a bolt mounted peep and retain the function of the safety at the same time while getting rid of the ugly lever. I don't remember if it is kosher to post direct links to threads on other forums here, but there is a discussion with pictures of the sight over at www.levergunscommunity.com.

 

[Wanta B]

Huh...Interesting modification. Thank you for sharing it wiht us Revolvergeek.

 

[lonestardiver]

Dang.....the only safety on mine is the brain behind the trigger....but then that's how they came 12 years or so ago....

 

[revolvergeek]

Huh...Interesting modification. Thank you for sharing it wiht us Revolvergeek.

You are very welcome. I think that it is a potentially very interesting little part.