flightsimmer
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I just recently bought a Rossi 20" blue round barrel in 38/357. I turned down a 16" stainless with a large loop lever in 38/357. They have all become hard to find and you can find various reasons like CAS (Cowboy Action Shooting) and SASS (Single Action Shooters Society) and such on the web by doing a Google search.
I already had a 20" blue, round barrel in 45 Colt but I also recently purchased a cherry, S&W model 66-1 and I love it. So I wanted a rifle to go with it and decided on another Rossi.
It was hard finding one but I searched the web and I called all around untill I did and it looked completely new at a used price.
Now I love to tinker and I like to work on my own guns and I've had a great time getting to know both of my Rossi's. They are real easy to work on with just a few common hand tools.
I searched the web and learned all I could about disassembly/assembly and tuning and slicking one up, lots out there.
The Rossi is less costly I believe, because they don't seem to spend a lot of time fitting and polishing. That's where I come in, I love to do that sort of thing. They seem to make good parts and all and most of the time it works great but some times they just need a little TLC. I've rarely seen two rifles with the same needs. My 45 Colt was pretty much OK, all it needed was some lighter springs and smoothing a few rough or sharp spots.
The 357 on the other hand was very hard to load but the fix was easy and didn't take long to do, I also cut off two inches from the magazine spring. The trigger was a bit heavy for my likeing, that only took a few seconds to fix. It threw the ejected cartridges/brass a country mile as they say so I installed a little weaker ejector spring (.40 cents at Sears), did the 45 Colt too, and now it's just fine. I lightened the hammer spring by three coils (doesn't take much) and it's easier to cock. The extractor hook was cutting the cartridge rims and I discovered that it was jammed into the bolt and couldn't spring out over the rim. I had to use a wooden hammer butt to drive it out (after removing the retainer pin). I then de-burred and thinned it down so it could move freely and put it back together and it works fine now. I measured the cartridge guide clearence at .385, just right for the 38/357. I de-burred the hammer/trigger with a fine stone and put it all back together.
From hammer down, with 12 cartidges in the magazine and one in the barrel, I can cycle the lever with one finger and empty it in about 4-5 seconds now. All this with a 3-1/2# trigger pull.
Yes, the Rossi's were well worth the money I've got in them and I throughly enjoyed working on them and getting to know them. To bad they don't make it in 10mm.
10mm, when you care enough to send the very best.
I already had a 20" blue, round barrel in 45 Colt but I also recently purchased a cherry, S&W model 66-1 and I love it. So I wanted a rifle to go with it and decided on another Rossi.
It was hard finding one but I searched the web and I called all around untill I did and it looked completely new at a used price.
Now I love to tinker and I like to work on my own guns and I've had a great time getting to know both of my Rossi's. They are real easy to work on with just a few common hand tools.
I searched the web and learned all I could about disassembly/assembly and tuning and slicking one up, lots out there.
The Rossi is less costly I believe, because they don't seem to spend a lot of time fitting and polishing. That's where I come in, I love to do that sort of thing. They seem to make good parts and all and most of the time it works great but some times they just need a little TLC. I've rarely seen two rifles with the same needs. My 45 Colt was pretty much OK, all it needed was some lighter springs and smoothing a few rough or sharp spots.
The 357 on the other hand was very hard to load but the fix was easy and didn't take long to do, I also cut off two inches from the magazine spring. The trigger was a bit heavy for my likeing, that only took a few seconds to fix. It threw the ejected cartridges/brass a country mile as they say so I installed a little weaker ejector spring (.40 cents at Sears), did the 45 Colt too, and now it's just fine. I lightened the hammer spring by three coils (doesn't take much) and it's easier to cock. The extractor hook was cutting the cartridge rims and I discovered that it was jammed into the bolt and couldn't spring out over the rim. I had to use a wooden hammer butt to drive it out (after removing the retainer pin). I then de-burred and thinned it down so it could move freely and put it back together and it works fine now. I measured the cartridge guide clearence at .385, just right for the 38/357. I de-burred the hammer/trigger with a fine stone and put it all back together.
From hammer down, with 12 cartidges in the magazine and one in the barrel, I can cycle the lever with one finger and empty it in about 4-5 seconds now. All this with a 3-1/2# trigger pull.
Yes, the Rossi's were well worth the money I've got in them and I throughly enjoyed working on them and getting to know them. To bad they don't make it in 10mm.
10mm, when you care enough to send the very best.
