Just saw an ad for this. Always thought the originals were cool. Used to be high priced if you could find one (22 short I think)
https://rossiusa.com/firearms/pump-action
https://rossiusa.com/firearms/pump-action
Yea. They're rough. With use they won't be as stiff, but the roughness seems to be baked in.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 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.
I've come to dislike see-through rings, but this rifle might be the exception. I'll have to look into a set that will work.I scoped mine.See through rings will clear the sight.
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I bought a hardly-used Rossi 62A off GB for that very reason.
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