Martha emailed me to say that she purchased a Rossi Ranch Hand earlier this month at a gun show in Norfolk, Virginia. It cost her $425. Rossi has officially stated that the gun would not be available until 2011. So if you look hard enough, you may be able to find one for sale.
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0Has anyone been able to purchase a Ranch Hand? If so, where did you purchase?
1 0Eagle Creek – Warsaw, IN —-
Midwest Gun Exchange – Goshen, IN
They have them in stock.
0 0Cymond…You ARE correct about the “saddle ring”. It was used widely by soldiers with carbines and lever-action rifles, to keep the weapon fastened to a saddle…STILL waiting for my RANCH HAND!
0 0jdun1911, that single point mount is called a saddle ring. Its obviously some kind of relic from the days when horses were a common form of transportation, but I’m not exactly sure how it was used. Maybe something similar to a pistol lanyard? My father had a pre-1900 Winchester carbine in .30 WCF with a saddle ring. As he told it, saddle rings became uncommon because saddles became uncommon, and the rings would rattle against the rifle when hunting.
0 0so, if a carbine stock were added to one of these, it would be illegal, then?
If so, that’s a shame, it would be very fast handling for whitetail hunting in thick woods…
0 0Just got mine & love it. Smaller than it looks.
0 0This pistol is extremely high on my list of “MUST HAVE” guns!
The 357 will do quite nicely for white tail hunting under 100yds in my state’s shotgun territory!
0 0I think what he meant was why the stock shaped object that protrudes from he back of the reviver isn’t considered a stock.
I have the same question about AR-15 pistols, with buffer tubes long enought to serve as stocks.
Not that im complaining.
0 0I live in metro Atlanta and picked one up last weekend. The shop had two more in stock. (georgiagunstore.com).
I got the 357 version for 425.00, although I have seen a few on GB going for as much as 600.
0 0I have no idea how this thing isn’t considered a SBR by the ATF but I’m glad that it isn’t.
0 0Looks like there’s a handful of them (4 at the moment) on Gunbroker, all .44 Mag so far. Didn’t see anybody saying how they got ‘em.
0 0There are a few for sale on gunbroker in .44 mag.
0 0They are not SBR because they were never made as a rifle and there is no stock on them. It is considered a pistol.
Kristopher,
It has been ruled by the ATF that as long as the shotgun receiver is virgin or that the receiver never had a stock (Mossberg Persuader/Cruiser), you can put a barrel less then 16inch as long as the overall length is greater then 26 inch without paying AOW or SBS tax. Also your state doesn’t prohibit it.
It is considered a pistol that shoot shotgun shell.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1077741
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1115570
Rossi Ranch has a single point mount?
Anyway the Norfolk, Virginia gun show isn’t great. The last time I went there was six years or so. I think the show was closed down and somebody decided to reopen it. I didn’t like paying for parking either at the Scope.
The Hampton gunshow is where I mostly go to. It is the largest in the area and one of the biggest in the state. Free parking also help.
The Virginia Beach gunshow is small but I did buy a 1911 there once. It has free parking.
0 0They aren’t Short Barreled Rifles because the receiver was never part of a rifle.
So they can be imported and sold as pistols.
Mossberg was doing the same for a while with shotguns … using a virgin receiver and a 10″ rifled slug barrel to make a 12 gauge caliber pistol.
0 0Was it really a Ranch Hand or one of the modified Winchesters they sell?
0 0
gun broker
Has anyone been able to purchase a Ranch Hand? If so, where did you purchase?
Eagle Creek – Warsaw, IN —-
Midwest Gun Exchange – Goshen, IN
They have them in stock.
Just got mine & love it. Smaller than it looks.
so, if a carbine stock were added to one of these, it would be illegal, then?
If so, that’s a shame, it would be very fast handling for whitetail hunting in thick woods…
Cymond…You ARE correct about the “saddle ring”. It was used widely by soldiers with carbines and lever-action rifles, to keep the weapon fastened to a saddle…STILL waiting for my RANCH HAND!
jdun1911, that single point mount is called a saddle ring. Its obviously some kind of relic from the days when horses were a common form of transportation, but I’m not exactly sure how it was used. Maybe something similar to a pistol lanyard? My father had a pre-1900 Winchester carbine in .30 WCF with a saddle ring. As he told it, saddle rings became uncommon because saddles became uncommon, and the rings would rattle against the rifle when hunting.
This pistol is extremely high on my list of “MUST HAVE” guns!
The 357 will do quite nicely for white tail hunting under 100yds in my state’s shotgun territory!
I think what he meant was why the stock shaped object that protrudes from he back of the reviver isn’t considered a stock.
I have the same question about AR-15 pistols, with buffer tubes long enought to serve as stocks.
Not that im complaining.
They are not SBR because they were never made as a rifle and there is no stock on them. It is considered a pistol.
Kristopher,
It has been ruled by the ATF that as long as the shotgun receiver is virgin or that the receiver never had a stock (Mossberg Persuader/Cruiser), you can put a barrel less then 16inch as long as the overall length is greater then 26 inch without paying AOW or SBS tax. Also your state doesn’t prohibit it.
It is considered a pistol that shoot shotgun shell.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1077741
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1115570
Rossi Ranch has a single point mount?
Anyway the Norfolk, Virginia gun show isn’t great. The last time I went there was six years or so. I think the show was closed down and somebody decided to reopen it. I didn’t like paying for parking either at the Scope.
The Hampton gunshow is where I mostly go to. It is the largest in the area and one of the biggest in the state. Free parking also help.
The Virginia Beach gunshow is small but I did buy a 1911 there once. It has free parking.
They aren’t Short Barreled Rifles because the receiver was never part of a rifle.
So they can be imported and sold as pistols.
Mossberg was doing the same for a while with shotguns … using a virgin receiver and a 10″ rifled slug barrel to make a 12 gauge caliber pistol.
There are a few for sale on gunbroker in .44 mag.
Looks like there’s a handful of them (4 at the moment) on Gunbroker, all .44 Mag so far. Didn’t see anybody saying how they got ‘em.
I live in metro Atlanta and picked one up last weekend. The shop had two more in stock. (georgiagunstore.com).
I got the 357 version for 425.00, although I have seen a few on GB going for as much as 600.
I have no idea how this thing isn’t considered a SBR by the ATF but I’m glad that it isn’t.
Was it really a Ranch Hand or one of the modified Winchesters they sell?