Went out today and picked up my son's first gun. I bought him a Rossi single shot. It's the youth model, and comes with 2 barrels. The one I got him is the 20ga / 22LR. Not a bad little gun, but the fit and finish leave sonething to be desired. I tried to buy it at the local shop, but they were out and wanted $179. I stopped to Dunham's Sporting Goods. They had it for $129, with a soft carrying case. Decided to pick up a scope and stuff for the 22 barrel, and also grabbed some Casey's Tru - Oil to refinish the wood. While I was looking over the gun and waiting for the paper work, I noticed the butt plate was a terrible fit. Stuck out around the stock nearly a 1/4" in spots. Then I saw it also had a small crack in it. Pointed it out to the clerk, and she gets the manager. He says he'll get me a new one if I want too. Looking it over, I figure I can fix it, so I ask him if he'll nock anything off. He hims&haws, and finally says he'll knock off $25. SOLD!!!!
After getting the gun home and cleaned up, I completely disassembled it. I took the butt plate off and spread the crack and supeglued it back shut. After reinstalling it, I took the dremel and sanded it fit the stock.
As I write this, the second coat of oil is drying on the wood. I'll post some pics when I get it finished up.
Might seem like a lot of work to some, but I enjoy doing this... and there is no reason an inexpensive gun has to look that way
