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I've got the 24" octangal barrel in .38/.357 I wouldn't say it was smooth and mine doesn't like .357 very much. It does however shoot very well and the only real problem is sometimes mine tries to push two rounds from the mag at a time and one tries to lodge itself under the lifter, can't remember if this has happened now I've changed to only firing .38spl

I have had one in .44 Magnum since the early 1990s. I have shot it with .44 magnum and .44 Special, loaded it with black powder, and it shot them all without a murmur. It has been shot enough that it is now smoothed up and is a real pleasure to shoot. It's much smoother than my wife's 7 year old one in .44-40. The newer ones are a bit different (plastic magazine follower, etc.) but they are still good value for money - and at least they do not have what I consider modern aberrations: angle-eject and a completely unnecessary manual safety. I like neither of these features. I don't need a scope to shoot within the effective range of a .44 Magnum cartridge, and with an exposed hammer, I can't see why anybody would need a safety!

I got a gouge in the stock of mine a year or so after I bought it and wrote to Rossi to ask how I could purchase a new stock. I was a little annoyed when I did not receive an answer, but about three weeks after I wrote to them a new stock arrived no change.

DaveB wrote:I have had one in .44 Magnum since the early 1990s. I have shot it with .44 magnum and .44 Special, loaded it with black powder, and it shot them all without a murmur. It has been shot enough that it is now smoothed up and is a real pleasure to shoot. It's much smoother than my wife's 7 year old one in .44-40. The newer ones are a bit different (plastic magazine follower, etc.) but they are still good value for money - and at least they do not have what I consider modern aberrations: angle-eject and a completely unnecessary manual safety. I like neither of these features. I don't need a scope to shoot within the effective range of a .44 Magnum cartridge, and with an exposed hammer, I can't see why anybody would need a safety!

I got a gouge in the stock of mine a year or so after I bought it and wrote to Rossi to ask how I could purchase a new stock. I was a little annoyed when I did not receive an answer, but about three weeks after I wrote to them a new stock arrived no change.

Good service that, which Rossi did you write to? The factory in Brazil?

Yes, I wrote directly to the factory in Brazil.

I've owned an octagonal barrel model in 45LC for about 10yrs. I rarely shoot it beyond 50yrs so homeloads are tame but it never misses a beat. A recently manufactured marlin that passed through my hands was a bloody nightmare.

Still having problems with mine mis-firing sometimes, I did fit a new firing pin in an attempt to sort this, and it's improved matters slightly. But it's still not unusual to get a click not a bang, and find a dimple on the primer. Pulling the hammer back and firing again always gets the bang.

Any suggestions for what needs furtling?

I had one in .357 for about 2 weeks - I couldn't get on with it and got rid of it asap. I bought a Marlin and never looked back.

I have two. The short barrel carbine is in .357 and the 20" barrel is .44 magnum. I carried the .357 with me constantly when I lived in Colorado in the early 80s hiking and backpacking. Very handy and accurate little carbines. The .44 has a healthy kick with full house loads. I had a Winchester 94 in .44 and traded it off, the two-stage lever stroke was too funky compared to the Rossi's smooth arc of the lever throw.

Your not alone.
My 065 model in 38/357 also suffers from the odd 'soft strike', but as you say- re cock the hammer and it always fires the second time.
If you do find a solution then could you please let me know
Jay

Surely that is a misfire and should be dealt with as such.

Recocking and having second pop is not the misfire procedure on most of the ranges I shoot on including Bisley.