Help with a Rossi, Please

[ColbyBruce]

I have a opportunity to purchase a Interarms Import Rossi 88 .38 special revolver that has a broken hammer nose. Too late today to phone Rossi and ask about repairs. Does anyone have an idea how expensive this repair might be? Will the new Rossi company repair the older guns? Thanks.

 

[sipowicz]

You might try calling PBS...it looks like one of their hammers.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I know it is not a S&W...but <$100.00 and stainless steel. I can leave it on a hook in the tool shed up in the mountains. I used to have a Charter Arms .44 special hanging there but sold it.

 

[M3Stuart]

Rossi has a non-owner-specific lifetime warranty and I predict that they will fix yours for free if they still have parts. You'll have to pay the shipping though.

The hammer noses on all of their revolvers are hyper-sensitive to dry-firing. Just a couple dry fires will break the hammer nose off every time. It's their greatest 'feature'.

If you can keep it from being dry fired, then they work alright - unless you shoot it! Just kidding!

 

[Texas Star]

I'd buy a Rossi before I'd buy a Charter. If it's otherwise in good shape, I'd buy it for $100 if I had in mind what you do for it.

There used to be a guy who did some pretty good gun writing for the Petersen Group. Don't recall his name and
he died awhile back. But he owned a Rossi M-88 and seemed satisfied with it, certainly for the money. He carried it when fishing.

I don't know who imports Rossi now, but you seem to have their US phone number. I think the factory is in Porto Allegre, Brasil, to use their spelling. If your Portuguese is a little rusty, they probably have an Export Director who speaks English.

If one of our Brazilian members sees this, maybe he'll tell us how the brand is perceived on the home market.

 

[Texas Star]

Rossi has a non-owner-specific lifetime warranty and I predict that they will fix yours for free if they still have parts. You'll have to pay the shipping though.

The hammer noses on all of their revolvers are hyper-sensitive to dry-firing. Just a couple dry fires will break the hammer nose off every time. It's their greatest 'feature'.

If you can keep it from being dry fired, then they work alright - unless you shoot it! Just kidding!

How serious are you about this, and on what evidence? Stuff like your post can start an Internet rumor that would keep many from buying that brand. If you have real proof of this, do you know if a S&W J-frame firing pin can be fitted to Rossi guns?

How much of your post is "just kidding"?

The photos suggest that this hammer spur may not have been broken off. It may have been cut off to prevent snagging in a pocket. But even S&W hammer spurs can break if the gun is dropped.

On the other hand, if Rossi guns do break their firing pins readily in dry-firing, that needs to become better known.

 

[Rule3]

No they will not fix it nor will they sell you a part for any Interarms Marked gun. They made a deal with some gunsmith who handles any interarms marked firearm.

Call them to make sure but I am pretty darn sure that's the deal.