MATT .45-70
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Yeah i know taylors is not a firearm manufacturer i just had a poor choice of words. But it certainly is a very nice and smooth rifle
I've owned 5 Rossis that I remember; two 1892s, a pump 22, a 20 ga coach gun and a 22 revolver. All were roughly machined and poorly finished and required extensive work to operate smoothly. Accuracy ranged from poor to adequate. I sold all the long guns and only kept the 22 to remind me not to buy more.Any reason not to get a Rossi?
I bought the Rossis because they were inexpensive and I thought I could slick them up. I finally got tired of fiddling with them and swore off of them. The internal parts were rough and looked like a tool mark museum. The wood was finished in shoe polish and used motor oil, although the wood underneath was pretty decent once you stripped and refinished it. Bluing and polishing was acceptable, but not great. Accuracy on all of them ranged from poor to OK.Why would you buy poorly machined and finished rossi's? Do you get a chance to handle them first or order them online or something?
I have a turnbull 92 on order. I won't get to handle it for like 6 months but will post pics and a review eventually.
I'm purchasing it sight unseen and hope that it doesn't come poorly finished and roughly machined
Wow. One guys gets 5 bad ones. That's amazing. I'm very happy with the one I just got and I looked at about a dozen or so in shops and they all looked fine, too.
Maybe you are just very unlucky?
...As with any new weapon, there's a method to breaking it in. You don't just go out and expect to be able to shoot nice and smooth right out of the box...