As manufacturers crank out lever-action rifles to the North American shooting market (see Hop’s thoughts on that here), eager buyers are discovering something: Old-school buckhorns aren’t exactly the easiest iron sights to master. Good news: XS Sights is [Read More…]
In a bold move to push boundaries further, Rossi, a renowned firearms manufacturer, has unveiled its latest firearm – the R95 lever action rifle in .45-70 Government. This new addition to Rossi’s lineup comes after last year’s successful launch of the R95 [Read More…]
If you’re a fudd at heart, but you’re still feverish for a rifle with tactical features… sort of… perhaps the new Rossi R95 Triple Black is the prescription you need. This new blacked-out lever-action has just hit the market along with a [Read More…]
I’ve recently been digging pretty heavily into survival rifle coverage on my weekly Rimfire Report series. Along with 22LR, a .410 bore is often found being used in survival rifles including the new Rossi survival rifle dubbed the Poly Tuffy. This new single-shot, [Read More…]
Rossi surprised a lot of firearm owners when they announced at SHOT Show 2023 that they were back and with a vengeance (my words, not Rossi’s) by debuting new revolvers that looked reminiscent of something from Smith & Wesson and/or Dan Wesson from years [Read More…]
Shot Show Industry Day saw a lot of new Revolvers from Taurus. Despite a gathering thunderstorm blowing into the area, we got to take some shots with these neat new wheelguns before lightning struck. Let’s take an initial look at the lineup! [SHOT 2023] Lots [Read More…]
Rossi revolvers are back. It’s been a few years since Rossi revolvers have been available but two new models will be available in the first half of 2023 – the 6-inch RM63 and the 4-inch RP63. Both revolvers will be available in stainless finish and chambered [Read More…]
While attending the Gathering at the Sawmill event in South Carolina, I came across the Rossi booth and to my surprise, there were a couple of firearms there I had never seen before. A while back on The Rimfire Report, I covered a few pump-action style .22LR rifles [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This weekly series is all about the rimfire firearm world. SHOT Show 2020 was a blast for all firearms enthusiasts but I feel like rimfire junkies got their fair share of awesome releases too with guns [Read More…]
The trend of modernized lever-action rifles keeps growing and currently, most of the major lever-action rifle manufacturers offer such guns. At NRAAM 2019, Marlin introduced the Dark Series, at SHOT Show 2020, Henry released the X-Series and Rossi jumped on the [Read More…]
KeepShooting.com has just put the concealed carry weapon of Burt Reynolds up for sale on their website. The Hollywood star had this customized Rossi .38 Special Revolver as his personal concealed weapon as he went about his daily routine as a television star. You Can [Read More…]
Bainbridge, Georgia-based Rossi have announced the launch of a new lever action rimfire rifle – the Rio Bravo. Chambered in .22LR the Rio Bravo is based on Rossi’s line of center-fire R92 lever-action firearms. Available in either German beechwood or black [Read More…]
Rossi is catching up with the trend of black lever guns set by Marlin last year. For 2020, the company has introduced a new iteration of their R92 rifle called Triple Black. This lever action rifles are packed with features seen on other species of this new lever gun [Read More…]
These boomers aren’t just for boomers! Lever action rifles are fun and practical. Here’s why. ««« GUN AND GEAR GIVEAWAYS »»» PLEASE check out our Patreon and Subscribe Star pages if you enjoy our program, and consider helping us at TFBTV out! We give away hundreds of dollars of [Read More…]
A single-shot shotgun? Yes, you read that right. In a world of fully- and semi-automatic and even pump and side-by-side shotguns is there really a place for a single-shot scattergun? Rossi certainly thinks so, and with a recommended price of 172 American Dollars, they [Read More…]
If you aren’t already subscribed to us, you’re missing great content! Click here to subscribe. Last week we tested Sig-Sauer .357mag 125gr V-Crown from a revolver. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it did not do well. V-Crown has a history of failing to expand when fired through heavy clothing [Read More…]
A YouTube channel called “This Stuff I Do” has a 3-part video series showing how the host of the channel makes a DIY .22LR barrel out of rebar with a rimfire barrel liner installed into it. Barrel liners are thin-walled rifled cylinders which are designed [Read More…]
We shoot Remington .357 mag 158gr SJHP ammunition from a Rossi M92 lever action carbine with a 16″ barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight. Buy it at Ventura Munitions Guns in this video: Rossi M92 Thanks to our [Read More…]
Just the other day Nathaniel F posted about the Short Barreled Shotgun. Well in Canada, Rossi is importing some non-restricted shotguns with pistol grips. They come with 18.5″ barrels but due to some loopholes in Canada’s firearm laws regarding shotguns and [Read More…]
The idea is far now new: have a smaller-caliber gun to replace the real one for initial training so that you can achieve substantial cost reductions in the process. Simple as that. The formula has met with varying degrees of success (or lack of) in different countries [Read More…]
Writing for ShootingIllustrated.com, NRA editor and author Jim Wilson raises the topic of the lever-action rifle’s role in civilian and law enforcement shooting. On Facebook, author, instructor, and gunsmith Grant Cunningham concurs with Wilson’s [Read More…]
Max Popenker, a very well known Russian gun writer and friend, sent us this photo of his Rossi 92. My Rossi 92 in .357 Magnum. Despite being grown in the “AK-47” land, it seems that I watched too many Western movies like the “Magnificent seven” [Read More…]
I’ve always loved the reliable old lever action rifle. Of course back in those days what kid didn’t? Our heroes were a very young Clint Eastwood in Rawhide and of course John Wayne and all of his westerns. There were others of course like Chuck Connors in the [Read More…]
The Rossi Rio Grande lever action rifle is now available chambered in .45-70 and .410 shotshell. The .45-70′s magazine holds six rounds and the .410 holds five. The rifles have a 20″ barrel and weigh 5.8 lbs. The MSRP $536 – $583.
When Rossi / Taurus come up with an idea, they run with it. Their latest concept is a lever action version of the Rossi Circuit Judge revolver carbine. The original Circuit Judges have a double action revolver action. This model uses a lever to rotate the cylinder and [Read More…]
The Rossi Circuit Judge is now available in .22 Long Rifle and .22 Magnum. The gun, which appears to be based on the new Taurus Tracker 992 revolver action, comes with both a .22 LR cylinder and a .22 Magnum cylinder. Unlike the previous Circuit Judge, which have a [Read More…]
The Rossi Circuit Judge, originally introduced last year chambered in .45 LC / .410 shotshell, will soon be available in .44 Magnum. This model has been designed for scope use and features a cantilever scope mount and hammer extension, although it does retain the fiber [Read More…]
A member of Arfcom managed to get their hands on the elusive Rossi Ranch Hand chambered in .45 Long Colt… [Hat Tip: SayUncle]
The Rossi multi-caliber single shot Wizard rifles are now available with a attractive nickel finish. Rifle barrel options include .17 HMR, .22LR, .22 Mag., .22-250 Rem, .270 Win., .223, .30-06 SPRG, .308 Win., .35 Whelen, .38-357 Mag., .44 Mag., ..454 Casull, 45-70 Gov. [Read More…]
The Rossi Wizard Pistol is the pistol variant of the single shot and interchangeable barrel Rossi Wizard rifle system. From the press release … The Wizard Pistol takes the same break-open interchangeable barrel system and makes it lighter and smaller for handgun [Read More…]
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