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Coming in from THR or TFL by chance?
A lot of staff and members here are over at other forums.Might be under other user names, but we're there.
It's nice to have a 972 owner on board.
Wouldn't mind getting your take on the 972 here overall. We're all eager to hear and to learn.
It's incredible the number of just visitors this place gets.
Then stopping off at THR,TFL, and other gun forums and giving info links from here to those places lets other who are inquiring what the real story on Rossi and Taurus are.
A lot of staff and members here are over at other forums.Might be under other user names, but we're there.
It's nice to have a 972 owner on board.
Wouldn't mind getting your take on the 972 here overall. We're all eager to hear and to learn.
It's incredible the number of just visitors this place gets.
Then stopping off at THR,TFL, and other gun forums and giving info links from here to those places lets other who are inquiring what the real story on Rossi and Taurus are.
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Being honest and open is kind of a normal thing at this place.
Assistance,respect of others, and a comraderie is the norm.
This is an eclectic bunch from every walk of life. As time goes by and experience gained it becomes apparent that people here own everything from Rossi/Taurus to the "high priced spread" guns of evey brand make and model.
Or just owning every day user friendly firearms is not considered a sin. More of a plus.
Assistance,respect of others, and a comraderie is the norm.
This is an eclectic bunch from every walk of life. As time goes by and experience gained it becomes apparent that people here own everything from Rossi/Taurus to the "high priced spread" guns of evey brand make and model.
Or just owning every day user friendly firearms is not considered a sin. More of a plus.
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Nice to see the 971/972 crowd check in.
Guess that's why revolvers are good bet. Simple to operate, use, and keep up.
Can't beat that.
After all the hoopala about needing a double stack carry much ammo stuff is over, the criminal findings are that revolvers are still viable for defense.
For most of the actual gun defense, most guns are not fired, and still few shoots are used in most actual scenarios.
I do appreciate my pistols, but the need for lots of rounds seems in most cases to be less and less.
Guess that's why revolvers are good bet. Simple to operate, use, and keep up.
Can't beat that.
After all the hoopala about needing a double stack carry much ammo stuff is over, the criminal findings are that revolvers are still viable for defense.
For most of the actual gun defense, most guns are not fired, and still few shoots are used in most actual scenarios.
I do appreciate my pistols, but the need for lots of rounds seems in most cases to be less and less.
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One of the sponsors here, Tucker Gunleather has holsters that could fit the Rossi 68. Click on them and contact them on this.
Gould and Goodrich has a holster model B733 that can work also.
Galco, Don Hume, and Bianchi are other possible sources.
Gould and Goodrich has a holster model B733 that can work also.
Galco, Don Hume, and Bianchi are other possible sources.
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Just a little recent actual Rossi use history that saved lives. This is docmented by Mas Ayoob. If you're out there watching Mas, thanks.
It seems there's a jewlery store where the owner purchased 11 Rossi 5 shot 351s for his store. Store staff were indoctrinated and proficient in shooting these little .38 Specials and the guns were stashed in places where only the staff knew the guns were and the staff could get to them.
Fast forward a few weeks or so. Two stone cold armed killers enter and try to rob the store. One perp has a sawed off double barrel shotgun loaded with buckshot. The other has a handgun.
Store staff see the attack coming, just barely. In the insuing gun fight all the Rossis are used by the staff and store owner. The owner did have his own Remington shotgun, but that came latter in the battle. A single action .44 magnum Ruger SuperBlackhawk was also used by the staff latter in the battle.
After the gunfire died both perps were dead and none of the store employees or the owner were harmed. However the perps did come close any number of times from geting telling shots on the owner or the staff. These very fortunate people moved out of harms way just by chance or saw the perps about to fire.
All the Rossis were emptied except one that had a couple of rounds still left in it.
Soon after the police did their thing the store owner went and purchased 11 more Rossi 351s. The Rossi 351s at the shootout were tagged and bagged for evidence. It's not recorded publically if the store ever got the shootout evidence guns back.
All the Rossi guns functioned as advertised.
True, the store owner does carry a 9mm. pistol on his person now, but the store still has the Rossi guns for just in case situations.
It seems there's a jewlery store where the owner purchased 11 Rossi 5 shot 351s for his store. Store staff were indoctrinated and proficient in shooting these little .38 Specials and the guns were stashed in places where only the staff knew the guns were and the staff could get to them.
Fast forward a few weeks or so. Two stone cold armed killers enter and try to rob the store. One perp has a sawed off double barrel shotgun loaded with buckshot. The other has a handgun.
Store staff see the attack coming, just barely. In the insuing gun fight all the Rossis are used by the staff and store owner. The owner did have his own Remington shotgun, but that came latter in the battle. A single action .44 magnum Ruger SuperBlackhawk was also used by the staff latter in the battle.
After the gunfire died both perps were dead and none of the store employees or the owner were harmed. However the perps did come close any number of times from geting telling shots on the owner or the staff. These very fortunate people moved out of harms way just by chance or saw the perps about to fire.
All the Rossis were emptied except one that had a couple of rounds still left in it.
Soon after the police did their thing the store owner went and purchased 11 more Rossi 351s. The Rossi 351s at the shootout were tagged and bagged for evidence. It's not recorded publically if the store ever got the shootout evidence guns back.
All the Rossi guns functioned as advertised.
True, the store owner does carry a 9mm. pistol on his person now, but the store still has the Rossi guns for just in case situations.
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None screwed up by buying the 158 LSWCHP. That is still the number 1 load for defense even if it's old hat technology. Point is the 158 lead semi-wadcutter hollowpoint is still king of the hill as far as real world street track records go for stopping attackers.
Sources are the recent police/tactical journals, magazines, and other periodicals.
Documented self defense shootings show this to be true.
Buffalo Bore,Remington, Federal, and Winchester makes of this round are all excellent picks.
Remingtons' lead is a bit softer than the other brands excepting Buffalo Bore's product) and expands or deforms more easily.
These loads all work well out of even 2 inch barreled snub revolvers. There's no metal jacket to have to peel back retarding the expansion.
The first guy ever shot with the 158 LSWCHP weighed 300 lbs. and dropped instantly when he was hit square in the body with it.
Since the +P load is still the yardstick by which .38 Special rounds are judged why go with anything else unless circumstances dictate otherwise?
The only other round that equals, but does not surpass the 158gr. LSWCHP, is the Speer 135gr. JHP in +P guise.
Since the Speer load has less mass,recoil,and perceived muzzle flip there is good reason to go with that for use in snubs or full sized revolvers.
Everything else takes a very close 2nd place finish. That is in in +P guise.
Sources are the recent police/tactical journals, magazines, and other periodicals.
Documented self defense shootings show this to be true.
Buffalo Bore,Remington, Federal, and Winchester makes of this round are all excellent picks.
Remingtons' lead is a bit softer than the other brands excepting Buffalo Bore's product) and expands or deforms more easily.
These loads all work well out of even 2 inch barreled snub revolvers. There's no metal jacket to have to peel back retarding the expansion.
The first guy ever shot with the 158 LSWCHP weighed 300 lbs. and dropped instantly when he was hit square in the body with it.
Since the +P load is still the yardstick by which .38 Special rounds are judged why go with anything else unless circumstances dictate otherwise?
The only other round that equals, but does not surpass the 158gr. LSWCHP, is the Speer 135gr. JHP in +P guise.
Since the Speer load has less mass,recoil,and perceived muzzle flip there is good reason to go with that for use in snubs or full sized revolvers.
Everything else takes a very close 2nd place finish. That is in in +P guise.
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