Wow! Mint Rossi Overland cam my way!

Tuolumne Lawman · December 18, 2021, 10:06:19 AM

Working part time at the local gunshop has its advantages! I was at work the other day (actually the acting manager when the owner was gone on vacation) when a guy comes in with a couple guns to sell on consignment. One was a nondescript bolt gun, and one was a pristine Rossi Overland 12 Ga. hammered double Coach Gun with 20" barrels.

I asked him how much he wanted to net after our 20%, he said "$325". I bought it on the spot in a Commiefornia Private Party Transfer. I then turned around and processed it into my name on a DROS through the shop, all in the same day. Commiefornia has a 10 day jail, but not planning on shooting any matches until after I get it out.

It is identical to the Rossi I used started CAS with in 1994, and used for many years. I sold that one when I went very inactive in CAS in the mid-2000s, and have been looking for the right one at the right price since I went back very active around 2016.

Anyway, I have, as of late, been using a nice bobbed 97 and a super clean Ithaca Lefever cut to 18.5". I promptly turned around and sold the Lefever to a regular customer for $500. $150 in my pocket and a beauty of a Rossi Overland! I even have some spare firing pins for the Rossi that I had a machinist friend make up back when I had the first one.

Abilene · December 18, 2021, 10:31:04 AM

Excellent! But hey, you know, pictures!

DeaconKC · December 18, 2021, 11:54:43 AM

Pictures? Since it's in CA Jail, wouldn't those be Mug Shots?

Major 2 · December 18, 2021, 08:24:21 PM

" ... appraising, that's me part time at the local Gunshop has its advantages,"

well, YES and no it can be detriment to your wallet too....

YOU Sir, are a card-carrying Gun a holic , take's one to recognize one

Coffinmaker · December 19, 2021, 09:12:45 AM

PLUS ONE for Abilene

Mug Shots are Due Rigger around these parts !!

Play Safe Out There

Tuolumne Lawman · December 21, 2021, 07:46:24 PM

This things is near mint!

Abilene · December 21, 2021, 09:52:19 PM

Sure is!

Maybe you can hold on to this one.

Coffinmaker · December 22, 2021, 07:50:05 AM

T. L.

WaBac (thank Sherman and the Perfesser) and I do mean WAY BACK I had an absolutely pristine Rossi Overland 20Ga Coach. Absolutely loved it. No I didn't. that thing was light, nimble, quick on target and did I mention . . ''LIGHT". That cute little sucker beat me like a rented mule. I have never reloaded shotgun (except now, All Brass) and couldn't find light (tru light) 20Ga ammo. Target ammo rattled my brain and battered me blue. Sold it as quick as I could.

Had I known about Fiocchi Trainer . . . . . . .

Play Safe Out There

Major 2 · December 22, 2021, 08:37:22 AM

They had JUST discontinued them when I started down the CAS trail,
I hunted for one to no avail. made do with a loaner, hand me down A.H. Fox for a year.
While still searching for one, wound up with a Stoeger Coach, which just about everybody was using.
I made my peace (never to find a Rossi to buy) when I got my TTN, when Walt Johnson was the only go-to importer.

Drydock · December 24, 2021, 02:05:11 PM

Best CAS hammer coach gun ever made. Coil spring sidelocks, and some got chrome line barrels (mine does!) Got mine and never giving it up.

Coffinmaker · January 05, 2022, 09:44:24 AM

Nah

Can't even describe the Rossi as "the Best Coach Gun" ever made. Jack be nimble, Jack be Quick, Jack jumped the Candle Stick. The Rossi were/are "nice" guns. There were/are however, FAR better made guns. Of course, also far more expensive.

People are Hazardous to yer Health.

Tuolumne Lawman · January 14, 2022, 11:58:47 AM

Taking the Rossi to the local match tomorrow. Ill have to see how she does on the Cowboy Trap stage we shoot (15 birds, CAS main match shotguns, only. I suck at trap, an 7 or 8 out of 15 is my usual with the 18" Ithaca Lefever I have been using (though once I did 9/15!), so it will be interesting to see.

Tascosa Joe · January 15, 2022, 07:20:52 PM

My 20ga Rossi Coach gun had issues, the barrels did not shoot to the same point. After 20 yrs I traded it on a Taylors 150th yr centennial 66.

Tuolumne Lawman · January 15, 2022, 08:04:02 PM

Used it at a local match. Shot clean with it. Even nailed all the clay pigeons on the knockdown poppers that toss a bird. Both barrels seemed dead nuts on. I also used it on Cowboy trap (15 birds). Did 6 out of 15, which ids about normal for me. Usually 6-8/15.

I will say that it doesn't beat up my shoulder as much as the Ithaca Lefever did.