 JThompson
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Posted: 8/3/2012 9:57:12 PM
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT Just wondering if anyone can confirm these pictures. If you compare these 2 Rossi Rifles, both are 24 inch Octagon barrels. The one is standard blue and can clearly see the octagon barrel. The other one is harden steel but the barrel looks weird. I found one random post mentioning that the barrel isn't fully an octagon barrel. Comparing other images and it appears it looks this way for any harded case rifle. 
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Posted: 8/3/2012 10:23:16 PM
the bottom rifle is a 20 inch, look at where the magazine support is. It looks just like my
20 inch 44 mag. I think the apparent difference in barrels is just the photo, they are both octagonal. The only round barrels that Rossi uses are on the carbine, both 16 and 20 inch. The crescent buttplates mean rifle, as i understand it. I like mine, just got it back from the smiths,shot it yesterday, gonna go shoot it some more tomorrow morning. I have some serious stuff, but shooting that levergun is just fun. ol scruff |
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Posted: 8/3/2012 10:38:49 PM
there were some that did only have a partial octagon barrel They seem rare as i have only seen one those both should be full octagon barrel main differens is the case hardened coloring on the one.
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Posted: 8/4/2012 8:50:45 AM
Originally Posted By olscruffy:
The crescent buttplates mean rifle, as i understand it. ol scruff My 20" Carbine has a crescent butt plate. The Rifle/Carbine difference is in the forearm, the Rifle has a metal cap and the Carbine has a barrel band with just wood at the end. Cheers. |
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Posted: 8/5/2012 9:31:51 PM
Originally Posted By Him:
Originally Posted By olscruffy:
The crescent buttplates mean rifle, as i understand it. ol scruff My 20" Carbine has a crescent butt plate. The Rifle/Carbine difference is in the forearm, the Rifle has a metal cap and the Carbine has a barrel band with just wood at the end. Cheers. I thought the length of the stock was different too? |
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Posted: 8/5/2012 9:54:04 PM
Originally Posted By Accountant30339:
Originally Posted By Him:
Originally Posted By olscruffy:
The crescent buttplates mean rifle, as i understand it. ol scruff My 20" Carbine has a crescent butt plate. The Rifle/Carbine difference is in the forearm, the Rifle has a metal cap and the Carbine has a barrel band with just wood at the end. Cheers. I thought the length of the stock was different too? I haven't a clue about that. |
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Posted: 8/6/2012 1:28:43 PM
Top picture - 24" Rifle.
Bottom picture - 20" Short Rifle 20" and 16" carbines have a different forestock without the end cap and with a barrel band plus they have a shorter buttstock with a flat buttplate.  |
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Posted: 8/6/2012 4:27:39 PM
Great picture.
Glad I ordered the 24. With the longer barrel and longer stock it should fit me better. |
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Posted: 8/7/2012 7:31:30 PM
Originally Posted By JThompson: Great picture. Glad I ordered the 24. With the longer barrel and longer stock it should fit me better. I prefer my 24" rifle much better than my 20" carbine too. The advantages to it are it 'hangs on target' better because of the extra weight out front, swings better too. The tang sight/front sight radius is twice as long as the carbine's standard sights (30" on the rifle vs 16" on the carbine) plus the peep sight's small aperture aides in keeping the front sight looking clear even for 65 year old eyes. That, and my hot 158grn 357mag loads reach a slightly higher velocity out of the longer barrel (1,977fps vs 1,941fps) too. Finally, the rifle holds another 2 rounds over the carbine so you can truly load it up on Sunday and shoot it all week. |
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