{"id":58,"date":"2010-12-09T07:50:11","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T13:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2018-04-10T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T23:12:20","slug":"rossi-ranch-hand-as-a-trunk-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Rossi Ranch Hand as a Trunk Gun?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guess that it was back at the 2010 Shot Show that Rossi announced that it would be producing a Mare’s Leg (later re-named the Ranch Hand) pistol<\/a>, chambered in .357, .44, or .45LC. I thought it was a pretty interesting little novelty gun, and began pondering the use of it as a trunk gun, mainly because of its size.<\/p>\n

But then I started thinking… Why? To me, a trunk gun is something that you go to should the need ever arise for a larger caliber, or more capacity. The Ranch Hand doesn’t fit either of those categories. I usually carry a .357, so I’d probably opt for that same caliber in the trunk. No gain there, except for the bullet coming from a longer barrel. My SP101 carries 5 rounds, and the Ranch Hand has 6 shots. Not a real boon in the capacity department, either.<\/p>\n

I also wonder if you might run into some issues with the local police, should you be stopped. I’m not convinced that your average officer – who, is probably not familiar with many types of weapons – wouldn’t take one look at it and immediately come to the conclusion that you are in posession of a sawed-off lever action rifle. You’d be exonerated, eventually, but probably not until you’ve got to meet the SWAT team, local group of ATF agents, and (worst of all) a lawyer.<\/p>\n

It’s a good looking little gun, and I’m sure that it would be a lot of fun to shoot. I’m sure that it will have a niche market, just like the Taurus Judge. I’m just having a difficult time figuring out if I’m in that niche group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I guess that it was back at the 2010 Shot Show that Rossi announced that it would be producing a Mare’s Leg (later re-named the Ranch Hand) pistol, chambered in .357, .44, or .45LC. I thought it was a pretty interesting little novelty gun, and began pondering the use of it as a trunk gun, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,3],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dbm","tag-concealed-carry","tag-guns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltabravomike.com\/wp35\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}