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Rossi Coach Gun Questions

mrankh
Well started going through my collection and I have a double barrel shot gun, exposed hammers, side by side. SN 36XX. I was wondering for any additional information on this gun.

Markings AMADED ROSSI S.A.
SAO LEDPOLDO R.S.

THE GARCIA CORP.
WASH. D.C.

MADE IN BRAZIL


NO RG. T4378X


Matching SN on all three parts.

Anyone know anything about these guns?
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  • nmyers
    Your gun is the "Overland" model, & was imported in the 1972-1978 range. Not a high quality gun, it was originally more of a novelty than practical shotgun. Over the last few years, cowboy action shooters have sought them, as they have the "old west stagecoach" look.

    The Rossi name is now owned by Taurus. There is no parts/service support available from Taurus for any gun that they did not import. Don't break anything.

    Neal
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  • mrankh
    so it would be better to sell it as compared to put it in storage in fear of some thing breaking, its a cool gun but it doesnt sound worth keeping. I am going to keep my 870, and my .308 and ya gotta keep the Mini 14
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  • andrewsw16
    They do still have functional value. You may be able to sell it to a cowboy action shooter as mentioned above. You can also still use it as a house gun. With those exposed hammers you will have no doubt as to whether or not it is cocked in an emergency situation.
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  • Laredo Lefty
    I have a Rossi Coachgun I bought about 25 years ago. I have used it for Cowboy shooting and dove hunting. It has had hundreds of rounds thru it and still going, nothing has ever broken on it.

    You can still find them at auctions now and then, and they ausally go for $350 to $450.
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  • beantownshootah
    quote:
    The Rossi name is now owned by Taurus. There is no parts/service support available from Taurus for any gun that they did not import. Don't break anything.

    Neal

    Well, the first part of this isn't entirely true.

    Rossi isn't simply a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taurus.

    The business relationship between Rossi and Taurus is complicated, My understanding is that Taurus makes handguns for Rossi, and Rossi makes long guns for Taurus (which is why the "Raging Judge" guns are labelled Rossi, not Taurus). The current importer of Rossi guns into the USA is a Taurus subsidiary.

    But regardless of the exact corporate relationships here, you're absolutely right that Taurus USA isn't going to fix any gun labelled "Rossi".

    Further, the current importer, Rossi USA, isn't going to service any gun that they didn't import or manufacture. All such guns will be labelled "Braztech International" somewhere on the gun, and if the gun is actually 20+ years old, it definitely won't qualify.

    As to what its worth, any coach gun could make a passable home defense gun, and as mentioned, the cowboy action shooters like these. Whether or not you have a use for it is up to you.

    Obviously if you don't shoot it, its not going to break!

    In terms of breakage, I'd imagine the design should be pretty simple and durable, so its probably not all that prone to breakage. Also, if it broke, repairing it wouldn't necessarily be prohibitively expensive even if not under warranty.
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