Mare's Leg question

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seeker_two

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With Rossi's Mare's Leg coming out soon, I've added it to my "Must Have" list. But I did have a question for anyone who may own a version (either the Chiappa/Legacy version or or the other one)....

The handgrip portion looks pretty smooth. Would it be possible to add a modified Pachmayer, Kick-Eez, or Limbsaver pad to it to help keep it in place when firing from the hip/crook of elbow?

Thanks in advance....
 
Is the Mare's Leg (Ranch Hand by Rossi) considered a pistol or rifle? I'm hoping to buy one but don't know if CA would add it to the approved handgun list.
 
Have the Legacy version, but not exactly sure what you're asking.
If you mean can a recoil pad be installed to replace the steel plate on the stock "nub", I'm not sure if the pad's screwholes would be positioned too far apart to work. I'd suspect not. There's only 2 7/8 inches from top to bottom to work with, if there is room you'd have to drill new screwholes in the wood because the existing holes wouldn't mate with the pad's holes.

The gun stays put when bracing the rear end against the front of the hip as is, and I don't know what you're refering to on the crook of the elbow.

Denis
 
Drilling new screwholes (in the pad or the wood) isn't a problem....I'm just wondering about adding the pad to provide more "grip" and less "slip" when holding it against the body....

...and I don't want to run afoul of any BATFE regs....
 
The handgrip portion looks pretty smooth. Would it be possible to add a modified Pachmayer, Kick-Eez, or Limbsaver pad to it to help keep it in place when firing from the hip/crook of elbow?
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I doubt it will prove too smooth to hang onto; if it does, however, you can roughen the finish, and if that doesn't do the trick, glue on a thin sheet of rubber cut to the exact right dimensions.
 
I've experimented with mine in several positions & find holding the stock against the hip or leg is the least accurate.
Holding it out in front of the body at about the same level is more accurate for me.

Still have no idea what you're referring to about the elbow. :)

Denis
 
I think he thinks the stock is long enough to fit in crook of elbow while firing. It's not even close.
 
If I understand right.....

The "crook of the elbow" is the inside part of the elbow joint. Where a doctor would draw blood from.

The "crease" of the elbow you might say as well.
 
Maybe I'm in error on the ML's LOP....but I'd like to add a recoil pad to make it long enough to tuck against my upper arm above the elbow....is it possible?
 
You know you have hit the nail on the head as to the real problem.....

If they would all quit coming out with new guns, we wouldn't find one's we feel we really want and spend more money on them.
 
Just as an aside, how practical is the Mare's Leg as a firearm? I saw it in the American Rifleman and wondered if it was maybe more useful than it looked or if it was just a nostalgia/neat toy type of thing.
 
Just as an aside, how practical is the Mare's Leg as a firearm?
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IMO, it is mostly just cool. BUT.... it does depend where you live. There is a practical side to it in Oklahoma, for instance. OK doesn't allow loaded rifles in a car or truck. Even if you have a CCW. Not even loaded mags. But that lever action is legally a pistol. So you could keep it loaded and ready to go in your car or truck and it would be considered a handgun and therefore covered by your CCW. Same reason I sometimes carry an AK pistol in the car.

Gregg
 
Its primary appeal is probably most for those old farts like me who wanted one 50 years ago when watching it on TV.

The Legacy Sport Bounty Hunter is not a true copy, since it's too long on both ends and has sights, but it's close enough. From photos I've seen of the Rossi guns, looks like they'll be about the same dimensions, but with a different lever.

My Legacy is actually quite accurate off the bench at 25 yards using a pistol rest. I can hit a small steel buffalo silhouette at 75 yards freestanding holding two-handed.
The gun itself does its job, the only problem is holding it steady. With one hand at relatively close distances it's fairly easy.

Firing with the stock nub against the front of the hip, not very easy to hit a 10-inch steel plate much beyond a few feet. I found holding it out in front of the body at that level gives me a little more visual indexing & I can do better in hitting the plate from that position.
At 10 or 15 feet, not hard to hit a man-sized silhouette from a low position.
At 25 yards, not hard from either a one or two-handed high position using sights.

Speed is another matter. Relatively quick when fired from a low position without sights, relatively slow when fired from a high position using sights, since you have to break the sight picture & sighting plane to cycle the lever after each shot.

All or most of the above should apply to the Rossi.

It can function as a real gun, obviously, but the only advantages it offers are slightly higher velocities & energy figures from the 12-inch barrel as opposed to a 6 or 8-inch barreled revolver, and the ability to "self-eject" empties as you go along during cycling, which gives a slight edge in speed of reloading over a single-action revolver.

It's more of a nostalgia thing than a practical proposition.

Denis

Denis
 
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