Thread: I love my Rossi .357 levergun, but I don't shoot well with it.

pretty much nailed my thoughts..... 50yards all good-100 would be maximum from what Ive seen of it,I know what you mean about hitting right spot,with subsonics headshooting sheep for house mutton (my sheep before anyone asks) Ive seen the good and not so good of subsonics,you miss bone or brain and animal shakes head and runs off.mate of mine was using rifle like yours for homekill......with mixed results...near miss off brain was not so flash,which made me ask questions about loads for it,turns out there are alot of loads made for two legged soft skinned animals so the DONT penertrate worth a damn,short wide holes not so good in game animals...now that particular rifle had a red dot scope set up forward of action like a scout setup...looked weird but worked good..might be an option if you deside to pursue it.
always had a soft spot for the .32/20.....funny how close to full circle hunters have gone isnt it??? we now using subsonic loads close to what the old timers had before they got smokeless powder,guess the rules havent changed too much when it comes to putting animals down quickly,get as close as you can then 5 yards closer,anywhere in the eye son,look at an old book with aiming points to kill a deer...the deer havent changed LOL.