Thread: Recommendations wanted on 357Mag Lever Action

pretty sure rossi do one in 454 casull , now thats a serious knockdown

I have a Rossi in 44. Original sights shot a foot or so high with no more adjustment on the rear. Installed rail and red dot. Now within an inch at 50 metres. The older version 357 I owned in the 70's ( non safety) was definitely tighter mechanically.

Originally Posted by gonetropo

pretty sure rossi do one in 454 casull , now thats a serious knockdown

Wonder if it has the steel butt plate. The 44 mag is bad medicine enough for an old shoulder.

Originally Posted by outlander

Wonder if it has the steel butt plate. The 44 mag is bad medicine enough for an old shoulder.

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Originally Posted by gonetropo

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Aha. A wide and rubbery ass. Someone will like it!

Originally Posted by outlander

Aha. A wide and rubbery ass. Someone will like it!

kanye ?

Originally Posted by gonetropo

kanye ?

100%.

Originally Posted by outlander

Wonder if it has the steel butt plate. The 44 mag is bad medicine enough for an old shoulder.

My Rossi 44mag didn't seem to bad for a steel butt plate but the 357 marlin csbl feels like a 22 with the rubber pad.
Much better action on the Marlin as well , in both use and disassembly .
The csbl is quite a bit heavier than the barrel band versions as well. Not as small or sleek.
If by some miracle I ever find a cheap 1894 I would seriously consider adding that to the safe.

Originally Posted by Ftx325

My Rossi 44mag didn't seem to bad for a steel butt plate but the 357 marlin csbl feels like a 22 with the rubber pad.
Much better action on the Marlin as well , in both use and disassembly .
The csbl is quite a bit heavier than the barrel band versions as well. Not as small or sleek.
If by some miracle I ever find a cheap 1894 I would seriously consider adding that to the safe.

Other than a 22 Marlin, I've avoided them. I bought a 336 in 30-30 a few years ago and it had a trigger that flopped around ( front to back) with no resistance in the first stage. The bloke I took it to in Napier said that they all do that. Felt terrible. Do they all do that..?

All of ours do but never really found it a problem . You can get aftermarket triggers with a lighter pull and extra spring to remove the flop but haven't really found the need . Did look at getting one at one point but they were out of stock at the time and never bothered since. Just don't really notice it . In fact I just had to check all 3 rifles to see if they did it cocked , so that's how little I notice it during use...

Originally Posted by Ftx325

All of ours do but never really found it a problem . You can get aftermarket triggers with a lighter pull and extra spring to remove the flop but haven't really found the need . Did look at getting one at one point but they were out of stock at the time and never bothered since. Just don't really notice it . In fact I just had to check all 3 rifles to see if they did it cocked , so that's how little I notice it during use...

Thanks for that. Taken me 22 years to find that out. Dead set hermit that I am.

Originally Posted by outlander

Other than a 22 Marlin, I've avoided them. I bought a 336 in 30-30 a few years ago and it had a trigger that flopped around ( front to back) with no resistance in the first stage. The bloke I took it to in Napier said that they all do that. Felt terrible. Do they all do that..?

No not all. They did go through a rough patch when they changes hands but the recently produced ones are high quality

Originally Posted by omark

No not all. They did go through a rough patch when they changes hands but the recently produced ones are high quality

I have a jm 30/30 xlr and 2 modern sbl's , 45/70 and 357 , and they all do the flop thing but you generally need to wiggle it with your fingers for it to be obvious , when cocked , which us why I haven't found it to be a problem. But they do have flop.
And I don't find the 44mag recoil with steel butt plate to be any worse than the average 308 with hard rubber , but I do like big bores and perhaps aren't overly sensitive to recoil
I like a bit of kick , lets you know you're alive...

Originally Posted by outlander

Wonder if it has the steel butt plate. The 44 mag is bad medicine enough for an old shoulder.

Brutal....and most guys end up moving them on