I found this Rossi model 62 pump-action .22 'Gallery rifle' at a local shop yesterday, and due to it's premium condition, and the fact that I have been keeping an eye out for a nice example of this old-time 'super plinker' rifle for several years now, I bought it.
I paid a lot more for it than it would have cost some years ago, but the prices for these has been rising to what I call 'stupid money levels in recent times, so it's a matter of either just bucking up and buying it, or walking away. I 'bucked up'.
The original Winchester M62 was commonly found in carnival shooting galleries in the early-mid 20th century, firing special low-power .22 gallery rounds. I have fired .22 CB Caps in my previous Rossi 62's, and the report isn't much louder than the falling hammer 'click', with the projectile velocity of a medium power pellet gun.
These are Brazilian made copies of the classic Winchester model 62 of the last century, which a premium example of, these days, can easily fetch $1000 or more... probably more.
The Rossi model 62 was imported into the US from 1970 until 1998. It is a nearly exact copy of the famous Winchester 62, with very good machine work and tooling of the metal parts, with a deep, high gloss, blue that's seldom seen on anything these days.
The one rather obvious place where it falls down a bit from the Winchester is in the grade of wood used for the Brazilian copy, which doesn't really compare to the Winchester, but it is ok, serviceable, and not particularly unattractive in its own right.
It's almost impossible to determine the exact date of manufacture from the serial numbers of this rifle, but because this example is marked '.22 S, L, LR', it is likely a relatively early production, as the later ones were marked for .22 Long Rifle only.
I have owned several of these in the past, and they are a lot of fun as casual plinkers, which is the only thing I do with something like this. They are savage on tin cans, etc.
I paid a lot more for it than it would have cost some years ago, but the prices for these has been rising to what I call 'stupid money levels in recent times, so it's a matter of either just bucking up and buying it, or walking away. I 'bucked up'.
The original Winchester M62 was commonly found in carnival shooting galleries in the early-mid 20th century, firing special low-power .22 gallery rounds. I have fired .22 CB Caps in my previous Rossi 62's, and the report isn't much louder than the falling hammer 'click', with the projectile velocity of a medium power pellet gun.
These are Brazilian made copies of the classic Winchester model 62 of the last century, which a premium example of, these days, can easily fetch $1000 or more... probably more.
The Rossi model 62 was imported into the US from 1970 until 1998. It is a nearly exact copy of the famous Winchester 62, with very good machine work and tooling of the metal parts, with a deep, high gloss, blue that's seldom seen on anything these days.
The one rather obvious place where it falls down a bit from the Winchester is in the grade of wood used for the Brazilian copy, which doesn't really compare to the Winchester, but it is ok, serviceable, and not particularly unattractive in its own right.
It's almost impossible to determine the exact date of manufacture from the serial numbers of this rifle, but because this example is marked '.22 S, L, LR', it is likely a relatively early production, as the later ones were marked for .22 Long Rifle only.
I have owned several of these in the past, and they are a lot of fun as casual plinkers, which is the only thing I do with something like this. They are savage on tin cans, etc.
