UPDATE: Rossi Ranch Hand Mares Leg

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Just finished up a mid-size lever at my buddy's shop. It was easy work for him to
cut, hand bend & cut off the excess metal after cold shaping, Then Tig weld the
joint. Total time for this process was 10 minutes. (Half a beer)
To re-answer sulisa's question, Don't drop the bugger hard onto the lever.
It's easy to bend. Now all I gotta do is blend the weld and re-blue.

Beauty!

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Hmm I ordered the exact same sights for my 44 ranch hand as shell shucker has on his 45 from brownells and my front sight fits fine but my rear dovetail is to loose to secure the marbles sight so I had to stay with the stocker

Try a shim under the dovetail to tighten it up..... some brass stock or even a beer/pop can.

[driller212]

I havent been here for a while, seems like the discussion is still chugging along.

Here is me in the field with my RH this summer doing exploration work in the Yukon:

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Nice vid Driller, the voodoo needs a plastic liner for the sights eh.... All your gun needs is a modified loop!
Who made the butt plate? I think I remember some posts about it but it would be cool to see some more pics....

[driller212]

the stock extension was made by andycal, he did a great job on it.

the gun rusted a bit as soon as I moved back to the coast for school, so I gave her a good oil and scrub, but I fear she may need a nickel finish in the future

I will take some pics and post em as soon as I can, natural light is a must for good pics.

As far as the scabbard goes, if the liner on the inside was made of the same material on the outside, it would be fine. For some reason they put a thin material on the inside, which seems prone to tearing, and when it tears it is quite 'thready' for lack of a better word.

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I have the same scabbard, and I was thinking I should de-construct it and beef it up with a sight channel of some sort or like you say just a more durable material....

[driller212]

Yea, if I knew how to I would. I think I would love the same basic thing but just leather.

[boomer49]

Hmm I ordered the exact same sights for my 44 ranch hand as shell shucker has on his 45 from brownells and my front sight fits fine but my rear dovetail is to loose to secure the marbles sight so I had to stay with the stocker

Read my earlier post. The folks at Skinner's Sights mention that the Rossi dovetail is a different size than most other rifles.

Order a Steve's Gunz (an all-Rossi website) rear sight ... their low flat-top works great for me.

No need to mess around with shims and goop ...

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Yea, if I knew how to I would. I think I would love the same basic thing but just leather.

Hard to go wrong with leather, specially if you chrome your Ranchhand....

[SHELL SHUCKER]

Read my earlier post. The folks at Skinner's Sights mention that the Rossi dovetail is a different size than most other rifles.

Order a Steve's Gunz (an all-Rossi website) rear sight ... their low flat-top works great for me.

No need to mess around with shims and goop ...

To clarify about rear sights. The low flat top sight that Steve's Gunz
sells IS the Marbles sight. I've mounted enough of them to know.
On my .357 Rossi, they were loose. When I put the Marbles Bullseye sight
on, it tapped in tight and proper. On my .45 RH, the flat top sight that
did'nt fit tight on the .357 RH, fit proper on this gun.

Those folks at Taurus have got to get their sh*t together on the finer
details of their product. IE: Better, tight grained wood for stocks and
standard 3/8 " dovetails on their rifles.

Taurus needs to improve their production quality to North American
standards to ensure a decent customer return or run the risk of
lost sales.