Taurus established a conglomerate of inexpensive firearms corporations, together with Heritage Manufacturing and Rossi. Taurus, Rossi, and Heritage are recognized for 2 issues: one, inexpensive firearms, and two, not shying away from novelty firearms. Taurus has the Choose, and now Rossi has the Brawler. The Brawler takes cues from the Choose by utilizing a design that fires each .410 shot shells and .45 Colt.
Breaking Down The Brawler
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The distinction is that the Brawler is a single-shot, single-action-only handgun. Rossi took the Tuffy, lower the inventory off, and trimmed the barrel. Taurus additionally produces a Tuffy Survival, which is each a .410 and .45 Colt rifle. The Brawler takes these designs and shrinks them to a handgun.
Shrink is an operative phrase. The Brawler isn’t a small gun. It incorporates a nine-inch barrel and an total size of 14 inches. The gun weighs 36.8 ounces unloaded. It’s a giant fella, to make sure. Fortunately, the value tag isn’t massive. The Rossi doesn’t break the financial institution at lower than 250 {dollars} at most retailers.
The Rossi Brawler’s worth level is undoubtedly considered one of its most spectacular options and can doubtless be the important thing to success. Individuals like low-cost weapons, particularly if they’re unconventional.
The Rossi Brawler comes with a pleasant lengthy optics rail throughout the highest. It’s very purple dot pleasant, and the rail’s lengthy sufficient to placed on a full-sized purple dot if you wish to go massive. I’d be capable to match a magnifier on there if I attempt exhausting sufficient…
Whereas the entrance sight is obvious, there’s additionally a rear sight. It’s hidden within the rail however current. We get a really good massive, rubber grip that’s cushioned for recoil discount.
What’s the Goal Of the Brawler?
That’s the large query. You possibly can most definitely make a goal up. You possibly can say it’s an amazing snake gun, however I simply choose a giant stick or a shovel to cope with venomous, aggressive snakes. It’s arguably a stable outside gun. The flexibility to shoot birdshot, buckshot, or .45 Colt makes it a stable contender for coping with most threats you would possibly run into.
It’s doubtless going to be a enjoyable searching choice for close-range use. Dispatching rabbits and squirrels with heavy sport shot would work. Swapping to .45 Colt can be a good selection to kill coyotes, small hogs, and even deer. After all, you’d have to be ammo-picky. You don’t need to shoot a deer with a mouse fart cowboy load, and also you don’t desire a shot of #8 for squirrels from a .410 handgun.
The Brawler may also simply be a enjoyable gun. It’s low-cost sufficient to be an impulse buy in case you see match. It’s definitely enjoyable to shoot, and that’s sufficient motive to purchase the gun. That’s truly why I bought the gun within the first place.
Brawling With the Brawler
If you will use this gun for severe use, like searching or woods protection, you could be ammo-picky. After taking pictures the gun a good bit, I rapidly found it has its personal challenges with various ammunition sorts.
Very like the Choose, the barrel is rifled, evenly rifled. The rifled barrel can current some severe issues with shotgun patterns. It creates a donut-of-death sample that sends the projectiles in an unpredictable round sample with a giant hole within the heart. This makes birdshot very inaccurate with poor patterns. Whereas buckshot nonetheless patterns oddly, it may nonetheless be efficient.
Fortunately, there are nonetheless .410 handgun rounds. These .410 handgun rounds work very effectively with the Brawler and supply tight, correct patterns. Federal’s new .410 handgun hundreds are glorious and embrace a birdshot choice for searching small sport. Hornady has the slug and ball load with a decent patterning design. Winchester’s PDX load additionally provides respectable efficiency by the Brawler.
If I used to be utilizing the Brawler for something outdoors of plinking, I’d carry .410 handgun hundreds reasonably than customary .410. Whereas it’s pricer, the effectiveness is well worth the cash. They produce tighter teams and permit for longer-range pictures.
Let’s discuss .45 Colt.
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The Brawler provides .45 Colt two challenges. First, the rifling is gentle. Second, the projectile has to leap by a brief, unrifled portion of the chamber because of the .410’s size. Each compromise accuracy. At 25 yards from a rested place, I produced a 7.5-inch group with the Brawler’s iron sights.
I dropped a purple dot on the gun, and through zeroing, I noticed a number of teams. The purple dot helped my accuracy a bit bit. I dropped the teams right down to a constant 5 or so inches. That’s not horrible; it’s not nice, nevertheless it’s respectable sufficient. I may hit a hog or deer at 25 yards and put the spherical in its lungs and coronary heart with ease.
Each the .410 and .45 Colt supply some stout recoil when fired. It’s not painful, because of the rubberized grips, which do wonders for absorbing recoil. It’s additionally not robust to regulate like a S&W 500, nevertheless it nonetheless jumps a bit with each shot. I wouldn’t hand the Brawler to a youth shooter or a recoil-adverse shooter.
Getting a Grip
When utilizing and taking pictures the Brawler, I discovered it to be fairly ergonomic. There isn’t loads to it, nevertheless it works. The pistol grip is implausible, it’s massive, fills the hand, and is comfortable when taking pictures. The setup makes it straightforward to succeed in the hammer, and to open the breach.
While you open that breach, the gun has an extractor and ejector that sends the empty case flying out. Watch the place you level that factor if you open it. It’s a pleasant characteristic to have on such an affordable gun.
The security is okay. It sits proper above the pistol grip and locks the motion. It’s a cross-bolt design that appears a bit higher suited to an extended gun, nevertheless it’s high quality.
Modifying the Brawler
Only for enjoyable, I did one thing a bit loopy. I even have two Brawlers. One I received for a great worth, and one I received for an insanely good worth. The low worth of the gun made me keen to take some dangers and do some nutty stuff.
I discovered a approach to connect a Shockwave grip to the Brawler. It took a bit dremeling, and I had so as to add a washer to the bolt, nevertheless it connected with ease and labored surprisingly effectively. It provides the gun a contemporary musket look that’s neat. As a result of low worth of the gun, I feel I’d get a bit loopy about modifying the design to do some enjoyable stuff.
I 3D printed a forend designed by a consumer named Veld_Khan. This gave the gun a totally completely different look and I completely adore it. It appears method higher.
Break It Up
The Rossi Brawler is a enjoyable gun however be ready to make use of specialty ammo if you would like this to be an efficient .410 pistol. As a single shot gun it has restricted utility. It may match just a few roles, however I feel most individuals will purchase it simply as a enjoyable gun and never far more. In that function, it’s excellent.
In different, extra severe roles, there are higher options, however are there cheaper options? The Brawler’s greatest argument is its worth level.
About Travis Pike
Travis Pike is a former Marine Machine Gunner, a lifelong firearms fanatic, and now a daily man who likes to shoot, write, and discover methods to mix the 2. He holds an NRA certification as a Primary Pistol Teacher and is the world’s Okayest firearm’s teacher.
