Kilroy08
11-07-2015, 09:53 AM
After experiencing the joys of the J frame a couple of weeks ago, I ended up with a Rossi 351 yesterday. The guys at the local shop were pretty cool, the manager gave me a military discount. Out the door with a speed loader for $275.
I'm blaming this one on my little brother. He picked up an older Lady Rossi (M88) just about new in box. We proceeded to plink away and discovered it was unusually fun to shoot. He feels smugly superior as his is nickle plated and came with the Rossi equivalent of a Crown Royal bag for the gun to luxuriate in when not being shot.
Overall, the gun is decently finished. My only gripe is a couple screw holes on the lock plate hadn't been deburred properly. They aren't anywhere where I'd get cut handling it; however, as a machinist, it irritates me a bit. Come on people, shop class 101: deburr your dang parts!
I'd like to get a smaller set of grips for it. Problem is, there's a hole in the frame covered by the factory grips. Does anybody know what purpose it serves? I might end up making my own grips or just getting a set for a square butt J frame and making a plug for the hole.
I'll be shooting it today, obligatory range pictures might follow.
Final rant. When did .38 Special get so dang expensive? Both the local gun shop and the Cabelas down the road had plain old target ammo priced at $25-30 per box! Good thing I have a preponderance of brass. I was just caught short as my inventory of .38 Special was dangerously low. Guess I'll be spending some quality time with my Dillon 550.
I did snag a bag of Winchester 110 grain JHPs while I was out and about. They do seem to bear more than a passing resemblance to the ones used in the Treasury load. Guess I'll sort out some nickle plated brass with WCC +P headstamps and load up some ammo with them.
I'm blaming this one on my little brother. He picked up an older Lady Rossi (M88) just about new in box. We proceeded to plink away and discovered it was unusually fun to shoot. He feels smugly superior as his is nickle plated and came with the Rossi equivalent of a Crown Royal bag for the gun to luxuriate in when not being shot.
Overall, the gun is decently finished. My only gripe is a couple screw holes on the lock plate hadn't been deburred properly. They aren't anywhere where I'd get cut handling it; however, as a machinist, it irritates me a bit. Come on people, shop class 101: deburr your dang parts!
I'd like to get a smaller set of grips for it. Problem is, there's a hole in the frame covered by the factory grips. Does anybody know what purpose it serves? I might end up making my own grips or just getting a set for a square butt J frame and making a plug for the hole.
I'll be shooting it today, obligatory range pictures might follow.
Final rant. When did .38 Special get so dang expensive? Both the local gun shop and the Cabelas down the road had plain old target ammo priced at $25-30 per box! Good thing I have a preponderance of brass. I was just caught short as my inventory of .38 Special was dangerously low. Guess I'll be spending some quality time with my Dillon 550.
I did snag a bag of Winchester 110 grain JHPs while I was out and about. They do seem to bear more than a passing resemblance to the ones used in the Treasury load. Guess I'll sort out some nickle plated brass with WCC +P headstamps and load up some ammo with them.