Don't know if it was here or whereever, but I read a review on a Rossi 92 Winchester clone in .454 Casull that was glowing....
And got me to thinking....
First, while my '97 Winchester riot gun does me well for deer here, and I don't think I can do MUCH better with a lever gun (5" groups with 1 oz sluggers at 100 from a bench with aperture sights, got my biggest trophy buck at 192 yds using my stand rail as a rest....)
...I probably will have to retire it soon, since last year it was 100 years old (made in 1912) and it is an heirloom...
Indiana legalized rifles for deer a few years ago, BUT it has to shoot a "pistol" type round....meaning lever guns in .357, .44 Mag or .45 Colt mainly....but a with a whole list of what is legal and what is illegal, mainly a straight walled cartridge of a certain length or less....
But they ALSO allow .458 Socom, which briefly made me think an upper for my Rock River AR would be the ticket, UNTIL I saw the waiting list and the PRICES
But while I like the .45 Colt round, and always liked lever guns, and if I ever DID get into Cowboy Action, I could use it for that too....but never thought I would gain much with the Colt over the 12 ga Riot...
But then I see the Rossi 92 Carbine in .454 Casull....
The Casull is legal for deer in IN, almost .45-70 power at 100, should reach out to 200 with power to spare....AND I can shoot .45 Colt if I want to, and maybe for Cowboy if I get into that....
Does anybody own a Rossi, or especially one in Casull? Does it take the pressure? I've never owned a Taurus/Rossi product, I know many guys swear by them but some guys don't like them much, is it something I should look at?
And got me to thinking....
First, while my '97 Winchester riot gun does me well for deer here, and I don't think I can do MUCH better with a lever gun (5" groups with 1 oz sluggers at 100 from a bench with aperture sights, got my biggest trophy buck at 192 yds using my stand rail as a rest....)
...I probably will have to retire it soon, since last year it was 100 years old (made in 1912) and it is an heirloom...
Indiana legalized rifles for deer a few years ago, BUT it has to shoot a "pistol" type round....meaning lever guns in .357, .44 Mag or .45 Colt mainly....but a with a whole list of what is legal and what is illegal, mainly a straight walled cartridge of a certain length or less....
But they ALSO allow .458 Socom, which briefly made me think an upper for my Rock River AR would be the ticket, UNTIL I saw the waiting list and the PRICES
But while I like the .45 Colt round, and always liked lever guns, and if I ever DID get into Cowboy Action, I could use it for that too....but never thought I would gain much with the Colt over the 12 ga Riot...
But then I see the Rossi 92 Carbine in .454 Casull....
The Casull is legal for deer in IN, almost .45-70 power at 100, should reach out to 200 with power to spare....AND I can shoot .45 Colt if I want to, and maybe for Cowboy if I get into that....
Does anybody own a Rossi, or especially one in Casull? Does it take the pressure? I've never owned a Taurus/Rossi product, I know many guys swear by them but some guys don't like them much, is it something I should look at?