This place sometimes reminds me of the old scifi series of the 90s
"Sliders" where the shows characters could via ultra sophisticated technological wizardry transport themselves to different parallel universes where everything looked the same but with important differences (like Hitler won WWII, or the South won the civil war, or old Amadeo Rossi never made a bad gun and was elected President of Brazil & immortalized with a life sized bronze statue in Brasília.
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It's either a litany of range reports indicating real time problems or a "don't worry, be happy" Rossi love-in.
I prefer a fact based approach.
It is what it is guys and there HAVE been ongoing problems with Rossi Quality Control & Customer Service at least in the universe I have been waking up in for the past 61.5 x 365 mornings.
That's why being pro-active, diligent & thorough in regards to pre-purchase checks and tests is so important to avoid disappointments.
Subjective "wishful thinking-ish" or pessimistic yay-Rossi or nay-Rossi attitudinal embellishments serve no useful purpose.
I love my Rossis but rose colored glasses don't go with my complexion and hair color or my professional, pragmatic training as a process engineer.
As I said before abandon the group approach with Remlins & Rossis.
The good ones look identical to the bad ones.
Treat each gun as an individual and
AVOID PRE-CONCEPTIONS and diligently do your pre-purchase inspections & tests.
That is the way mostly positive range reports will appear on Rossi Rifleman because the dud guns will be left on the racks for dealers and Braztech to deal with.
Subjective, "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" wishful thinking is the exclusive domain of kids on Xmas eve.......it has no useful place in the practical adult world.
Dealing with issues head on in the cold hard light of reality with our eyes wide open and doing our pre-purchase checks & becoming proficient at Rossi trouble shooting & repair techniques will make our Rossi Rifleman world the best it can possibly be.
And YES........there is a definite compromise between quality control & price at play in regards to Rossi rifles.
Life is full of compromises.
I would rather pay $500 for a basic, in-the-rough gun where NIB functionality expectations are less than pay $3500 for a 99.9% rifle like a Turnbull custom 86 or 92.
That is a choice I willingly & knowingly make going in but I improve my chances of success in acquiring a good gun immeasurably by adopting an aggressive, proactive ,"eyes wide open" pre-purchase inspect & test approach.
