9mm Carbine?

[TheTman]

Thanks for the info Gary! This is the Rossi I'm looking at, 16 inch barrel, not octagon, but you can't always get everything you want. I think it's cool looking, wonder how it shoots? I like that it's short and handy. Kinda like me, LOL

[gb6491]

Thanks for the info Gary! This is the Rossi I'm looking at, 16 inch barrel, not octagon, but you can't always get everything you want. I think it's cool looking, wonder how it shoots? I like that it's short and handy. Kinda like me, LOL

Nice One thing, it looks like that rifle has a safety mounted on the bolt. It works, but many don't like it. If you don't, it can be modified or removed and replaced. Here are some articles that address that:
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/rossi.htm
http://www.gunblast.com/SteveYoung.htm

Steve Young now offers a "peep" sight as a replacement for the safety. It almost makes me wish my Rossi had that safety on it.
http://store.stevesgunz.com/index.ph...&products_id=5

Regards,
Greg

[Bawanna]

My Puma has that safety on the bolt as well. I of course don't like it but its not very noticeable and doesn't bug me too bad. I never use it either.

[TheTman]

That little Rossi must be one popular rifle in the 16" version. Most everyone is sold out, not that I was in a big hurry to get one. Need to get the .357 pistol first, thinking about another Dan Wesson, only I want the model 15-2 this time. Found a couple of the pistol packs even. Those were pretty cool, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10" barrels for one gun. If I could find one with a 4" barrel I'd be happy, have a 6" barrel already. I figure those would probably be the only ones I'd use anyway. Hard to decide between that and an older S&W 686.

[Barth]

Need to get the .357 pistol first, thinking about another Dan Wesson, only I want the model 15-2 this time. Hard to decide between that and an older S&W 686.

I vote for a Smith -

[CJB]

Thanks for the info Gary! This is the Rossi I'm looking at, 16 inch barrel, not octagon, but you can't always get everything you want. I think it's cool looking, wonder how it shoots? I like that it's short and handy. Kinda like me, LOL

With a rifle like that - you can fire 12 shots with 11 pulls of the lever, while walking down mainstreet, then reload while gleering at the camera, all without breaking stride!~

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Gz3zHUsQWKE

[Barth]

With a rifle like that - you can fire 12 shots with 11 pulls of the lever, while walking down mainstreet, then reload while gleering at the camera, all without breaking stride!~

One of my favorite TV shows when I was a kid...

In high school had a Ruger 10/22 carbine wth a pistol grip.
Used to target practice rapid fire from the hip.
A teenage girl saw me blaze into a human silhouette across a ravine,
empty shells ringing off the rocks,
and called out “It’s the Rifleman!”

Oh good times….

[TheTman]

I'll tell you if you ever had a Dan Wesson, it's one the most accurate revolvers you can get. In it's hey dey it dominated the other brands in competitions. Something about that barrel system made it inherantly accurate. You can't go wrong with a Smith either, but you can find some really good buys on Dan Wessons, while those 686's are going at a premium, especially the pre-lock ones. Been looking the last couple weeks at prices. See 686's going for 600 and up, while I've seen the Dan Wesson pistol packs for 800, individual guns from 350.00. I have an email into a guy that's trying to sell a pistol pack where the pistol has some bad scratches and no one's bid on it, told him if it doesn't sell let me know the bottom dollar he'd take and maybe we could do business. Would definately want to get it refinished and thouse gouges smoothed out. Characte marks are one thing, but those gouges really ugly up the gun.

[ripley16]

Since we've ventured away from the 9mm point... I'd forgotten I had one more handgun/carbine combo sitting in the safe. My trusty Ruger Blackhawk .30 carbine and it's evil cousin my '44 Underwood M1 Carbine. Both a blast to shoot... the revolver quite literally.

[TheTman]

Dang, did I hijack another thread, I'm terrible about that. My apologies.

Barth, I used to do the same thing with my .22 autos, fire from the hip and walk the little puffs of dirt to the target. Didn't yell "I'ts the Rifleman," LOL, but was cool to see how close you get get to your target with that first shot from the hip. Did the same with my .22 semi auto pistols, wanted to be one those guys that could point shoot a clay bird and hit it on the first shot from 10 -15 yards with the pistol. Never did get that down, but sure had a lot of fun. I think I could have hit a B-27 target in the 7 ring or better doing that. That was many years ago, and no longer am close to that proficient these days. I do think from practising with my laser that I'd have no trouble hitting an intruder from the hip across the room in my apt.

[CJB]

it's evil cousin my '44 Underwood M1 Carbine

Ya gotta hand to folks who could supply not only a great carbine, but deviled ham!

[O'Dell]

Ya gotta hand to folks who could supply not only a great carbine, but deviled ham!

Funny! I don't eat ham but I do type, sort of.

[ripley16]

Ya gotta hand to folks who could supply not only a great carbine, but deviled ham!

I wonder if the metal used in the carbine was pig iron?

[mr surveyor]

the Underwoods were fine, but I want a Rock-Ola

[ripley16]

I keep my eyes out for a Irwin-Pederson... very rare.