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Posted: 12/6/2005 4:11:01 PM EDT
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a friend at work has one of these and wants to turn it into a bench rest target gun. where online can he find info about how it can be modified. i am completely unfamiliar with this rifle and the only advice i could give him was to buy something more popular, like a thompson center or a remington 700. he wants to see about a trigger job and a bull barrel at the least. this is his Rossi |
 Sorry, couldn't resist. Tell your friend this project isn't the best venue for a bench rest target gun. He'd be light years better off using any one of the major brands: Colt, Ruger or S&W. Hell, even Taurus over a Rossi. The problem is the quality of the steel in the Rossi isn't as high as the premium brand guns. Therefor, it will stretch over a period of time, if not sooner. When a gun stretches, it loses accuracy. A good, used S&W police trade-in for about $225 or so, a quality aftermarket barrel set-up for bullseye, new trigger, parts, maybe a cylinder tune-up & he should be hell on wheels, IMO. All this for less than $500, usually. Not to mention the huge drop a Rossi takes on used value. My .o2 |
Sorry, I didn't look at the link. Then substitute Marlin for used S&W & you're still on the right path. Rossi's are play guns & nothing more, IMO. That's not a slam against them because that's what they're built to be. Not everyone wants to shoot an expensive .22 all the time, that's where guns like Rossi fill a niche. Look at a Marlin Model 2000, maybe a Model 880SQ. Both/either can shoot a grape at 100 yards if there's no wind. |
He dislikes bolt guns & yet he wants a benchrest rifle? Ooooooookay. Marlin does indeed make nice semi's, I would look at their web site & see what he likes & then go from there? |
no shit. i can't make him understand that a single shot rifle is not more accurate than a bolt gun. hopefully a range trip with my 700p and steyr will make him see the light. BTW he bought the rossi for it's accuracy. 
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