Any emoloyees or company reps here on this forum??

[LittleBill]

In just disgusted. I got my replacement 454 yesterday and it looked better than the original yes, until I looked in the bore with a borescope. Where the front sight fovetail is there is a bulge in the bore, right in a land, and if course its right next to the crown.
Its not huge but you can plainly(without a borescope) see two distinct ridges from the sight being hammered in, probably with a 20ton press.
Keeo in mind this is after waiting 12 weeks for it, after being at Rossi for 8 weeks so the gunsmith could determine if the original could be repaired. I knee it couldnt about 2 seconds after seeing the receiver defects. I bought this $1000 gun in Sept/Ict of last year and have yet to get to fire a single round. This is Bullcrap.

[GasGuzzler]

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[LittleBill]

Yes, Im sorry about that. I thought I was just editing, which I did but it apparently was as a quote. Again, my apologies.

[Ranch Dog]

As far as I know, there has never been a Rossi-USA employee registered as a user.

This is just a group of users that try to help other owners.

[Ranch Dog]

As far as I know, there has never been a Rossi-USA employee registered as a user.

This is just a group of users that try to help other owners.

[Sarge]

FWIW, I have seen those 'two distinct ridges from the sight' in the bore of a 20" R92, in 45 Colt. On the round barrel models in that caliber, there's darn little (insufficient, in my opinion) steel between the bottom of the dovetail and the bore.

[LittleBill]

The first one I got was not afflicted by this, just other issues. Cutting the barrel and tube back crossed my mind, but at what expense?

[Sarge]

I'd just trade it in toward a 16" 45 Colt. I had one and it wasn't afflicted with this problem, despite me hammer/punch drifting half a dozen tight fitting front sights in and out until I found the perfect one. I don't have empirical proof, but I believe the 16" 45s have more steel between the bore and the bottom of the front sight dovetail.

[Gunny268]

The 357 has the thickest barrel steel around the bore. The larger the caliber...the thinner the barrel steel.

[Bazoo]

Once the barrel is bulged under the sight, removing the sight won't cure it, but I wonder if after removing it, if you fired some jacketed bullets through it, if they would iron it back out enough that it wouldn't be an issue?