Rossi Cyclops 357
Does anyone have opinion of this pistol?
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Good shooter, kinda heavy-but then I have an 8-shot Taurus that's even heavier.
BTW- Taurus and Rossi are the same company nowadays.0 -
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=470470
Again, the gun will probably function, but Rossi is just not known for putting out a high quality product, and resale value on a gun like that isn't going to be very high.
Personally speaking, I'd pass on it, unless the price was REALLY good (ie $300 or preferably less).
If you're interested in a full-lug 6" 357 you can probably find a Smith 686 used for under $500, if you're patient, and not only will your grandchildren still be shooting it long after you're gone, but it will only go up in value. A used 6" Ruger GP100 can be found for under $400. That's still probably better than a Rossi. Both Smith and Ruger are also solid American companies with strong customer service and good warrantees.
That obscure Rossi? What are you going to do if you ever have a problem with it? I don't if parts are even available for it, or if Rossi will honor a warrantee on a 10+ year old gun.
If you "must" have that brick like underlug/bull-barrel then a used .357 Taurus tracker will still run you under $400, if you look around. I'm not a big fan of Taurus wheelguns, but I'd still pick one over a Rossi.
Taurus tracker .357
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Rossi Cyclops, 8" .357:
Taurus and Rossi are NOT the same company, though its pretty easy to see why you might be confused by that.
Taurus bought the rights and machinery to manufacture the Rossi revolvers in 1997, and I believe it markets and distributes them in the USA. (In somewhat of an analogous way that Smith and Wesson builds and markets Walther guns in the USA). I *think* that a Taurus subsidiary acts as American distributor of the other Rossi guns too.
But Taurus doesn't own the Rossi company. Not only are Rossi guns made in physically different facilities (the revolver one is owned by Taurus), but Rossi makes a number of guns that it sells by itself globally with no connection to Taurus.
http://www.rossiusa.com/history.cfm
In this particular case, since it was marketed in '97-98 the "Cyclops" is probably one of the Taurus-made and imported guns. I don't know what that says about its overall quality, though. Even the Taurus branded guns have had variable quality control over the years, with some being absolutely lousy. For what its worth, this gun likely IS covered by Rossi's repair policy, though you can check that just by looking at the importer marks on the gun:
http://www.rossiusa.com/repair-policy.cfm
Ultimately, I'd say whether or not buying one makes sense is going to depend on what you want to do with it, and mostly how much it costs.0 -
I bought my wife one for our 25th wedding anniverasy and she loves it.She has put about 1000 rounds thru it and it still funtions GREAT. 0 -
My advice to you is to pass on this gun
Taurus/Rossi (one company) turns out guns of iffy, sporadic qulaity. Spend a few bucks more or in many cases the same money and get a used, older Smith and Wesson or Colt. You will be glad you did.0 -
alligator123...while I am not familiar with this particular Rossi gun, I do have several Rossi's and like them all. I guess I am the odd man out, as I have, among others a Model 58, a 971, a Model 92SS in .45LC, and I CC a small Taurus Titanium and like them all. To be sure, they are not a Smith (of which I have many, including a new Talos 686 seven shot) nor Ruger (more of the same including sometimes CC a GP100), but I have had good luck with mine. I have never had a failure nor one that needed to go back for some work. So, while others have had problems with Rossi and Taurus, not this guy amd I would not hesitate to buy another one if the muse moved me[^] 0
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