That's true. The blast from a short barrel is a lot worse. I'm wondering if the action of the Rossi is as strong as the Marlin's. Yeah, I do agree also with rem141r about the older 1895's being a lot better. Problem is I've been looking around here trying to find one I can get my hands on before buying and there just aren't many available. Guess I'll just keep looking and one will come up one of these days.

Thanks guys!

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