What’s a lever-loving rifleman to do if he’s got a hankering for a pistol-caliber carbine? Marlins are garbage these days, and the rest of the lot (Henrys, Winchesters, Ubertis, Pedersolis and Cimarrons) are gorgeous and expensive heirlooms, almost too beautiful to carry afield. If you’re looking for a working man’s cowboy carbine, Rossi’s Model 92 … Read more
Rossi just sent me this 16″ barreled, 8-shot Model 92 in one of my favorite calibers, the ancient .45 Long Colt. This tiny carbine is just 33″ long and weighs under five pounds; I can’t wait to play me some ‘Rifleman’ at the quarry next weekend. (No twirling, though.)