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I have a real soft spot for wheel guns of all flavors. I recently acquired a Rossi .357 Magnum second hand and thought it would be helpful to do a little writeup. I usually see ads for these in the Turner's weekly sales, but hardly anywhere else. From my understanding, it's basically a Taurus revolver, but someone please correct me if I am wrong.
First impression is that it's a pretty nice revolver. Nicely blued and the rubber grip is pretty comfortable too. The sights are a little tough to see since there are no dots and they aren't adjustable. To be honest, I don't even think the top part of the front side is even completely flat. On to the fun stuff...
The first thing that I noticed besides the front sight blade seeming a little funny was the DA trigger pull. The trigger pull is VERY heavy and also pretty long. The good part about the trigger pull is that it was fairly easy to tell where the trigger break was because the pull got so much lighter. I tried shooting it DA only and I couldn't get a really nice grouping. There is a good chance that I've been spoiled by my 686. The short sight radius and heavy trigger pull was a bit much for me. Shooting in SA is completely different story - it's a nice clean break and quite easy. The pistol is surprisingly accurate for having a 2" barrel and the recoil isn't bad with 38 spl and 357 mag. I was using PMC Bronze 357 magnum today, which I don't think is nearly quite as hot as the Federal or Winchester stuff.
My one regret is that I didn't absolutely clean the heck out of the pistol before I went shooting it. It seemed like the ejector rod was a little sticky and the brass seemed to want to get stuck in the cylinders. I don't know if it had something to do with the pistol itself or if it was gummed up.
I put 16 rounds of 38 spl into a target 10 yards out. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to shoot in SA. By this point in the day, my hands and wrists were starting to feel pretty beat up from shooting a bunch of other stuff and some magnum stuff. Aside from two fliers, I am pretty happy with the group that I ended up with. At the end of the day, I'm happy with the revolver and got more out of it than I had expected. It's a solid little revolver that is a good value, but it definitely isn't anywhere near as nice as a S&W 686. Truth be told, I want another S&W really badly, but this one will keep me busy in the meantime.
First impression is that it's a pretty nice revolver. Nicely blued and the rubber grip is pretty comfortable too. The sights are a little tough to see since there are no dots and they aren't adjustable. To be honest, I don't even think the top part of the front side is even completely flat. On to the fun stuff...
The first thing that I noticed besides the front sight blade seeming a little funny was the DA trigger pull. The trigger pull is VERY heavy and also pretty long. The good part about the trigger pull is that it was fairly easy to tell where the trigger break was because the pull got so much lighter. I tried shooting it DA only and I couldn't get a really nice grouping. There is a good chance that I've been spoiled by my 686. The short sight radius and heavy trigger pull was a bit much for me. Shooting in SA is completely different story - it's a nice clean break and quite easy. The pistol is surprisingly accurate for having a 2" barrel and the recoil isn't bad with 38 spl and 357 mag. I was using PMC Bronze 357 magnum today, which I don't think is nearly quite as hot as the Federal or Winchester stuff.
My one regret is that I didn't absolutely clean the heck out of the pistol before I went shooting it. It seemed like the ejector rod was a little sticky and the brass seemed to want to get stuck in the cylinders. I don't know if it had something to do with the pistol itself or if it was gummed up.
I put 16 rounds of 38 spl into a target 10 yards out. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to shoot in SA. By this point in the day, my hands and wrists were starting to feel pretty beat up from shooting a bunch of other stuff and some magnum stuff. Aside from two fliers, I am pretty happy with the group that I ended up with. At the end of the day, I'm happy with the revolver and got more out of it than I had expected. It's a solid little revolver that is a good value, but it definitely isn't anywhere near as nice as a S&W 686. Truth be told, I want another S&W really badly, but this one will keep me busy in the meantime.
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