I was at Pelletier's Sport shop this morning buying some powder and a nickel .357 caught my eye made by Rossi. I have never heard of them but have been considering buying a S&W 686 after shooting a .357 revolver a while back. The Rossi was $350 Blued and $380 nickel pretty darn cheap, Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with the company or there products in general.
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Rossi .357 magnum Good? Bad?
- Thread starter Corrado
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I recently purchased a Rossi .357 and .44 lever action rifle. While the fit and finish isn't quite S&W, the rifles looks really good. I have shot a few hundred rounds in the .357 model with no issues. I am selling the .44 mag one since I picked up a PC9 carbine as well that was not expected.
I have heard their older stuff wasn't as great, but the Brazilians have been making firearms for a long time.
Chris
I have heard their older stuff wasn't as great, but the Brazilians have been making firearms for a long time.
Chris
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The newer Rossi lever guns are getting good reviews. But as far as revolvers I would tend to stay with S&W.
I haven't seen them that cheap locally, Wish I did though. No not at all, I would much rather buy something once and have it last. I bought a .40 charter arms revolver and I shot it once and sent it back for warranty repairs(canted front sight) but I enjoyed shooting it and loved that I didn't need extra mags etc. The 686 is a beautiful gun and I would love to find one.
I had a Rossi 38 snubby that was actually a really nice gun.
Smith and Wesson is the way to go IMO
I bought 2 Rossi revolvers in the late 1970's. They were basically Model 36's. One blue ,one stainless. At the time, the fit, finish and operation were WAY better than the crap S&W was producing! A Bangor Punta Company??????? WTF? Maybe S&W is good now, but the junk that was coming out of their factories in the late 70's was JUNK! (IMHO)
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That unholy deal was a betrayal of the entire industry and every gun owning U.S. citizen. It was widely condemned by other gun manufacturers. A press release from the National Shooting Sports Foundation said that the agreement "violates trust for selfish ends." It was neatly summed-up by Elizabeth Saunders, CEO of American Derringer, who said: "In all the years I have been in business, I have never seen anything so blatantly un-American as that agreement. No reasonable business person could possibly sign this thing." Smith & Wesson deserved, and got, a grass-roots boycott of their products for selling out the other gun makers, their own dealers and all American gun owners."
The Dark Side of Smith & Wesson
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Yes. A used S&W K-frame is another alternative. I like the Model 19 and 66 in 4" as a range or home gun. The 19 is blued, the 66 is stainless, but otherwise they are identical. They have adjustable sights.
bt74, at the time that happened, S&W was owned by a British company. Since then, S&W has been sold and the people who made that decision are no longer with the company.
Back when the first assault weapons ban was being debated, Bill Ruger, Sr. sent a letter to congressmen recommending a 15 round magazine limit. Do you still blame Ruger for the acts of their long dead founder?
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This^
i love my model 19.
I've got a 19 and two 66s. I like both of them. Blued needs a bit more attention to avoid rust, but a deep bluing really has a special kind of look.
Ditto.
I've got a rossi 92 in .357. I love it, fun gun to shoot. Just takes awhile to break in.
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Or a Ruger SP101. I would suggest you read up on some reviews of the firearm. You can search Shooting Times etc. for articles.
The sp101 is a compact frame. The Ruger equivalent to the 686 is the GP100.
I used to own a stainless 6" Rossi .357. It was fun to shoot single action, had a horrible DA trigger, and the fit and finish was marginal. It was still really fun to shoot and super accurate. I never realized how bad the trigger was until I shot a friend's 686. That was one of the smoothest shooting pistols I have ever fired!
Opps my mistake.
