Rossi manufacture date ??

[69chris]

hey guys,

looking at thinning the cabinets a tad and have a bloke interested in my Rossi but he want to know the age, even roughly would do ...

its an Amadeo Rossi but i cant find very much info at all !!







iv tried doing an internet search but sadly my google fu is poor and all i can come up with is that its a pre- taurus/ pre safety catch model, the only site iv found to date the rifle is in the US and it asks for the serial number, then shows nothing matching

can anyone shed any light for me ???

[Sim G]

I’m presuming a 24” barrel? If so, it may be just over 20 years old or younger. I remember this as they were being written up in the U.K. gun press at the time and I had to wait in order for one to come into the country as they were new and I had just received the compensation payment for the seizure of my handguns...

[FredB]

Can't remember the details, but there is a date code on the proof marks.
Fred

[redcat]

http://www.hallowellco.com/birmingham_p ... e_code.htm

Try this.

Redcat

[Sim G]

Would that not indicate a “1957” date, which surely couldn’t be right...

[69chris]

I’m presuming a 24” barrel? If so, it may be just over 20 years old or younger. I remember this as they were being written up in the U.K. gun press at the time and I had to wait in order for one to come into the country as they were new and I had just received the compensation payment for the seizure of my handguns...

indeed its a long one ( !!)



i even have the original box and spare, longer screw for use with a tang sight.....non of which help me with a rough date sadly

[69chris]

Would that not indicate a “1957” date, which surely couldn’t be right...

i had a quick look and did wonder if i had a really really and rare old rossi

[TomH]

Perhaps an Email to Rossi, and ask?

[69chris]

Perhaps an Email to Rossi, and ask?

tried that, it appears that rossi have had so many manufactures/factories over the years that they only hold current records

[hoppo]

Have same problem dating my Amadeo Rossi. Its a round barrel SS in 45colt.
I think Sim G is probably right in saying 20 years or slightly less. Mine was, I think, bought new by the previous owner after he got paid out for his pistols (according to other club members), I then bought several of his firearms when he packed up altogether, unfortunately he can't remember when he got them.
As you can see, it has a London proof mark, but what does the LP 98 stand for ( 1998? or is that just too easy).