Guys,
It looks and sounds as if I'm not the only one that has discovered a sleeper. They are neat, little rifles, aren't they!
Ganjiro-your rifle is gorgeous. What did you refinish that stock with? I thought the wood under the black paint would be something el-cheapo, but yours came out beautiful. I'll have to thing about shortening my barrel, as, having converted it to .357 Maximum, I don't want to take away from the cartridge's potential by cutting the barrel back.
45-70.gov-let's see a picture of your creation-with and without suppressor. That would give me a look at 2 shortened versions.
I found a really nice scope here on this forum for a really nice price. It's a Sightron II, 1.5x6x42, in like-new condition. Of course, just after I received it, I tore the rotator cuff in my left shoulder again for the 3rd time, so I have been a little 'short handed' for the last month, and haven't gotten to sight it in yet. I'm hoping to get out of here shortly and bring everything into alignment. I'll try to post a picture here shortly. I have ordered the .22/.410 SS combination, which is the only SS available from Rossi right now that I'm aware of. I may convert the .410 barrel to .32 S&W Long, .32 H&R Magnum, or .32-20, all of which should be interesting. I have to get it first and then see how I feel about it. I have been wanting a single-shot .22, as I have a collector-grade Remington #4 Rolling Block .22 that I just can't bring myself to shoot on a regular basis. I'm going to put it on Gunbroker to remove the temptation.
