UPDATE: Rossi Ranch Hand Mares Leg

machman said:
Just found this thread...Carverk, what the hell is going on? We miss you and your M305 on the Main Battle Rifle forum! Why have you forsaken us!!! ;-)
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I have not forsaken you wen I got in with gunnutz I wonted a small carbine with a 12" barrel for work I still love the M14 rifle i have 2 off them and thinking off a 3 one
the M14 is fore fun small carbine is fore work haahaa I hate work!
love Hunting Trapping Fishing and being free to live my life my way !
 
Any other Canadian sources other than Wanstall's?
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Yes, but it's kind of a wanstalls thread so i'm not sure how much we should talk about other suppliers here. :)

Any dealer who carries rossi should be able to acquire range hands. I saw one in another local store a month or so back but it was in 357. Check out a few other rossi dealers, someone may have one. If you can't find one, put your name on the list.
 
forgive the dumb question, but does anyone make the Mare's Leg in the 94 action? If one does exist...I think I'd like to acquire one.
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Well the only point to a 94 would be to chamber it in something like 30-30. That might be a little uncomfortable to hold onto when you shoot :)
 
Kanaima said:
My apologizes, I thought it was a thread started by Driller242 about the Ranch Hand in general. Sorry.
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its no biggy man, a great place to ask your fine question may be the hunting rifle section!

but I would recommend wanstalls, because Gary just makes life dandy :D
 
Hungsolo said:
Has anyone tried 44 special in their 44 mag ranch hand?
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I have. It works fine, but simply doesn't have the oomph of the 44 mag which is disappointing :p


Just got back.... The steves low rear buckhorn did nothing for the shooting high... I might hit something dead on at 200 yards.... lol....

So I guess I am going to get a tall front sight.... This gal is really shootin for the stars.
 
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Just to add - got to try driller's mare's leg. Overall very impressed with it - seems very solidly built and feels good in the hand. I should note that even though it was shooting high, it was grouping very tightly. I still would like to make up a lock-in butt stock for one, I feel it wouldn't decrease the manoueverability very much and would add to its accuracy immensely.
 
driller212 said:
I have. It works fine, but simply doesn't have the oomph of the 44 mag which is disappointing :p


Just got back.... The steves low rear buckhorn did nothing for the shooting high... I might hit something dead on at 200 yards.... lol....

So I guess I am going to get a tall front sight.... This gal is really shootin for the stars.
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Hey driller,

Did you adjust the actual sight itself with the tiny screw to move the adjustable part of the sight lower? That fixed my issue. I basically bottomed it out and I'm happy with the result.
 
Driller212

Hi Driller,

I was going to PM this to you, but maybe it's a good idea to post it for others as well.

I was wondering if your not-too-good results with the Steve's low rear buckhorn occurred with the stock front sight, or with an aftermarket front sight.

Yesterday I mailed my Rossi Mare's Leg .44 back to Gary to have some tweaking done. I included the Steve's Gunz tune-up DVD and tune-up parts (just a softer spring and a metal follower), the Steve's Gunz low rear buckhorn that you have, the Steve's Gunz fiber-optic front sight, AND a Skinner's Sights rear peep for the Rossi dovetail.

I figured that they could experiment with the two rear sights to determine which worked better. Maybe Gary can use my firearm as kind of a test "mule" and tell us how things work-out.

By the way, I shipped the rifle in a great padded Skinner's Sights 25" green nylon scabbard, and it still fit inside the original Rossi cardboard carton. Highly recommended ... :)
 
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Just got my 44 mag ranch hand on Thursday and took it to the range that night. I found mine shoots high as well, I will try to adjust the sights as well.
I must say it's a blast to shoot and I was quite impressed with the quality and price.
 
As far as I can see the front sight needs to be about a half an inch higher! I got mine shooting to point of aim by removing the elevator so the rear sight sits on the barrel and then grinding down the center of the buckhorn by about 1/4".
The thing is while this setup works when you mount the gun and sight down the sights it feels way to low like you are sighting down a shotgun receiver using a bead sight with a poorly designed stock angle.
Lowering the rear sight can get you there but it puts the sight line too low.
What these guns really need is a new sight base that lifts the dovetail up about a half an inch...that way you won't need a crazy tall front sight which doesn't exist!

In this picture you can see how low it is in relation to the top of the receiver and in reality the bead would need to be a bit lower in the notch then this to hit point of aim at 25 yards.


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I know a few have mentioned the rear sight that replaces the safety on the bolt.

Has anyone tried one of these yet? How was POA to POI?

I agree with Can-Down, I have modified my rear sight so it is functional but it still feels a little odd.
 
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