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So what is your no BS assessment of the rossi quality? My opinion is based on a friends rossi 357 that really was a turd right out of the box.
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My original was (is) a 16" in .357, bought in the mid-90's; I believe 1995, but not positive on that. It was so good that three or four years later I bought a 16" in .44 magnum to go with it. Both of them were good enough that in 2010-2011, I bought a 20" stainless in .454 casull.
Only problems I've had were that on the first one (16" .357), the front sight was barely tall enough. I had to remove the rear elevator completely to stop it from shooting high. The 16" .44 and the 20" gun didn't have this issue. The newest gun has the stupid manual safety; the others don't.
In all honesty, I probably have only 300-500 rounds thru the .44, and probably 1200-1500 thru the .454; probably 80% or so of the latter being .45 colt loads. The .357, I have no idea; but thousands and thousands. It's the smoothest of the three now and it feeds anything it's fed, whether .357's, or .38's either one.
The little .357 as I finally set it up, with red dot and titanium suppressor:
I have no idea if the current-production, small 16" guns are comparable to the two old ones that I have, but the newest (full-size) one I have is only 4-5 years old and is very good.