So I am interested in applying for my tax stamp to get a SBR for either a Rossi 92 or Rossi Ranch Hand which will be chambered in 44 Magnum. My question is which will be the best and easiest ??? Please let me know why. Thank you for reading and any info or experience given or left. God Bless

• Purchase Rossi 92 and take it to a gun smith and have them reduce the barrel length to 12-inches. or
  
  
• Purchase a Rossi Ranch Hand and purchase a full stock for it.
  
  

No real experience with this , but I've often toyed with the same idea.
I would buy a Ranch Hand and put a stock on it. That way , I wouldn't need to use a gunsmith at all. No change to barrel, no change to loading tube. No change to front sight. No change to loading tube spring.
All in all...the ranch hand seems like a neat idea ! I've wondered why someone hasn't found a way to put a "forearm brace" on one and skip the SBR/ATF altogether....

Buying a full stock would definitely be an easier way to do it. I have a Henry Mare's Leg and it just begs to be made into an SBR. But the buttstocks are pretty expensive so I haven't done it... yet. Hopefully you'll find Rossi replacement buttstocks to be much less expensive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXc0rm6dzVs

Hickok45 covers one in this video. It does look fun.

Love it !!! 6+1 rounds of 44-magnum would be a very fun truck gun !!! Thank you for posting and God Bless

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Originally posted by BillF:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXc0rm6dzVs

Hickok45 covers one in this video. It does look fun.

I did this with a Rossi Ranch Hand. It turned out great. You just Need to find a full buttstock. My buttstock needed a little fitting but no big deal.

VBVAGUY, Just sent you email with picture of mine. Not sure how to post pic online and I don’t have time to figure it out this morning

Some of the Ranch Hands do not shoot to poa with the factory sights. Mine shot high even when the rear sight was fully adjusted down as far as it would go. I replaced with Skinner rear peep sight and fiber optic front. Very happy with those sights on the Ranch Hand

I got your picture very nice !!! Do you live in the USA and if so how how long did you wait for your tax stamp for the SBR ?? Or do you live in Canada ??? God Bless

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Originally posted by jimacp:
Some of the Ranch Hands do not shoot to poa with the factory sights. Mine shot high even when the rear sight was fully adjusted down as far as it would go. I replaced with Skinner rear peep sight and fiber optic front. Very happy with those sights on the Ranch Hand

I live in US. Do I need a tax stamp for that? Haha....just kidding. Took about 8 months for tax stamp but that was a few years ago.