Why I'm here.

I grew up in a somewhat liberal, extremely pacifist household in the equally liberal Washington state. I had some good friends who introduced me to the errors of my upbringing. Guns (any weapons really) were a forbidden topic in my house, so when I was first introduced to shooting sports I fell in love- kind of a forbidden fruit thing I think. My mother still wonders where she went so wrong.
Because of my upbringing, and my poverty in college, I am not your average gun guy. Most “gun people” buy a gun and it stays in the family, passed on through generations when the owner goes to their heavenly reward. I, on the other hand, go through guns like they were work pants. I get bored, or I look too close, or I shoot them till I don’t like them anymore. Over the past five years I have bought, shot, and sold or traded More than 50 firearms. Along the way I have learned TONS, established opinions, and had a great time. Now some will ask, “Why” ? It all comes down to a deal I made with my incredibly beautiful, and patient wife. When we were first engaged we talked about lots of important things in great detail, and one of those was firearms. She knew I liked guns and enjoyed shooting (though at the time neither of us had any idea how big this would become). She was worried about having hundreds of guns strewn everywhere around the house. We set a four gun limit at any given time. Over the years that deal has been revisited and modified, but the rule made me sell a gun before I could get a new one. It also has led me to play with a ton of platforms and a ton of accessories. This review blog is based on the experience gathered along the way. I have also figured out how to self-fund my gun addiction. In our house “gun money” is a separate entity, though I have on occasion used it to spoil my wife. “Gun money” is money made from a gun sale that is used for buying another gun or ammo. (Gun money also magically accumulates when I let my wife pick our sons names). Guns have become a real investment to mee, they hold their value very well. I have made a lot of additional “gun money” along the way. My addiction started with a $550 initial investment and has grown to around $15,000 in guns, and around $8000 in ammo (though little of that is left) in the course of five years.

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The Rossi 5 shot revolver (.38 special)


I found a pawn shop in town that had a huge selection of fire arms on the shelf, and it was right by where I worked, so from time to time I would stop by. One day I brought my mosin nagant m44 by the shop just to see what they would give me for it. In the end I traded for a beat up old Rossi. It had almost no bluing left and the rear sight was missing but it looked ok other than that. I checked the lock up and timing and saw no issues so I took it to a range and shot it. No issue, except that 5 shots is not enough. So I redid the bluing and cleaned and polished everything, also carved some new grips out of a piece of oak from a pallet I got at work. It was a new gun in almost every way, but the 5 shot cylinder really made me come to hate it. I did sell it in the end, and the new owner seemed very happy.

THE GOOD:
It was fun to tinker with.
The size was great for concealing.
Revolvers can break but they have few parts and are very reliable typically
THE BAD:
Rossi is not known for high quality so be careful.
5 rounds is disappointing.
I don’t much like revolvers as a whole, but that may be down to limited experience.
FINAL THOUGHTS:

I wouldn’t buy another Rossi, for more than $50.
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