410/45LC Mare's Laig?

[Guest FiddleDog]

I just stumble across this...  I did a quick search on it and didn't see anything in the forums and thought...hmm... this must be shared:

 

http://www.rossiusa.com/2011newcatalog/?catalog_page=7

 

 

[Guest sL1k]

Ooooo I actually want that lol

[Guest ab28]

Interesting, but like all "pistol" rifles, not as useful without a stock.

[piercedan]

Well, if you put a rail, two point sling, and... Calm down I'm only kidding!

[hipower]

Neat looking, but every time I pick one up...I seem to try raising it to my shoulder. Just doesn't work for me. But that shouldn't stop you from grabbing one.

[Cherokee Slim]

I've always wanted a "Wanted Dead or Alive" short rifle.  Maybe spin it out of the holster like Josh Randall?  (breaking most safety rules at the same time)  They sell them as handguns in .22, .44mag, .45LC and .357.  The problem is that it isn't an allowed gun to shoot in SASS.  So it would come down to having $400 at the same time I came across the Mare's Leg, at the same time I didn't need the cash for something else.

Cherokee Slim

[Jonnin]

Kind of neat.  I would say its impractical, but as I have a AR pistol, I can't really do that can I?   What I learned with my AR pistol though is that a big heavy pistol that does not go into the shoulder is awkward to use, even downright hard to use.   Fun on the range, and one needs little more justification than that to buy something they like, but at the end of the day, a toy.

[JAB]

I followed the link and found the linked page in the Rossi catalog to be blank.  I then went straight to the Rossi website and all I could find under the 'Ranch Hand' guns were 2 versions of the .45 Colt (one with a 'case hardened' look and one without), neither of which listed .410 as additional ammo option, a .44 Mag version and a .357/.38 model.  I didn't see anything about any of them being able to chamber/fire .410 rounds.  I wonder if that could have been a misprint on Rossi's part which has since been removed.

 

I love lever action rifles but personally think that a Mare's Leg type rifle pistol would be about as useful as a screen door on a submarine.  I honestly don't even think they would be all that much fun.  My mom, on the other hand, is enamored with them.  She is also quite a fan of the Judge (another gun for which I have no use except in the Circuit Judge carbine version which I do think would be interesting) and has wanted one for quite some time but has been unwilling to pay the usual asking price.  I was thinking, "If I could show her a picture of a Mare's Leg in .45/.410 she'd probably fall apart over it."  Am I just not seeing the link or is it, indeed, gone?

 

Thinking more about it, I think I have heard of the .45/.410 version, before.  Wasn't it supposed to be called 'The Trail Judge'?  I entered 'Trail Judge' into the search box on the Rossi website and got no results nor can I find it browsing the site.  I wonder what happened to it.

 

ETA:

 

According to an article I found, Rossi has, indeed, said that the Trail Judge will not be made.

 

http://www.downrange.tv/blog/update-on-the-rossi-trail-judge/9064/

Edited April 24, 2013 by JAB

[Dolomite_supafly]

I was wanted one to build a modern Volcanic pistol. Make it Roth a realistic grip angle.

[Guest Hound]

I couldnt see using it as my go to weapon for anything but it looks fun as hell to shoot!

[Jonnin]

I found the judge to be a comfortable, good shooting revolver.   I have no use for blasting 410s out of one, but in 45 it was a nice revolver.   I sort of want the rifle version cause I love the look, but I have so far been able to look at pics of it without needing to shoot one. 

 

Darn expensive round right now.  Wife got an 'antique' colt 45 (1913? ) and so I had to get her some ammo..... its $1 a shot right now /gasp.  Plenty in stock at most places though.   2 boxes for some brass and I am out $100 bucks.... sigh.    At least its a low pressure round, the brass should last for many, many goes.

[JAB]

I found the judge to be a comfortable, good shooting revolver.   I have no use for blasting 410s out of one, but in 45 it was a nice revolver.   I sort of want the rifle version cause I love the look, but I have so far been able to look at pics of it without needing to shoot one. 

 

Darn expensive round right now.  Wife got an 'antique' colt 45 (1913? ) and so I had to get her some ammo..... its $1 a shot right now /gasp.  Plenty in stock at most places though.   2 boxes for some brass and I am out $100 bucks.... sigh.    At least its a low pressure round, the brass should last for many, many goes.

 

Yeah, I have no desire, whatsoever, for a Judge handgun but the Circuit Judge (revolver rifle) is something I wouldn't mind having.  I have been fascinated with revolver rifles ever since I saw some in a display of Civil War era weapons at a museum when I was a kid.  in fact, over on the Heritage Rough Rider forum - long before the Circuit Judge came into being - I brought up more than once (in those 'what new products do you think they should make' type threads) that they should do a carbine version of the Rough Rider.

 

Heck, now that Taurus has acquired Heritage, maybe they will! 

[crossfire]

Look up Rossi Rio Grande. They are fun to shoot but 410 is not cheap.

http://www.rossiusa.com/product-list.cfm?category=16

The mares leg is the Trail Judge and I don't think that is in the cards for Rossi .

Edited April 28, 2013 by crossfire