Rossi tuffy .410

mountain_man

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I saw one of these on the shelf my curiosity has gotten the best of me, so I started looking into them. I know the 26 inch turkey version has removable choke tubes, but does the 18.5 inch version? If not is it a fixed modified or cylinder bore? What is the overall consensus on these for a youth shotgun.
 
I have a Rossi Tuffy 18.5" .410 break action shotgun in OD Green and I really like it. Here are some of the keypoints that I like about it.

1: Perfect camp/truck gun because of its light weight, size, simple manual of arms, durable material, cheap cost, and it holds 8 spare shells in the stock.
2: Ejects shells when the chamber is opened, which is both a convivence, and fun.
3: Is chambered for 3" shells so if you want to be serious with it you can. It is a single shot youth model, but with the right load out that single shot should do the task.
4: Very pointable, which helps aiming with the bead.
5: Its shade of olive drab also happens to match the Gerber knife, and compass my father got me so it all looks like a sharp kit that belongs together.

AS far as I am concerned the model only has one con, and that is its recoil. Because the unit is so light without a rubber butt pad it delivers a sharp jolt to the shoulder that would be discouraging to the small framed users the designers of the gun had in mind. However with a simple rubber pad that recoil is tamed.
I do believe it is a modified choke.
 
When I got curious about the Rossi Tuffy these were the 3 videos that sold me on it.





 
The guns are different than they were a couple years back. The receivers are now polymer with metallic bits inserted to meet standards. I was told to find a used gun by several shop owners. I did and paid $10 more for the used gun with 18”
 
If your in the market for an inexpensive single shot I would suggest looking at the savage offerings. Dirt cheap and take screw in chokes. I had a 20ga version for a few months and it worked quite well. Shot a bunch of squirrels with it. Only sold it because I was flying home through Boston and didn’t want the potential headache.
 
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