UPDATE: Rossi Ranch Hand Mares Leg

Thanks Can-Down. I did my own smithing on this one.(As I do on all my guns)
My .45 Colt RH needed the Marble's .531" front to get the right POI due to the thicker barrel.
These little buggers are sure fun to tinker on & a gas to hunt & plink with.:)
 
Did you drill and tap by hand?

I've got a drill press but I'd need to figure out a holding jig..... I've also got pretty good hands and a good eye for keeping things straight so it's tempting to just drill it out freestyle
 
I cheated and used my buddy's milling machine. With its' fully adjustable bed, and the rifle clamped in the tools' vise (Padded with hardwood blocks), it was easy to drill the holes in the spots I marked. One must be careful to not drill any deeper than about 3/16" or risk drilling into the guide flange on the bolt.

For guys unsure of their skills, they'd best remove the bolt before drilling. I used a hand tap to thread the holes.
It's an easy job for a shop rat like myself or an accomplished smith.:)
 
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Can-down said:
Did you drill and tap by hand?

I've got a drill press but I'd need to figure out a holding jig..... I've also got pretty good hands and a good eye for keeping things straight so it's tempting to just drill it out freestyle
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Please don't, it only take one slip, one bad angle and you'll have do e irreparable damage.
 
The bolt's coming out for sure! So you drilled and tapped a blind hole....I was thinking of going right through. I've never tapped a blind hole.
 
Anyone know how much of a hassle it would be to properly index a barrel on one of these? Mine is off enough that a taller front sight won't work, so I might try and fix it myself, if it isn't too much trouble.
And before anybody says to send it back, both the sponsor I bought it from and the company have completely blown me off, so I'm on my own.
 
tinman1275 said:
Anyone know how much of a hassle it would be to properly index a barrel on one of these? Mine is off enough that a taller front sight won't work, so I might try and fix it myself, if it isn't too much trouble.
And before anybody says to send it back, both the sponsor I bought it from and the company have completely blown me off, so I'm on my own.
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Rossi support is brutal. Hopefully it gets better.
I bought a gun from Wanstalls that had a broken barrel band screw that i noticed in the shop when I bought it. I figred how hard could it be to get a screw! Warranty for sure as I hadn't even paid for it.
No luck so far. Snap shot was their warranty guys at the time and they were brutal to deal with.

Which way is your sight leaning?

Barrel index is one thing I always look for with the Rossi's. You'd think they would check before shipping up to the north where there is no support what so ever!
 
tinman1275 said:
Anyone know how much of a hassle it would be to properly index a barrel on one of these? Mine is off enough that a taller front sight won't work, so I might try and fix it myself, if it isn't too much trouble.
And before anybody says to send it back, both the sponsor I bought it from and the company have completely blown me off, so I'm on my own.
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Some fairly recent Marlin purchasers (Me included) had similar woes with canted sights. The correct fix is to pull the barrel, then carefully lathe off a enough of the barrel shoulder where it butts to the receiver to get one extra full turn to proper center.(At 40 lbs. torque)

You then pull the tube again and use a finish reamer to get the chamber length back to specs & plus you have to allow for correct headspacing. This is slow,time consuming work

A good smith will have the tooling and experience to correct this, but it ain't cheap.
This is where a red-dot scope option starts to look mighty tempting.:)
 
Or just lean-cut the bugger(dovetail) the opposite way a tad & use some JB Weld in 'er, then paste wax the sights' dovetail, tap it in & tape it hard in the off direction of the lean angle, then let it set up overnight.:)
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
Or just lean-cut the bugger(dovetail) the opposite way a tad & use some JB Weld in 'er, then paste wax the sights' dovetail, tap it in & tape it hard in the off direction of the lean angle, then let it set up overnight.:)
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I've been toying with the idea of cutting a new 1/2 inch dovetail where the old one was, as long as there is enough thickness in the barrel for the deeper depth on the one side, and if I can find a tall enough sight in 1/2 inch.
 
tinman1275 said:
I've been toying with the idea of cutting a new 1/2 inch dovetail where the old one was, as long as there is enough thickness in the barrel for the deeper depth on the one side, and if I can find a tall enough sight in 1/2 inch.
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Just do what I did three years ago ... go to Steve's Gunz (a Rossi specialist) and order low flat rear gunsight and a (tall) front fibre-optic sight. Easy-peasy. The standard fix.

Let's not overthink this.
 
boomer49 said:
Just do what I did three years ago ... go to Steve's Gunz (a Rossi specialist) and order low flat rear gunsight and a (tall) front fibre-optic sight. Easy-peasy. The standard fix.

Let's not overthink this.[/QUOTE

How does that address a canted dovetail from a poorly indexed barrel?
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Can-down said:
boomer49 said:
Just do what I did three years ago ... go to Steve's Gunz (a Rossi specialist) and order low flat rear gunsight and a (tall) front fibre-optic sight. Easy-peasy. The standard fix.

Let's not overthink this.[/QUOTE

How does that address a canted dovetail from a poorly indexed barrel?
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Oopsy ... my bad ... I neglected to look at the original post, figuring that it was just another "how do I get it to shoot to POA" thread. Sloppy/Lazy of me ... :(
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boomer49 said:
Oopsy ... my bad ... I neglected to look at the original post, figuring that it was just another "how do I get it to shoot to POA" thread. Sloppy/Lazy of me ... :(
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