rossi revolvers trash - Page 2

Elvishead · April 12, 2009, 10:45 PM

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I bought a Rossi 462 SS 357 snub less than 1 year ago. After a couple hundred rounds, the firing pin broke. Sent it in for their fantastic warranty repair. Cost me $68.XX overnight freight on a $269 gun. When I got it back, the firing pin broke after 24 rounds. I called and they paid the freight. It was gone another 6-8 weeks. I've fired 88 rounds in it since. My gunsmith looked at it and said the hammer nose was hitting on the bottom of the firing pin channel. He looked at it before the last breakage and it was hitting on the top of the channel. I'll do one of 2 things. I'll either trade it for a Ruger or S&W or I'll shoot the crap out of it until it breaks again. When it breaks again, I'll ask for a brand new gun. This is pretty ridiculous. This was to be my truck gun. Can you imagine needing it, reaching for it, pointing and pulling the trigger and it just goes click? This has been an extremely frustrating experience for me.

So you have a $337 Rossi and wasted about $50-80 worth of ammo to prove that.

Congratulations you now have a $400+ Rossi. Do what I did take your loses now, and get a Ruger.

My new replacement Rossi 462 .357magnum is a back up, of a back up, of a back up with light .38s.

James K · April 13, 2009, 05:28 PM

Those firing pins are pinned in and are supposed to be able to move up and down to follow the channel into the firing pin hole. If the pin is improperly made, the hammer is improperly made, or the channel is not cut right, the pin can strike the top or bottom of the channel and break.

Jim

shinerjohn · April 13, 2009, 06:50 PM

Evidently, that is exactly what is happening. My gunsmith is a 3rd generation gunsmith and started learning from his granddad as a boy. He opened up the top of the channel a wee bit for the previous pin, but it broke anyway. For safety's sake, he isn't comfortable enlarging the channel further. So I reckon it will stay in the box until I find something I want to trade for. He said it might fire 1,000 rounds before breaking again. For many people, that would be acceptable, but I do fire my guns. I have no confidence in it, and the cost of ammo these days prohibits me from shooting it enough to rebuild that confidence. It's a shame too. I'm beginning to wonder if guns with a lifetime warranty have it because they will need it!

Dingoboyx · April 13, 2009, 07:02 PM

That post was so darn funny, I honestly laughed that hard I nearly fell out of my chair, I'm not kidding..... made my day, ya silly bugga

charles1911 · April 13, 2013, 11:06 PM

How Mich does an extra firing pin for a Rossi 357 costs? And do u need specail tools to replace it or do u have to send it in to have it replaced

alex0535 · April 13, 2013, 11:25 PM

please don't bump a 4 year old thread bashing rossi to ask how much it cost to obtain and how to replace a firing pin.

Go here, make a new thread and ask your question there.
http://thefiringline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8

hogdogs · April 13, 2013, 11:32 PM

Charles1911, Please start a new thread clearly spelled out in plain english to address your concerns...

This old thread won't get you much...

Brent

April 13, 2009, 07:02 PM	#29
Dingoboyx Senior Member Join Date: March 7, 2009 Location: South East Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,513	Ninjatoth That post was so darn funny, I honestly laughed that hard I nearly fell out of my chair, I'm not kidding..... made my day, ya silly bugga __________________ Muzza If you cant blind them with brilliance, Baffle them with BS Be alert...... there is a shortage of LERTs

April 13, 2013, 11:06 PM	#30
charles1911 Junior Member Join Date: April 12, 2013 Posts: 3	firing pin How Mich does an extra firing pin for a Rossi 357 costs? And do u need specail tools to replace it or do u have to send it in to have it replaced

April 13, 2009, 05:28 PM	#27
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	Those firing pins are pinned in and are supposed to be able to move up and down to follow the channel into the firing pin hole. If the pin is improperly made, the hammer is improperly made, or the channel is not cut right, the pin can strike the top or bottom of the channel and break. Jim

April 13, 2009, 06:50 PM	#28
shinerjohn Member Join Date: June 4, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 49	Evidently, that is exactly what is happening. My gunsmith is a 3rd generation gunsmith and started learning from his granddad as a boy. He opened up the top of the channel a wee bit for the previous pin, but it broke anyway. For safety's sake, he isn't comfortable enlarging the channel further. So I reckon it will stay in the box until I find something I want to trade for. He said it might fire 1,000 rounds before breaking again. For many people, that would be acceptable, but I do fire my guns. I have no confidence in it, and the cost of ammo these days prohibits me from shooting it enough to rebuild that confidence. It's a shame too. I'm beginning to wonder if guns with a lifetime warranty have it because they will need it!

April 13, 2013, 11:25 PM	#31
alex0535 Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2012 Location: Georgia Posts: 908	please don't bump a 4 year old thread bashing rossi to ask how much it cost to obtain and how to replace a firing pin. Go here, make a new thread and ask your question there. http://thefiringline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8

April 13, 2013, 11:32 PM	#32
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	Charles1911, Please start a new thread clearly spelled out in plain english to address your concerns... This old thread won't get you much... Brent