Rossi M62 .22 L.R.

[tt4617]

Just picked up a used M62 22LR pump rifle. Wanted one for some time, but could not find what I wanted. Most all were pretty well beat up. This one is like new with the octagon barrel. Took it out and shot it last weekend and seems very accurate and the action is very smooth. I did not shoot long as it was 6 degrees out and the wind chill was below zero. I think this may be my new squirrel/woods walking gun.

Just wondering if anyone else has one and any insight you can give me into them?

[Lurker]

I have one, I purchased from a friend when he went broke. It is one of the very earliest ones, made before they cheapened them. I bought it as a charity case, preparing to dislike it, and to sell it at the first opportunity.

I was surprised at how good this Rossi is...! It is way better than any of the other Rossi's, I have seen. I'm going to keep it...! I also have a ANIB Winchester model 62A, which is unfired as of now.

The fit and finish on my Rossi, is exemplary, fully equaling my Winchester 62A in that area, which greatly surprised me.

This Rossi should save wear and tear on my Winchester 62A.

Bill

[tt4617]

I haven't even researched mine to find out how old it is. The blueing lookds really nice. i was very surprised to find one in this condition. The wood is also very nice. Like I said, it seems to shoot nice, but the weather is going to have to break before I get another chance to shoot it. Right now, I am in the middle of deer season and not much spare time.

[tt4617]

TM7,

Mine shoots S, L and LR. I find it odd because it is the same design as the Taurus, is it not? I am sure it says that on the barrell, but will double check tonight.

[tt4617]

Yep, S, L or LR is what is says. Are there different models?

[pastorp]

Not sure about the rossi made 62s but the winchesters fired all three rim fires, except for some gallery models that were short only. 

Regards,

[Cornbelt]

I've got one of the nickel carbines. Real fun gun. Shoots s, l, &lr, but not the Flobert CB caps. (Those itty bitty things with a 20 gr. bullet), but a friend of mine has one of the octagon bbl models and it feeds them just fine.
  Only issue I had with it was the forearm needed reaming out before it would slide easily, and the slide plate screw was stripped and wouldn't come out till it got drilled. It's an older one, and I think Taurus has addressed some quality control issues, but I don't like the goofy-looking safety on the newer ones.

[tt4617]

Does anyone know how to determine what year it was made? Mine does not have the safety (Half cock only), but was wondering if there was somehwere you could put in your serial number and it woudl tell you the date of manufacture?

[Bigeasy]

Well, I used to have the Taurus version.  Pretty case coloring, seemed like a nice gun.  Problem is it jammed all the time with the half dozen different loads I tried thru it.  My gunsmith played with it, and couldn't figure out how to get it to feed properly.  By that time, I was so PO'd with Taurus in general that I traded it in.  Not to say they are all like that, but that was my experience....

Larry

[S.S.]

Excellent little rifle. I have the short barrel version of it.
Short Long or long rifle are no problem. Mine gets a diet of
CB longs and as such is a great small game getter.

[Cornbelt]

Just curious about the LR only models, do they have a pivoting shell-stop on the carrier like the Winchester 1900, 62A, etc., or are they without it altogether like the Winchester 1890? If so, it might be a worthy alteration.
  No doubt the absence of it would save a buck or two,   -as well as cost many more to modify it.

[Rex in OTZ]

Mostly New Taurus 72's in .22mag version sold here, they dropped them I believe the gun shop has been stocking only the 62's now, while back we bought a new taurus model 72SS/C stainless carbine, only plastic on it is the butt plate, nice even matched wood has that funkey bolt top safety (as I never mess with it its not a issue) and tossed the pentagon shaped safety key in back the gun cabinet doodad box next, mixed in with odd gun stuff one never hopes to use.
Well put together all milled steel gun, for what you pay for you get a good well built steel gun in a day of injection molding and sleeved barrels diecast potmetal.
Right out the box for a .22mag its spot on accurate, never messed with regulating the sights yet.

[Cornbelt]

My guess is that the WMR models have the same problem when trying to shoot WRF.
  The modification you mentioned is interesting. While different from the 62A would be easier to do without a milling machine.
  I wonder if a short piece of dowel rod could be wedged tn there to do the same thing, which means I might be able to shoot Flobert CB's in my gallery model. Won't cost much; time or material. Low cost and of little advantage, but I might just try it.

[Cornbelt]

My theory of shooting Flobert CB caps won't work. They get cock-eyed in the magazine tube.
 But I did try drilling a hole through a piece of dowell rod and putting a screw in it to wedge in place and give some adjustment. Seemed like it might work except on this model which has a shell-stop, so of course, they interfer with each other.
 

[tt4617]

Ok, so I finally got out and shot this thing. It is shooting about 8 inches high at 25 yards with the sight in it's lowest position. It is accurate(Same hole at 25), but I can't get it sighted the way it should be. I want to keep the standard sights, so what is the best way to go about correcting this?

[tt4617]

Any suggestions?

[Keith L]

If you don't want to change sights I don't know what you can do.  I would find and install a taller front sight, but you said you wanted to keep the standard sights on it.