I picked this up a few days ago and it is really nice. The action is very smooth and the finish is even and dark. The wood is very soft and the finish was just sad. So I sanded it and added the minwax honey colored finish. Looks decent but not great. The magazine tube is way harder to load than my marlins. It shoots excellent. I put a nikon 3x32 on it and it only took 10 rds of my 405 LFN handloads to sight it in at 100 yards. Recoil is mild in this rifle. I am extremely pleased.
http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww12 ... 1cce0c.jpg
http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww12 ... 3f710e.jpg
http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww12 ... 553eae.jpg
New Rossi Rio Grande
Forum rules
Welcome to the Leverguns.Com General Discussions Forum. This is a high-class place so act respectable. We discuss most anything here other than politics... politely.
Please post political post in the new Politics forum.
Welcome to the Leverguns.Com General Discussions Forum. This is a high-class place so act respectable. We discuss most anything here other than politics... politely.
Please post political post in the new Politics forum.
-
wvfarrier
- Senior Levergunner
- Posts: 1464
- Joined: Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:27 am
- Location: West (by GOD) Virginia
New Rossi Rio Grande
A bondservant of our Lord, Christ Jesus
-
eric65
- Levergunner 2.0
- Posts: 345
- Joined: Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:02 pm
- Location: Mountain View California
Re: New Rossi Rio Grande
That is a nice looking rifle. How does it shoot?
Re: New Rossi Rio Grande
Nice rifle.
They're advertising 5.8 lb for those; does it feel that light? I wish they had a version with the standard lever loop.
They're advertising 5.8 lb for those; does it feel that light? I wish they had a version with the standard lever loop.
-
wvfarrier
- Senior Levergunner
- Posts: 1464
- Joined: Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:27 am
- Location: West (by GOD) Virginia
Re: New Rossi Rio Grande
Feel about what my marlin 357 feels like. So very portable
A bondservant of our Lord, Christ Jesus
-
Ji in Hawaii
- Senior Levergunner
- Posts: 1987
- Joined: Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:05 pm
- Location: Moku Manu, Hawai'i
Re: New Rossi Rio Grande
Very nice. I'd buy a new Rio Grande over a new Remlin/Marlington any day of the week. 
Illegitimus Non Carborundum
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
-
AJMD429
- Posting leader...
- Posts: 32174
- Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:03 am
- Location: Hoosierland
- Contact:
Re: New Rossi Rio Grande
What makes it 'harder to load'...? It may be something 'we' can help you fix...
Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws
"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
Want REAL change? . . . . . "Boortz/Nugent in 2012 . . . ! "
"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
Want REAL change? . . . . . "Boortz/Nugent in 2012 . . . ! "
Re: New Rossi Rio Grande
I love mine also in 45-70 though I've added a Bushnell Banner 1.5-4.5x32mm scope to mine. The Smithshop makes a stainless magazine follower for it and Uncle Mikes hammer extension for the Winchester, Henry rifle works on it also. I might add it shoots great also.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
-
wvfarrier
- Senior Levergunner
- Posts: 1464
- Joined: Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:27 am
- Location: West (by GOD) Virginia
Re: New Rossi Rio Grande
It shoots great. The loading gate is super duper stiff
A bondservant of our Lord, Christ Jesus
Re: New Rossi Rio Grande
I would like to try one of them. I like my Rossi M92, and assume that the quality and functionality of the Rio Grande is equal. I don't really need one since I have my Guide Gun, but, need has long since been supplanted with want.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Re: New Rossi Rio Grande
I took mine apart, remove the gate and did a little grinding on it careful to not over heat it, as per Nate's video. I got it close then put a dummy round in it about half way and let it sit for a few days. Now it is like my M92 45 Colt easy as it gets.wvfarrier wrote:It shoots great. The loading gate is super duper stiff