A bunch of Rossi 92s.Warhawk wrote:I have been working in Arkansas this week, and in Fayetteville today. I heard about a good gun shop up here and stopped in today, Ozark Armory in Springdale. It's quite a gun shop! I finally found some lead 10 gauge shells so I can try out the 10 ga double I bought recently.
Anyway, they had all kinds of lever guns, more than I've ever seen in one place. They had a Chiappa .44, for $1200!!! Also had several Marlins, Winchesters and a bunch of Rossi 92's. They had lever guns in a cowboy section, more in the rimfire section, and still more in with the regular hunting rifles.
They have a blued 1873 clone that was priced at $649, I had to check that one out. Turned out to be one of the Chaparral guns, beautiful blue job and the wood was on par with the Chiappa I saw in Texas. But knowing the reputation of those Chaparral guns I decided to pass.
If you're ever in the area, stop by, you'll be glad you did.
You could probably "cut" a couple of good ones out of that "herd".
Take a cleaning rod, solvent, a bore light, a magnifying glass and check em over good.
I have several dummy loads in most levergun calibers that I use to check the actions of prospective purchases with.
If the shop has an on premises firing range I'll even ask to test fire a possible purchase.
With some "blue chip" brands like Browning. Ruger and Sako I'll presume a certain "red line" minimum of quality and workmanship & will even purchase by mail order if necessary.
If the prospective purchase product is a Rossi I presume NOTHING and will only entertain "hands on" purchases.
