Thread: Help with single shot Rossi

My Dads single shot 308 has always had problems with opening when firing.
His "gunsmith" mate has had it for a year or so to fix that and shorten/suppress it and mount a scope.
So I thought id have a play at making some subs for it
Shot one opened
Shot two opened
Shot three failed to fire(very light firing pin strike) closed recocked and fired
Shot 4 fired stayed closed and the open button is flopping round doing nothing.

How do I open it and then sort out its issues. Out with the pin punches?

Ok got it open now how do I fix it so it wont open when it shouldnt and will open when it should?

LOL back where I started........... not thinking I closed it to put it in the safe while the kids watched a movie and I farted around in the shed.

sell it.. obviously its a piece of pooze

Its not mine, Not too impressed with the smith work, looking down suppressor you can plainly see the individual baffles are out of alignment with each other by at LEAST 1mm ,that would explain the 10.5 mm hole down it lol

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Its not mine, Not too impressed with the smith work, looking down suppressor you can plainly see the individual baffles are out of alignment with each other by at LEAST 1mm ,that would explain the 10.5 mm hole down it lol

Well ya know where you should have sent it then dont you

Yea but like I said ITS NOT MINE!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yea but like I said ITS NOT MINE!

Then give it back and stop the worrying lol

Seeing as it shat itself while trying to make him some ammo for fathers day I sort of feel obliged to fix it properly.

Anyone got some usful information?

Those Rossi's are farken awful. My first centerfire was a Rossi Wizard. It wouldn't open after shooting either, cases got stuck, the finish was shit. Just give it back to the guy at tell him to bin it.

Originally Posted by muzza

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Here ya go - this is the Greybeards H and R/ NEF rifle forum. Rossi rifles are so identical that you can use the info here just the same . Do a search , and someone will have the information you need.

Cheers muzza............can you point me in the right direction? Im a computer knob end remember

Yes I know they are fuckin awfull but there must be a way to make them function.
As long as it functions its all good, its only got to hit a bit of a4 at 80 y !

when i was hunting for a rifle to buy a while ago i looked at those single shot rossis and did not find a single good comment about them. most reports were of what is being described.

Cheers Muzza will look into it tomorrow. I have "basic" engineering skills

My Baikal does the same thing
Had 3 clicks when lined up on a Cham with 3 different round

You have to be FIRM when shutting it
When it fails, you can see the opening lever isnt quite in the right spot - ie all the way out