Rossi 462
- Thread starter Don Lu
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I can't speak for the Taurus, but I believe it is a skosh bigger than the Smith J - more like a J+1/2. Rossi still calls it a "small frame," making it also a skosh smaller in frame than its K-like 971/972 line. Placed side by side a Colt Detective Special, the small Rossi is nearly identical except for some extra metal/beef in the frame ahead of the cylinder below the barrel line...and the cylinder itself is a hair wider in diameter. In this unfortunate world of the 5 shot J's where the idea of a small frame 6 shot has been just about dropped altogether, along comes Rossi: In the face of others saying it's more like a K, I've said all along since the 461/462 intro, that this new Rossi is just about the same neat size as a Detective Special -- and a comparo at a local gun store that just happened to have both bore that out ---and just about the first/only if not THE first/only gun since the Detective Special to put 6 rounds in a small frame...and it's a .357 to boot... Though I'd probably shoot mostly .38s or +Ps in it anyway (hot .38s in a small/short package can be a handful and not particularly pleasant) -- nice to know you can shoot the magnums. Right now, it's truly unique on the market - a nice little package.
Don Lu -- not only that but complete with Taurus lifetime warranty. Unlike the current Taurii (and S&W etc.) I believe, the Rossi retains the hammer-mounted firing pin a la S&W's, etc., of old, and I think adds the Taurus transfer bar. Hard to go wrong with this little package. I don't know whether the firing pin location is a good, bad or indifferent thing--that is, why they went that way while all the other Taurii went internal/integral...maybe cost issue? Although Rossi says the gun's fine with .357s, I think just on principle - for a snubby of any sort - I'd stick with the .38s most of the time, regular ones for the range, stoking +Ps for SD/bedside duty, and running a few 357 through it every now and then "just because." Good luck.
Taurus 462
I had a 462 a couple months back and traded it for a Muzzle loader with a friend. I was a handful with the 357's I was shooting but at the range it got everyone's attention. Lots of flash and kaboom.
I really enjoyed shooting the little snubby and should have kept it but thats water under the bridge, plus I wouldn't have been in the market for a 357 when I ran across some buy back guns from EDS's security forces here in the DFW area and I picked up a S&W M66-2 in pristine condition for $299+tax. Which is now my new nightstand gun. Enjoy the 462 they are a lot of fun.
I had a 462 a couple months back and traded it for a Muzzle loader with a friend. I was a handful with the 357's I was shooting but at the range it got everyone's attention. Lots of flash and kaboom.
I really enjoyed shooting the little snubby and should have kept it but thats water under the bridge, plus I wouldn't have been in the market for a 357 when I ran across some buy back guns from EDS's security forces here in the DFW area and I picked up a S&W M66-2 in pristine condition for $299+tax. Which is now my new nightstand gun. Enjoy the 462 they are a lot of fun.