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Not going to trust my life to a Rossi, please be my guest.

If it locks up tight and passes the test, it sounds like a good deal to me.

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Got one

I have one my brother, the Sheriff's deputy, used to carry as a BUG, and it has never failed to go bang when I pulled the trigger.

I still have an old M68 I bought in 1981 that shoots damned near as accurate and just as reliably as my Smith and Wesson 4" M10, yet the Rossi is a 3" It's got a little stiff, but pretty smooth DA trigger and an awesome SA, light and crisp. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Rossi, make some decent quality handguns for a real good price. The DA trigger isn't real refined, but is quite shootable. Rossis are hand over fist better than the Charter Arms .38 I had 20 years ago. My Rossi times perfectly, something the Charter never did, and it's tight as a drum and better finished and better designed (basically a Smith M36 in design).

I bought that old Rossi for my step father when he needed a house gun and I wanted my M10 Smith back (was my grandpa's gun). I really never played with it much until I inherited it about 5 years ago. The thing is pretty impressive considering what I gave for it. I have other carries, but I like it for a trail gun, .38 kit gun if you will. I won't sell it as it's about all I have as an inheritance, but it's also a very accurate little gun, 2" groups with wadcutters at 25 yards off the bench. My old M10 is only about a half inch better and it has a 4" heavy barrel.

I had a similar gun a while back; function was spot on, but accuracy was pretty bad- finally traded it.

I would pay that price for one and give it a try- if it worked satisfactorily and could be shot accurately, your ahead of the game, in my opinion

Man everytime I go to a pawnshop around here they have them marked up so high I can go and by a brand new one for $10....
Like a used S&W 4009 for $500... really?

BTW, I am a Smith & Wesson snob, but I'll be darned if I'm going to use my prized nickel 27-2 in a defense shooting.

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Personally if that ever came up I would want the best I could get my hands on. Otherwise someone from my estate might wind up with it .......

Looks like a good find! I don't think I myself would worry too much about accuracy, they're not made to shoot 1" groups at 25-yards. They're made for 'up close and personal' shooting! I wish I could find another like that! I've owned a Rossi or two, some may not like it but I wouldn't want to be in front of it when you're pulling the trigger!!

Rossis. I've owned two. Sold the old Intratech to my cousin along with BHP clone when she got her CWP. Then I bought a new Rossi 461 snub .357 Magnum. It's seen seven hundred plus rounds of .357 magnum, and near thousand rounds of .38 special over a year and a half. I'm going to buy another one when the panic subsides and it's only $310 at my local gun store (it's now $350). They make a great pocket pistol. Plus there is a lifetime warranty on the gun.

To the nay sayers, if you have read Combat Handguns which Massad Ayoob contributes a lot to (he may actually own the publication I just don't remember), then you will have read of shoot outs where the innocent people have had Rossis and used them to defend themselves. The old intratech revolvers may not be great guns, and the new Brazil-tech production don't necessarily have that smooth and crisp trigger pull of most S&Ws. But it will go bang everytime(mind if you buy it in good condition).

And while it rides around in your pocket it gets scratched up, who cares, it's not like it is a smith. You can two new Rossis for the price of one new smith nowadays it seems.