Rossi 45 Colt or .454 Casull

[jonp]

Can't you shoot both from the 454? That would make this a no brainer I would think

[murf205]

Mine is a Puma model 92, and you can read more about it here:

https://www.gunblast.com/Paco_Legacy_454.htm

Thank you, now to find one like he did for $400!!

[AlaskaMike]

There are a couple of advantages the .454 carbine gives you over the .45 Colt version.

You get a mag tube that has a very secure, threaded connection into the receiver. No more experiences of the mag tube popping out under recoil, as many of the .44 mag Rossi owners here have already attested to. Sure, lots of folks will say that they don't load their .45 Colt ammo that hot, but personally I'll take a stronger rifle any day of the week.

With the .454, the mag can also be loaded like a tube mag .22. The inner sleeve can be pulled out, and you can just drop shells in, then slide the inner sleeve back in and resecure it. This can be pretty handy when doing a lot of shooting. My thumb can get a little tired shoving shells through the loading gate after a while. Yes, I know the loading gate spring pressure can be lightened a little which can help some. I've done that on my .44 mag and .357 mag Rossi 92s, but I wish those two also had the ability to load the mag like the .454.

I certainly wouldn't have any problems at all with a .45 Colt model 92, but given the choice I'll take the .454 every time.

[cwlongshot]

454 all week and twice on Sunday!!!


WHY NOT!!! It shoots 45 Colts but the 45 Colt ONLY SHOOTS 45 Colt!!!

As a hand loader it affords BUKU more options!!

CW

[Griff]

.45 Colt... if I need more gun, I've already got a .45-70!

[hornetguy]

It's odd that every time someone mentions they want to shoot 38's out of their 357's, it usually brings multiple warnings about "carbon rings" developing that could cause higher pressure when going back to the 357 length cases, or erosion in front of the 38 cases, yada yada....same thing with the 44 mag/44 special.
I've never heard anyone mention this with the 454/45 Colt combination....
Personally, I think all the warnings on the 357/38 and 44 mag/special are mostly urban legend/old wives tales, but that's just my experience. I just find it odd that nobody sees a need to "warn" anybody about this with the casull....

[doghawg]

I bought a nice 5" Model 29 classic from an elderly gent who wasn't able to shoot anymore. It turned out that he had always used .44 Special in this gun and it wouldn't even chamber a magnum cartridge when I tried. I spent several days of alternately soaking with Kroil and brushing to get the carbon ring out. I have no idea how many rounds of .44 special it took to do that but I know for a fact it's not an old wives tale. Freedom Arms warns not to shoot .45 Colt in their .454's.

[M-Tecs]

With proper cleaning it's a non-issue. Without proper cleaning it can become a very real issue.

[460S&W]

My vote is for the 454, it gives you more options and a solid rifle