I picked up a Rossi LWC in .350 Legend final 12 months after them at SHOT. It’s light-weight, compact, and intensely inexpensive. It got here optics and suppressor prepared too, which is nice, particularly for the value. It proved to be correct and simple to deal with, and an ideal host to my Griffin Sportsman’s Extremely Mild HD .36 Suppressor. What might make the LWC an much more interesting package deal? How in regards to the means to knock much more size off of it for transport and storage? The Rossi Folding Inventory for the LWC does simply that.
The Rossi Folding Inventory Meeting
After I picked up my rifle final 12 months, Rossi introduced 5.56mm and .300 Blackout fashions being out there from the manufacturing facility with a brand new side-folding inventory. I coated them in a information publish right here on GAT day by day on the time. The .350 Legend wasn’t provided, however that was okay.
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Rossi provided the inventory individually so that everybody who already owned an LWC might decide one up in the event that they needed. Not solely does it match the LWC sequence rifles, however it can additionally match their Survival Rifles and Tuffy shotguns. It even suits the Brawler pistols, with correct Brief Barrel Rifle paperwork, in fact.
The shares are constituted of the identical high-impact polymer as the traditional shares. They function a pistol grip and a streamlined L-shaped inventory. The inventory folds to the precise facet of the rifle and has a detent to maintain it closed when folded. To open it, simply seize it and swing it to the open place. It locks solidly and is launched by a detent situated above the grip.
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The Folding Inventory Package comes with the Inventory Meeting, Inventory Screw, and Washer. MSRP is just $59.99. I believed that was extraordinarily affordable, so I ordered one this previous Fall.
Set up
Set up is easy. Simply take away the butt plate of your manufacturing facility inventory and unscrew the inventory screw. Swap out the fastened inventory for the brand new folder and tighten down the supplied inventory screw. It solely requires a screwdriver and some minutes of time.
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The inventory has a slot for a sling close to the butt, however there’s additionally a QD swivel mounting level above the pistol grip. It doesn’t include a QD mount put in, nevertheless. I ordered one from Magpul, and that was one other fast set up as soon as I received it.
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Dealing with
The Folding inventory feels fairly good on the LWC. Its size of pull is brief sufficient to make use of with a winter coat, however nonetheless comfy with only a t-shirt as effectively. The push button security was as accessible with the pistol grip inventory as with the traditional inventory on the LWC. I’ve to interrupt my grip to have interaction or disengage it, however I did with the common inventory as effectively. I used to be nice with that in both case. This isn’t a tactical rifle.
My LWC was 29 inches in general size with the fastened manufacturing facility inventory. With the Griffin suppressor put in, it stretched to 37.5 inches general. You knock 6 inches off the general size with the folding inventory put in and folded. I ended up with a fairly compact 23 inches folded unsuppressed, and 31.5 inches folded with the suppressor put in.
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Recoil with the folder put in was fairly just like the traditional inventory. Neither has a recoil pad, so it’s only a arduous plastic butt plate with both inventory. The .350 Legend is fairly nice to shoot, nevertheless. So, a minimum of on this caliber, I discovered it comfy to make use of.
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Roles and Practicality
I already thought the Rossi LWC was an excellent, cheap searching rifle. It will be an excellent camp, truck, or ATV gun. The handbook of arms is easy, and there’s actually not a lot that may go flawed with it. It fills a distinct segment that was left vacant with the disappearance of the outdated H&R/NEF Handi Rifles. With the threaded barrels and optics-ready options, it presents a bit extra versatility than these older rifles as effectively.
Including a folding inventory makes it even handier. Particularly for those who plan on stashing one round camp, in your truck, or in your ATV. It additionally straps simply to the facet of a pack, too, for those who’re headed backcountry. Other than being a purposeful improve, I believe the truth that it runs for lower than $60 makes it a worthwhile possibility alone.
If you happen to find it irresistible, maintain it on on a regular basis. If not, dangle on to it and swap it out for the instances once you do wish to make your already compact rifle just a bit extra compact.
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