Rossi RS-22

I've sold a bunch haven't had one come back yet. Check out the new 22 magnum semi-auto its pretty nice was out with one the other day and put a few hundred rounds downrange with no issues.

Charlie Martinez said:

Looks like a Marlin 60 imitation & cheap priced.

Can anyone provide information on this rifle?

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Does this rifle use the same magazines as the RB22 bolt gun? RB22 magazines almost everywhere it seems, but none that say RS22.

No, but it does take Mossberg 702 mags, and it is good value for the money. Shoots fine.

RS-22 appears to me similar to my Mag Tech CBC* 7022 bought at a Walmart closeout sale in 1999 for $65 (plus 3 extra mags at 9.95 ea).
There is a lot of similarity between the 7022, Mossberg 702, and Rossi RS-22.
The 7022 is notable for having a wooden stock of tropical Brazilian mystery wood with a "baseball bat" forearm like my old Winchester 69A.
The newer 702 and RS-22 iterations have more modern synthetic stocks.
The web is full of instructions on adopting Marlin stocks to fit the 702.
Magazines for the 702 require modification to fit the 7022. Numrich gun parts lists the magazines with different part numbers.
For the price point they all appear to be good utility grade .22 semi-auto rifles.

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*CBC Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos, a Brazilian gun & ammo manufacturer. Mag Tech or Magtech was formed 1990 for US imports of CBC products. CBC Global Ammunition today involves CBC Brazil, Magtech Ammunition USA, MEN Germany, and Sellier & Bellot Czech Republic. I believe S&B long pre-existed CBC and is a European business partner with them.

Hugger-4641 said:

No, but it does take Mossberg 702 mags, and it is good value for the money. Shoots fine.

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Thanks, got two of em coming from Midway.

Always have at least three magazines.

Agreed, I have at least 3 mags for any pistol I have, and more than that for rifles

I probably should clarify that I bought the 25rd mags for 702 and they work fine in the RS22 I bought my son in law for Christmas. I haven't tried the stock 702 10 rd mags. I can't see any reason they wouldn't, I just haven't tried them.

Current Mossberg 702 and Rossi RS-22 appear to be pretty much compatible. And refined over the MagTech 7022 predecessor.

alaskan9974 said:

I've sold a bunch haven't had one come back yet. Check out the new 22 magnum semi-auto its pretty nice was out with one the other day and put a few hundred rounds downrange with no issues.

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Gonna buy one at $260 + shipping , the Magnum version with an OD green stock. The Magnum 10 round magazine looks pretty fool proof and well designed ! The gun is going to MachIV to be cut and threaded to 16.5 " right from the vendor , this saves me one way of shipping . The only thing is with .22 Magnum it won't be "silenced" only "Suppressed" , but that sounds ok .

I picked up a new Rossi Gallery pump late last year, only been to the range a few times but the accuracy is as good as my Henry, no misfeeds, mechanically no complaints.
The receiver finish is painted on and I could have done as good a job in my driveway, and the receiver screws are Phillips so they’ll probably get chewed up after a few removals.
But for the money, no complaints. I skipped the wood furniture for black poly to get the fiber optic sights and they are great. I wanted something besides another bolt action for .22 shorts & subsonic rounds.
I like it enough that I’ll pick up the Rossi bolt action .22wmr later on.

Monster Zero said:

Does this rifle use the same magazines as the RB22 bolt gun? RB22 magazines almost everywhere it seems, but none that say RS22.

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I recall reading elsewhere the mags will interchange but you lose LRHO.
Have not confirmed, however it makes sense...see post #3
https://www.hipointfirearmsforums.com/threads/rossi-rs22-99-99.332789/

The RS22 and the Mossberg 702 Plinkster are the same gun with different markings and stock. Mags will interchange with RB22. I have/had both RS22 and RB22. Both do just fine. The stock on the Rossi is better than the Mossberg IMO. Much like my Marlin 60 the RS22 liked to be lubed and shot regularly. If I let it sit too long and the oil got just a little gummy it would sieze up and not feed properly. It was used as a 'truck gun' and didn't get much attention which led to issues. I switched it with the RB22 because I can ignore it all summer and still get it to go bang and feed properly when Mr. Dangernoodle shows up due to the manual action.