IKE
Member
Good morning,
I guess with this being my first post it's customary to do a little introduction.
Age sixty...Viet Nam vet...live in central Oklahoma...married to a great gal for over 33 years...have shot millitary bolt rifle competitions off and on for years with a Swede 96...have been shooting IHMSA silhoute matches (again off and on) since '85' with Contenders and XP-100's and was the local IHMSA Match Dir. for four years, 2000-2004....hunt & fish.
Anyway, I'd been trying to find one for quite awhile and I finally located and picked up what looks to be a brand new and unfired Rossi 720 .44 Special last Thursday.
Here's a little on the pistol;
Unfluted cyl....stainless....external hammer....adjustable sights....not stamped Taurus anywhere so I assume it's pre Taurus....3" barrel....stamped made in Brasil, Interarms Alexandria, Virg....factory Rossi insignia rubber grips....srl. # AB064***.
On most if not all 720's I've seen pictures of, M720 is stamped in front of .44 S&W Spl on the right side of the barrel but mine does not have any mdl. number stamped in front of the .44 S&W Spl.....just a factory oversight ?
For defense carry loads I picked up a couple boxes of factory loaded Hornady 180 gr. JHP XTP's......I've had Redding .44 Spl. dies for awhile and I recently ordered 500 of Midsouths Hornady 180 gr. JHP XTP blem bullets and loaded up fifty last night over 6.7 grains of W231 and Starline brass, this sound like a good practice / plinking load that won't beat the gun to death ?
Based on the srl. number is there any way to get a aprox. date of mfg. ?
For those that have or have had a 720 how do you like them ?
Thanks....Ike
I guess with this being my first post it's customary to do a little introduction.
Age sixty...Viet Nam vet...live in central Oklahoma...married to a great gal for over 33 years...have shot millitary bolt rifle competitions off and on for years with a Swede 96...have been shooting IHMSA silhoute matches (again off and on) since '85' with Contenders and XP-100's and was the local IHMSA Match Dir. for four years, 2000-2004....hunt & fish.
Anyway, I'd been trying to find one for quite awhile and I finally located and picked up what looks to be a brand new and unfired Rossi 720 .44 Special last Thursday.
Here's a little on the pistol;
Unfluted cyl....stainless....external hammer....adjustable sights....not stamped Taurus anywhere so I assume it's pre Taurus....3" barrel....stamped made in Brasil, Interarms Alexandria, Virg....factory Rossi insignia rubber grips....srl. # AB064***.
On most if not all 720's I've seen pictures of, M720 is stamped in front of .44 S&W Spl on the right side of the barrel but mine does not have any mdl. number stamped in front of the .44 S&W Spl.....just a factory oversight ?
For defense carry loads I picked up a couple boxes of factory loaded Hornady 180 gr. JHP XTP's......I've had Redding .44 Spl. dies for awhile and I recently ordered 500 of Midsouths Hornady 180 gr. JHP XTP blem bullets and loaded up fifty last night over 6.7 grains of W231 and Starline brass, this sound like a good practice / plinking load that won't beat the gun to death ?
Based on the srl. number is there any way to get a aprox. date of mfg. ?
For those that have or have had a 720 how do you like them ?
Thanks....Ike
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