50 muzzleloader? At almost 9-1/2 pounds, she’s a heavy little thing, and quite barrel heavy and unbalanced. Post-range cleanup was minimal, quick, and easy pull the plug, scrub the bore, take a toothbrush to the plug, lube, install, wipe, and it’s over. The Red Hots, though a close second with their consistent 2-1/2-inch clusters, provide, it’s been my experience, extraordinary knockdown power on deer-sized creatures – and based on those observations will be what we’re stuffing down the Wizard’s gullet come December. In terms of downrange performance, it was the 295-grain ATs that won out, printing 2- to 2-1/2-inch three-shot groups at 50 yards however, I’ve never been extremely impressed with the ATs’ on-target performance in the field on whitetails. Ignition was immediate and reliable and recoil was noticeable, though tamed somewhat thanks to Caldwell’s Lead Sled and a PAST shoulder pad. Mechanically, I experienced absolutely no problems throughout the course of the 50-shot run at the bench. Ignition was supplied by Remington’s Kleanbore 209 muzzleloader primers, and the barrel was swabbed clean between shots. Like the powders, I’ve used all of these projectiles over the years, and all with good success both on the range and in the field. Pyrodex products got the nod here I’ve had nothing but good fortune with the company’s RS granular material and 50-grain pellets over the past decade or so.įor bullets, I chose a variety – 295-grain PowerBelt AeroTips (AT) and Hollow Points (HP) 290-grain Barnes Spit-Fire TMZ (TMZ) PowerBelt AeroLites in a 300-grain format and 300-grain Knight Red Hot bullets using the High Pressure (black) sabot. Perhaps not surprising, I wasn’t disappointed with her performance.Īlthough typically a pelletized powder kind of guy, I decided to test the Wizard with both pellets and granulated powder, basically out of curiosity. 50 caliber ever got out of the house and onto the range. 22LR, so the proverbial bar had been set relatively high before the. I was impressed with the performance and functionality of Rossi’s. Several different aesthetic variations will be available such as such as black synthetic, traditional wood and blued, and camouflage. 45-70 and shotgun tubes including 12-gauge (rifled and smoothbore), 20-gauge, and. 17HMR) 10 centerfire barrels ranging from. Along with the black powder options, Rossi also makes available three rimfire barrels (.22LR. 50 caliber muzzloader barrel, the company also offers a.
Variety is the spice of life, and that’s particularly true with the Wizard. The one-inch ventilated rubber recoil pad is substantial, and separated from the buttstock by a wafer-thin white spacer. The stock attachment screw, a metric hex bolt, is located underneath the pistol cap not in an inline configuration accessed by removing the recoil pad as is typical.
Interestingly enough, the little gun features not one or two, but three safety mechanisms – a traditional transfer bar safety a manual toggle-esque S/F safety on the port side of the receiver, which prevents the hammer from reaching the transfer bar and Rossi’s – or Taurus’, actually – keyed security system. Press down, the barrel hinges open, simple as that. How It Worksīeginning with the receiver, Rossi’s Xchange-a-Barrel break-action is opened via a thumb release to the right of and slightly behind the hammer. In her purest form, the Wizard is a single-shot hammer gun and she doesn’t get much more complicated than that. Originating in Brazil, Rossi firearms – at least the long guns – are imported into the United States by Braztech International, LC, headquartered in Miami, Florida. 50 caliber) versus just one, all for under $500 – well, that tends to make an attractive offer even more attractive. And when you consider you get three guns (.243. The Wizard was plenty accurate enough to justify carrying her into the September squirrel woods. Overall I liked the little gun outfitted with the. Rossi’s transformer of a firearm known as the Wizard is one gun with many barrels. Gun review of the versatile Rossi Wizard, a unique multi-gun you can change from. Considering the price of barrels versus the price of a rifle in another caliber, the Rossi Wizard is a great choice for a shooter that wants to shoot a variety of calibers on a budget.