Rossi TriFecta. Hear of it? Good or Bad?

[T-Ray]

I was flippin through the cabelas catalog and saw a rossi trifecta. It is a single shot rifle/shotgun that comes with 3 stainless barrels: 22lr, 20ga, and .243. I was intrigued by the price tag. $279.99 with the coupon. Does anybody have any experience with this gun? I can't remember rossi's reputation, so could ya'll please refresh my mind?

It's supposedly a new gun and am wondering if it'd be worth it. I think it'd be fun to plink with, but need to find out more about it. BTW, i'll probably be making a trip to cabelas to pick up some other things in the catalog and am wondering if it woudn't be a waste of money to pick one of these up.

 

[jon_in_wv]

A friend of mine just bought a trifect for his daughter. I'll ask him how its worked out for him so far.

I have a Rossi 22lr/410 combo for my daughter and its a really neat gun to shoot. I like it a lot .

 

[jpwilly]

I haven't heard very goot things. They are at best average. The lockup isn't tight or very robust. Certainly not as accurate as many Bolt actions is centerfire calibers.

 

[hogdogs]

At least average according to a friend of mine... I think they are all youth size so keep that in mind...
Brent

 

[scoutleader]

I picked up one of the trifecta from a guy at work who had it for his son and he was upgrading to a bigger gun. I got it for $125 and figured I would be a great Uncle and give it to my brothers boy. I took it out and played with it and think I will have to keep it. If you get one that is marked SB2 like mine you can get extra barrels for less than $100. I picked up a thumbhole stock for it off of Gun Broker for $30.
The 20ga shoots great, the 243 I sent back because it would not group at all. They sent me a new barrel and it is not great but it will keep 5 out of 5 in a 8 inch pie plate at 150 yards. I got the 45-70 barrel and the 500 S&W barrel. So for around $400 I have 5 barrels and a better stock. It is a blast to shoot and the 45-70 it dead on.

 

[jjwestbrook]

my nine year old has one , he killed his first deer with it this year. well worth the money

 

[Csspecs]

Is the SB2 marking only a NEF or H&R thing? I don't think the rossi receivers are marked like that.


Almost bought one of the sets a couple years ago... But at the time Yugo 59/66s had been marked down to $99 so seeing a deal I passed on the rossi.

 

[T-Ray]

I think they are all youth size so keep that in mind...

The cabelas catalog i am looking at says

Available in youth model with .22LR/.410 and .223 Rem. barrels or adult model with .22LR/20 ga. and .243 Win. barrels/synthetic blued/includes case and one scope base

The pic given is of a synthetic stock with all silver (not sure if its stainless or nickel) metal, including all 3 bbls.