New Plinkers And Tacticool Cowboy Lever Rifles

[bigwheelzip]

Saw this Shot Show look at the Rossi display. Interesting features on the new Triple Black including threaded barrel muzzle, ramped peep sight and optics rail.
Also, new lever and pump action .22LRs.

New from Rossi: Blacked-Out Lever in .357, .44 Mag and .22 Pump and Lever – SHOT Show 2020 - GunsAmerica Digest

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Cool, byt call me old fashioned

 

[Alpo]

My thought, when I got this in my email the other day, was that if Rossi wants to make a 22 pump, why not just bring back the 62? FINE rifle. Hard to improve on John Browning design.

 

[k22fan]

While they'll be perfect for someone they make me want to go back to a local store are see if they've put a price on a .22 that is based on a real military gun, a Remington rolling block.

 

[Inusuit]

Tactical and Cowboy should not be juxtaposed.

 

[surfgun]

I can not fathom that a forward mounted peep is very easy to use.

 

[Watchdog]

Undoubtedly one of the most ridiculous ideas to spring from any gun manufacturer in this century. And MSRP for this atrocity is $858?

What's next, I wonder. Perhaps a blacked out Single Action Army in .45 Colt with a light rail under the barrel?

Seriously, this is just sad.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Undoubtedly one of the most ridiculous ideas to spring from any gun manufacturer in this century. And MSRP for this atrocity is $858?

As a Rossi 92 owner who follows Rossi forums, it seems to fill a niche that some owners express, from what I see online.

A subset of pistol caliber lever enthusiasts want a silenced Rossi 92 carbine with optics, and until now have had to accomplish it themselves. Still other owners like the idea but don't make the effort.

There is a blued version of this rifle, but as to the $858 MSRP price of the Cerakoted version (non-Cerakoted MSRP $668) pictured, a rough breakdown:

16 inch Rossi carbine, blued, on Buds: $531
Cerakote coating on complete bolt rifle: $295
Machine barrel muzzle threads and thread protector: $100
Aftermarket accessory rail (unavailable from Rossi): $32

For a total do-it-yourself price of $958 vs MSRP of $858
Non-Cerakoted DIY price of approx. $663 vs MSRP of $668

It may not float everyone's boat, but there is a market for it, and the price reflects the cost of components. The problem with Rossi is that not everything in the catalog makes it to market.

 

[k22fan]

I can not fathom that a forward mounted peep is very easy to use.

You must not have tried. An aperture with a big hole mounted traditionally on the rear of the receiver blurs and is essentially out of view while you fired the rifle. They are faster and much more accurate than the open rear sight and bead supplied by companies like Remington. An aperture mounted in front of the receiver on rifles like the Japanese Arisaka bolt action works the same way. Many moons ago I owned a 7.7 mm Arisaka. That rifle changed from owner to owner at the local range being sold for $30 each time. A Herter's FL die set was always included with it. All 4 or 5 of us got it to group jacketed bullets into 1 1/4" at 100 yards. Arisakas actually have a lot of strong points but being attractive sporters is not one of them and we all had nicer bolt actions. Also using the peep sights in the barrel mounted ladder sights on .45-70 Trap Doors, .30-40 Krags and 1903 Springfields is the most accurate way to fire them if you have time and good vision to focus through the tiny holes. While they are not as good as apertures mounted on the rear of the receiver, for hunting deer I'd rather use the new Rossi's barrel mounted peep than the factory open sights most lever actions come with.

 

[bigwheelzip]

While they are not as good as apertures mounted of the rear of the receiver, for hunting deer I'd rather use the new Rossi's barrel mounted peep than the factory open sights most lever actions come with.

Thanks for the description of your experiences with that type of sight. I really like the tang mounted sight my Rossi came pre-drilled and tapped for. The OEM buckhorn sights are less accurate and more time consuming to aim for me. I was very curious about that drift adjustable forward mounted peep, so thanks for sharing.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Betcha I can shuck my standard lever WAY FASTER than you can with that hoo-la-hoop.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Saw this Shot Show look at the Rossi display. Interesting features on the new Triple Black including threaded barrel muzzle, ramped peep sight and optics rail.
Also, new lever and pump action .22LRs.

New from Rossi: Blacked-Out Lever in .357, .44 Mag and .22 Pump and Lever – SHOT Show 2020 - GunsAmerica Digest

That .22 lever looks like the old Erma-Werke/Henry action.

 

[andy52]

I think they watched the movie "Cowboys and Aliens" one to many times while smoking loco weed......

 

[bigwheelzip]

Betcha I can shuck my standard lever WAY FASTER than you can with that hoo-la-hoop.

Some are better than others with a Hula-Hoop.

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[Echo40]

Mossberg is already offering something of the sort, and at a significantly lower price...

464 SPX - Centerfire Lever-Action Rifle | O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.

 

[Dieseltech56]

The threaded barrel is the key selling point with these rifles. They are trying to appeal to the ever growing suppressor crowd. Not going to lie If a blued 44 mag triple black hits the shelves near me I’m buying it. I have more than enough traditional looking lever action rifles.

Undoubtedly one of the most ridiculous ideas to spring from any gun manufacturer in this century.

You must have missed the Marlin dark series

 

[bigwheelzip]

Mossberg is already offering something of the sort, and at a significantly lower price...

The Mossberg is a rifle caliber and weighs a pound more than the pistol caliber Rossi.

 

[2152hq]

Nothing there for me.

But if it keeps a gun company or two in biz and makes some gun owners happy that's good.
Perhaps it just makes some new pro-gun people out of idle bystanders because it peaked their interest, nothing wrong with that.

 

[k22fan]

Betcha I can shuck my standard lever WAY FASTER than you can with that hoo-la-hoop.

Sure but I bet you aim. The hoo-la-hoop is for spraying the general direction of the other side of town from hip level. It looked like a better way to brainless Hollywood types.

The Mossberg pictured above would strain my tolerance for ugly and I've owned an ugly gun or two.

 

[slickracer]

Threaded barrel on a lever action? What is the World coming to?

The only thing worse would be a threaded barrel on a revolver.