I found a little Brazilian Rossi in .357 and fell in love with it. Someone had shortened the mag-tube to the end of the forearm, then replaced the steel butt-plate with a recoil-pad. I was going to do the same thing, so I was ahead of the game.
Why a recoil-pad? When ya place it behind the kitchen door, it won't "skitter" across the linolium floor. (I can just "see" some of the guys cringe when they read of placing a loaded rifle against the wall, and having linolium floors, lol) AND... the chamber isn't loaded.
Anyway, when it's needed, it's there.
My .357 feeds anything, and smoothly. I only load handloads, and only use Lyman SWCs and only in Magnum cases...Flawless!
I installed a Lyman tang-mounted peepsight, and the LOP is 13 1/2". It works just great in the pickup, or from horseback.
Now...the kicker. I carried it for about three years, but for the last two it's been a 24" .256 Mag. It's mostly been shot with a Lyman 64gr LFPGC, but RP 86gr jacketed, Speer 75gr FP, and Hornady 60gr FPs slide down the tube with alacrity.
I really enjoy it, you will, too.
Have fun,
Gene
