The barrel has a steel liner and the cylinder is made of steel. That the strongest one, Zamak 2, is substantially stronger than commonly-used high strength aluminum alloys. However, it has been pointed out to me by an engineer friend that Zamak is a family of alloys and Pete Dickey’s article in the September 1982 issue of American Rifleman states that the Princess’s frame is die cast from “Zamak,” a zinc-based alloy which incorporatesĪluminum, magnesium, and copper. Johnson-style transfer bar and a rebounding firing pin. It has coil springs instead of flat springs and features an Iver Rossi firearms were later imported by Interarms, but I don’t believe they ever imported the Princess.Įxternally the Princess is a copy of the third model Smith & Wesson Ladysmith, but the lockwork is quite different. Most examples I have seen are stamped FIREARMS INT’L CORP., WASHINGTON, D.C. I find the gun first listed in Gun Digest in 1966, where it is described as the Rossi Ladysmith, imported by Benet Arms. I could find no mention of older Rossi firearms, such as the Princess, on the company’s U

It does not appear in the Bluebook of Gun Values or the Standard Catalog of Firearms. There is virtually nothing in print about the Rossi Princess revolver.

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