Trade or no trade ?

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About seven monthes ago I bought a new Taurus .357 snubby. I've put a hundred rounds through it to get the feel for it. It is a good little gun. A guy who knows a whole lot more about guns than I do wants to trade a Rossi .357 lever action rifle straight across for my snubby. He says that the Rossi is a Taurus, and that it holds 18 rounds in the tube. I wont have a chance to see the rifle until Sunday or Monday. I know absolutely nothing about a Rossi. I paid about $325 for my pistol. I seek your wisdom...Is this a fair trade or not? How reliable is it for a deer hunt out to 250 yards or so ? How much does a Rossi model # 92 lever action go for?
 
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No way in the world his rifle will hold 18 rounds if it's a .357. Only .22's have that kind of capcity,and few ot those do.
Most lever carbines hold 9 or 10 rounds,not 18.
IMHO,250 yds is stretching it for a .357,although I 'll admit I don't hunt with one.
I would say it's a fair trade tho.
 
.357 is marginal for deer at 50 - 100 yards maximum. I've taken deer at 25 yards with .357 magnum, but I think that 250 yards is out of it's range even with a rifle. Just MHO.
 
Kinda difficult to conceal a rifle in your waistband...

I wouldn't try to hunt beyond 50-75 yards with .357 carbine. You can put rounds on target well byond that, but I fear the loss in velocity would be lead to less than a clean kill.
 
Just dosen't sound right, no statistics to back it up, but that's a pretty long distance for a pistol round to be effective, even a 357
 
I agree with the others: the .357 even from a carbine and tailored handloads should be thought of as a sub-100 yd. proposition for whitetails. Even then it's going to require a good broadside presentation by the target animal and very precise placement to get a clean kill.

Hornady's new polymer-tipped spirepoint revolver/carbine loads might advertise tacking 50% onto that max effective range, but the operative question to ask yourself is: "Can I consistently deliver the bullet where it must go out there?" When you're dealing with a marginal energy figure and a live animal, ethical hunting demands an unequivocal 'yes' no matter what the range.

The Rossi/Taurus M '92 Winchester copies are nice little carbines. I own two, both in .357. For small game, recreational shooting and even HD I think they're great. They're rugged, reliable, versatile, accurate and great fun to shoot. Around here, the relative resale value for either is pretty close to even. Only you can decide whether the trade's value suits you.
 
Personally I'd keep the pistol and buy a model 700 in either 7mm, 7mm magnum, or 30.06. Of course I always did like bolt action over lever action. My favorite, as I have stated in other threads is a single shot Rolling Block in 45/70, though I'd settle for the 7mm version:cool:
 
I thank you all for your replies. This is the first time I've posted a thread and you guys have met my expectations of " good ol' talking over the fence". I will be buying a .308 or a 30.06 in the next few monthes ( tax return) but this deal is about a straight trade.
 
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