Like Tikkanut I've never had a Rossi but have a Marlin Cowboy 24" barrel in .45 Colt. Unlike Tikkanut I like the 24" barrel. Just swings nice for me. I have a Marlin Cowboy in .45-70 with a 26" barrel. Love that one too, though the vast majority of people absolutely love their short barreled Marlin .45-70s.
If I had my druthers all my rifles would have no less than 22" barrels. That said I have owned 336's and 94's with the standard 20" barrel and really like them, but the 336's I still have are three A's with the 24" barrel and 2/3's magazine.
I keep thinking I need to buy a Rossi 92, probably in .357 or maybe another .45. In a 24" barrel of course. :>)
Last edited by Henry McCann; 03/08/24.
