Anyone have a Rossi single shot?

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Guvnor

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Ive been looking at a Rossi single shot rifle in .223 for a cheap gun to take camping. Fit an finish doesn't seem as good as the H&R singles, but they lock up just as tight and feel pretty solid.

I like the fact that they have a hammer block safety. Plus you can get a nice carry case for it.

Are these guns any good? Im not expecting much for the price, but as long as they are useable guns and not junk, id be happy.
 
I have one in 762x39. The hammer spring is not strong enough to reliably ignite Wolf, etc, but works perfectly for normal [good] ammo. Probably not a an issue for 223. I also chopped the barrel to 16.xx" and and refinished the stocks. I had no real need, just seemed like a good testbed for testing technique. Sighting it in with a red-dot and random (not optimized) reloads, I shot one 3shot 1.5ish group at 100yds.

Mine came with a hammer extension and scope rail for $90 18months ago. Trigger is moderately heavy but crispy.
 
Thanks for the replies. Is the safety that lousy? Does it at least work ok?
 
The safety always works for me. It has kind of a long "throw" and if you don't get it all the way to the "fire" position it will fall back to "safe."
 
the safety works fine, you may or may not need the front take down swivel, even barely in, for it to shoot accurately; you will need to play with it's tightness- mine liked to be so loose, that it would free spin. once you get the front site where you like it, loctite it down in place, or you will lose it, it will come popping out during a recoil stroke, and you will lose it forever.
After about 3 shots, the soft, gooey made bbl, will begin to string shots all over the place, so don't use it as a plinker.
 
It's my truck gun. I picked one up at a pawn shop that had a BSA 3-9X40 scope for $180, put a Leupold VX-I (that some optimist had put on a Mini-14) on it, and then fiddled around with the result when I couldn't cure it of vertical stringing. I finally polished the plastic insert that connects the fore-end to the receiver, relieving some of the pressure that caused the stringing.

It's a good little rifle now.
 
Thanks everyone,

I ended up getting the youth .22lr/.410 matched pair. Dick's had them on sale for $149 and I couldn't pass it up. I figure a 410 slug or buckshot will be just as adequte for close range critter defense as a .223 would have been.

The sights on the .22lr barrel are actually pretty nice! Fiber optic and fully adjustable.
 
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There was a .22/.410 for $80 at GM on the used rack, sadly it was gone when I came back 24 hours later with cash in hand because I had them hold a different gun for me.
 
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