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Old March 7, 2015, 11:16 PM   #22
Obambulate
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Rossi's are great lil rifles. That said I sold mine because I had trouble getting my thumb in the loading gate to load. I much prefer the marlin for that.
Nanuk, you don't have to kill your thumb loading a lever action. The way I do it is to set the rifle on its side, slide the nose of the first cartridge into the gate, then just leave the round halfway in, with the back of the cartridge against the receiver. Grab another round and use the nose of this one to push the first round in the tube. Leave the second round halfway in the tube and repeat until full. You only have to mash your thumb on the last round. Much better.
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