Author Topic: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)  (Read 25499 times)

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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #15 on: July 10, 2010, 11:17:32 PM »
I know, but the price is over $700.00 more than a Rossi.  I'll think I'll wait.
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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2010, 01:35:05 PM »
I'm with KJ.
As I mention earlier, there is also another supplier, a gunsmith that customizes them as well for a similar price. I want to say- JB Smith?

For a "toy', not a serious shooter, why spend the serious bucks?
If the action is rough on the Rossi and if there is feeding issues, then spend a hundred and you will have a good little shoot'n "toy".

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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2010, 05:16:08 PM »
I have another thread called "MARE'S LEG PISOL" and the maker there is J. B. Customs, $1295, for a regular one and $1695 for a take down model.  

$400 bucks for a Rossi is a deal, and Reinz, like you say, another $100 for a trigger job, would be fine; it may not even need it.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/09/02/jb-custom-mares-leg-pistol-video-review/
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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #18 on: July 12, 2010, 06:17:48 PM »
Yeah, that's it , I thought it was JB something.


Heh, Heh, J.B. Smith is our County Sherrif, LOL.

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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2010, 07:16:05 PM »
Oh, well.  You got the initials right.    ;D
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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2010, 07:19:02 PM »

I used to like J&B before Johnny Walker Black.

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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2010, 07:27:32 PM »
They're both probably real good!    ;D
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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #22 on: September 06, 2010, 11:19:55 AM »
For anyone interested in this; available in October, 2010; $429.95.

http://www.mcgowanfirearms.com/rossimodel92ranchhand.aspx

Able's price is $426.00.
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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #23 on: September 06, 2010, 03:32:03 PM »
Every time I see one of those Mare's Legs, I get the inexplicably sinking feeling that someone might have taken a butcher's band saw to the stock and barrel of a classic and perfectly balanced Winchester Model 1894 fitted with a large-loop lever. I have to remind myself that the Mare's Legs were just made to look that way. Beauty being in the eyes of the beholder, who am I to question such things? :-/
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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #24 on: September 06, 2010, 03:50:14 PM »

It sure looks like sillywood to me but to each his own.

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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #25 on: September 06, 2010, 04:16:16 PM »
That's why we all like different things, sometime; I think it's cool lookin'!  
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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #26 on: September 06, 2010, 06:33:26 PM »

Just try to resist the urge to flip-shoot it. This gun is a bit like a motor scooter: looks good; feels good; but you wouldn't want your friends to see you on it unless you could handle it like Steve McQueen.

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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #27 on: September 06, 2010, 06:55:18 PM »
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Just try to resist the urge to flip-shoot it. This gun is a bit like a motor scooter: looks good; feels good; but you wouldn't want your friends to see you on it unless you could handle it like Steve McQueen.

Or Lucas McCain (Chuck Connors) even though he used a rifle I think he could make the Mares Leg sing.

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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #28 on: September 06, 2010, 06:58:21 PM »
I agree.  I'll practice a lot! ;D
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Re: Rossi Ranch Hand (Mare's Leg)
« Reply #29 on: September 06, 2010, 07:01:46 PM »

And no fast draws!