Rossi Gallery Pump 22 LR

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I have the synthetic stock one too. Good enough to take with you, but not so nice that you're afraid to take it with you.

The open sights are really good. I put a red dot on it for now. Both because it's fun and because none of the 22 scopes I have at the moment will fit without removing the rear sight.
 
I want one but the several, maybe half a dozen, that I have handled the pump action has been stiff and rough. I'm not bashing Rossi I love my R92 in 357. If someone has successfully smoothed one out let me hear how and I'll give one a try.
 
I want one but the several, maybe half a dozen, that I have handled the pump action has been stiff and rough. I'm not bashing Rossi I love my R92 in 357. If someone has successfully smoothed one out let me hear how and I'll give one a try.
Yea. They're rough. With use they won't be as stiff, but the roughness seems to be baked in.
 
I like mine, and let’s face it, your choices for a new pump rimfire are this and a Henry. I have both, and while the Henry is nice with great wood, it was twice the cost and twice as heavy. I went with the polymer version, mainly for the Hi Viz sights which although they’re plastic are easy to dial in and easier to use. Fun with CCI quiets & std. velocity loads. I’ve heard they’re not designed for shorts but I’ve had no problems running a few thru mine. I like it as a ‘survival’ rifle and much slimmer than a rimfire bolt action. I’ve had a lot of fun with mine and has better than average accuracy with multiple types of loads.
 
Dissappointment for these for me was they are no longer takedown. The original Rossi 62 gallery has that big flat screw on the side, you can use a coin to split the gun in two in seconds. Made great little backpack guns. I almost jumped on one of the new ones until I saw both sides of the action online, no take down screw.
 
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I bought a hardly-used Rossi 62A off GB for that very reason. Since it is an open-top action scoping isn’t a natural thing, so it is open sights or bust.

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I wish the newer ones were smoother. Both the newer Rossi and the Henry pumps have a rep as stiff and rather clunky in operation. I don’t know why Rossi didn’t just reissue the 62A since they had all the stuff to make them already. I guess that model was just too expensive to make. :(

Stay safe.
 
Snagged one of the older ones at a gunshow; it is still a takedown, and has the graceful Winchester trigger guard.
A late buddy had a tang sight in his junk box; he gave it to me, I drilled and tapped the wrist, and blanked off the original buckhorns. With the trapper barrel, the extra sight radius really helps.
Another friend calls it 'the gun you can't miss with'; it does shoot amazingly straight. It has also run relentlessly on everything from standard Long Rifles to Shorts (it holds a whole bunch of shorts!)
Moon
 
I bought a hardly-used Rossi 62A off GB for that very reason. Since it is an open-top action scoping isn’t a natural thing, so it is open sights or bust.

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I wish the newer ones were smoother. Both the newer Rossi and the Henry pumps have a rep as stiff and rather clunky in operation. I don’t know why Rossi didn’t just reissue the 62A since they had all the stuff to make them already. I guess that model was just too expensive to make. :(

Stay safe.

Nice gun. If I ever see one of the 16" barrel versions again I intend to grab it.
 
I bought a hardly-used Rossi 62A off GB for that very reason.

That's a nice one! Octagon barrel?

I've got two older pump Rossis, an older 62 and one I got new in the 90s in .22 Mag, an M59. Both are round barrels. Really fun guns and elegant, too. John Browning design, a copy of the Winchester 1890 that was made up into the 1950s.

I was excited when I heard Rossi was bringing back a pump .22, but I'm spoiled with my older ones and the new design leaves me cold.

One thing about the older models' take-down feature though: I'm not sure how utilitarian it is because when you take it apart the action is just hanging out there begging for dirt contamination or lost parts.

Edit to add: my Rossi M62 is marked for short, long, and long rifle and I have shot both shorts and LR in it. A lot of the original Winchesters were short only. They were used for shooting galleries, traveling carnival shows etc. Combined with CCI .22 Quiet ammo it's a great backyard plinker if you don't want to disturb the neighbors.
 
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Reread this thread, and reminded myself about how well I like mine.
Sold mine to a friend; another buddy gave me hell about it (it was a dumb move), and I bought it back.
Need to take it on walkabout down at camp, just potting at targets of opportunity.
Moon
 
Love those pump .22's...coudn't afford one when I was in my teens & working a trap line and paper route to support my shooting and Scouting ambitions. Much later in my 50's, I indulged my boyhood dreams and bought the pair below.

The upper is a Winchester M-61 complete with Redfield's long departed 3/4" 4x .22 scope and the lower is my my Winchester 62. While the 61 is more accurate, most friends join me in enjoying the external hammer M-62 for its classic looks.

As my eyes deteriorated over the decades, I added a Marbles tang peep and a Lyman/Williams white bead front sight. I had to drill and tap for the tang peep but it was well worth the effort and coincidentally does not screw up the feel of the gun at 'trail arms' nor when it's cradled in the crook of your arm while hunting.

Those of you who've bought one of those classy looking Rossi's might consider adding a tang peep...it's so much of an improvement over the open sights, that you'll think you've regained your eagle-eyed youth. Best of luck to you all and enjoy those pretty little pumps. Rod

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Rodfac, who made your tang sight? With the longer barrel, that should be a real tack driver.
At the same show that produced my Trapper Rossi, a buddy got the longer barrel like yours, from the same vendor.
Moon
 
Moon: The tang sight on my M-62 Winchester has no markings on it...but IIRC it is a Marbles. It has a windage adjustment incorporated into the sight base, as well as elevation in the sight stem. Marbles' internet site shows their standard model has windage as well as elevation adjustment knobs...a real help when sighting in.

With other tang sights, those without the windage adj., I've corrected windage by shimming one side or the other of the sight base (tilting the sight just a hair), or more easily, by drifting the front sight as necessary.

I've also mounted tang sights on several of my lever guns, and found that no matter how the mounting holes are positioned, some windage (lateral correction) is usually necessary, depending on the load, and other factors.

This one on my 61 is rock steady in the upright position, but can be laid back down for carry or use of the open sight leaf if mounted. Of course, if there's wobble in the tang, you'll get shot to shot variations in your groups. But most are easily corrected by lightly staking the upright pivot cam where it intersects with the base. HTH's Rod
 
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Rodfac, your experience pretty much reflects my own. The tang sight on the .22 has a spring load, but whatever was to hold the ratchet, allowing it to lock down, is missing. I'm guessing it is a Lyman.
Had another Lyman on a Winchester 94, and had to drift the front sight for windage.
Been buying Marbles since then, primarily because of the windage adjustment. They are quite solid, tho' I did use a drop of penetrating Loc-tite on the knurled locking ring, once I had a zero.
Have an assortment of apertures; what works for me is a really small one for zeroing, and then a larger one for field use.
One problem I've found; most carbines seem to have a front sight low enough that you can't leave the mid barrel sight in place, unless it folds really flat. Even then, it may block your sight picture thru' the aperture.
Thnx,
Moon
 
Back during Covid I was VERY close to buying one as I wanted a autoloading .22 rifle and had found that bolt .22's just weren't for me. Reviews on the Henry pump were very mixed, lot of mentions about the action being stiff and at the price Henry sells them for didn't seem like a good deal. Enter the Rossi's and I was sold because the price was good. I didn't buy because I didn't like the sights on the wood furniture model, I like the sights of the polymer one, but I hate the way the polymer model looks.

If Rossi would put the sights of the poly model on the wood, I'd be all over it.
 
Been buying Marbles since then, primarily because of the windage adjustment. They are quite solid, tho' I did use a drop of penetrating Loc-tite on the knurled locking ring, once I had a zero. Have an assortment of apertures; what works for me is a really small one for zeroing, and then a larger one for field use. One problem I've found; most carbines seem to have a front sight low enough that you can't leave the mid barrel sight in place, unless it folds really flat. Even then, it may block your sight picture thru' the aperture

Pretty much my experience as well, Moon, though I've never loc-tite'd the adj. ring...that's not a bad idea!! Too, I've found on the centerfire Marlin carbines, even with a fold down rear sight blade, recoil often flips it back up....I do like to register the open sight with the zero I established with the peep...in event of a peep failure, the open sight is already zero'd and ready to go. By counting the notches up or down on it to coincide with the peep's zero, I can run the open rear all the way down and minimize it's silhouette in the peep's field of view.

Best Regards, Rod







 
I like the idea of a .22 pump. I had a Charter Arms AR-7, usual problems. Traded it for an old Stevens Visible Loader, an exposed hammer .22 pump.

Unfortunately, it was as much of a jam-o-matic as the AR-7 was, so little enjoyment. Would be nice to have one that worked.
 
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