Rossi 92 357 lever action

[CrypticStatic]

Hi guys,

Does anyone know why the Rossi 92 357 rifle seems so hard to come by these days? It seems every place I check is sold out or no longer carries Rossi anymore.

Thoughts?

 

[ranger56528]

Nope but I just sold my R92 last week,thinning out the weapons I seldom shoot.

 

[AZAndy]

I hadn't realized that-- just checked Davidson's, and they don't have one in any caliber (including the .45LC marked as "on sale"). I'm hoping it's just a supply timing issue and not a discontinuation. I have a '92 .357 and it's a lot of fun.

Have you tried Rossi's "find a dealer" page?

 

[cowboy77845]

Rifles in that caliber don't seem to last long and they sell at a premium. I am watching a Marlin 357 and it just continues to climb in price. I bought a used Browning 92 a few years ago and it cost more that the same gun in.44 mag. The 44 was unfired.

 

[CrypticStatic]

I hadn't realized that-- just checked Davidson's, and they don't have one in any caliber (including the .45LC marked as "on sale"). I'm hoping it's just a supply timing issue and not a discontinuation. I have a '92 .357 and it's a lot of fun.

Have you tried Rossi's "find a dealer" page?

Seems like their find a dealer function is broken unfortunately.

I hope they dont discontinue it. All of the other lever action rifles in pistol caliber cost waaaay too much money it seems like.

 

[dh1633pm]

There are new ones to be had on Gunbroker and other like sites. They are in the $500's.

 

[Jackal]

I've had 3 Rossi 92's, all have been junkers. Now, the older Puma 92 (pre Rossi) that I had, THAT was a slick little 16" stainless .357.

 

[Speedo66]

Rossi seems to have a bizarre business model. Whenever a gun seems to be doing well, they discontinue it. If you go to their site, lots of popular rifles are not there anymore. You'd think under normal circumstances a manufacturer would increase volume when an item becomes popular, they seem to go the opposite way. As a small case in point, their tang sights and scout scope mounts were popular, they discontinued both items.

There seems to be no connect between their US sales dept. and the management in Brazil. As an aside, they are notorious for poor customer service, delayed parts shipments, and bad warranty service.

I have one in .357, love it, but dread the day I may need help from them.

 

[brewer12345]

You got me. They are out there on gunbroker, but be aware that the prices seem to vary wildly based on the specific flavor of the rifle. The 16 and 20 inch versions go for 500 and a bit. The 24 inch octagon barrel (which cannot be scoped) seems to command a premium. I just saw one go for almost $700, much to my amazement.

The 45LC version seems to be more readily available.

 

[gotboostvr]

I'm pleased as can be with my stainless steel 44mag 16" carbine. very accurate, great action and trigger and reliable to a fault.

Hope you can find one you want and that it's as sweet as mine.

 

[ranger56528]

My 92 didn't like 357 but fed 38 ok and my 44 I just sold had the feed issues too,week spring/feed ramp,if you put pressure on the tab in front of trigger guard they both fed ok but I decided ill let someone else fix the issue. Had them both for a few years and I still got my money back.
My Marlins work just fine.

 

[BCRider]

I'm sure it's simply a supply issue. The Rossi 92 is very popular with the casual cowboy action crowd that doesn't want to spend literally three times as much for a Uberti 1873. So more than likely any difficulty in finding one is due more to them being sold out than to being discontinued.

 

[Speedo66]

I'm sure it's simply a supply issue. The Rossi 92 is very popular with the casual cowboy action crowd that doesn't want to spend literally three times as much for a Uberti 1873. So more than likely any difficulty in finding one is due more to them being sold out than to being discontinued.

Here's their current catalog, you'll notice many models are missing, as in no saddle ring carbines, one of their most popular items.. I also love how every time you open to a rifle, there's a banner saying "lifetime repair policy". But open the banner and you find it doesn't apply to rifles. Almost seems unethical to have it on every rifle page.

Also, all the rifles in the catalog have nicely figured wood, you will not be getting one of those. I've only seen one with figure, belongs to someone here who posts it occasionally.

http://www.rossiusa.com/product-list.cfm?name=Lever Action Rifles&page=1

 

[hemiram]

Both my friends recently bought r92's have decent looking wood. Not "WOW!", but not bad, better than my Henry .22 does. The fit isn't perfect on either of them, but they are the best fitting stocks on those rifles I've ever seen. Both were pretty easy to make them fit better with a little file and sanding work.

 

[Pat Riot]

There are quite a few on Guns America but Gallery of Guns is zilch. A month ago they had a boatload of Rossi 92 carbines.

 

[bannockburn]

Checked Bud's and see that they have seven or eight Model 92s in stock but only in .45 Colt and .44 Magnum. You would think they would see that the demand for .357 rifles and try to meet that market demand. I have an older Rossi Model 92, purchased LNIB six years ago. Thought about refinishing the wood but decided to leave it as is for the time being. Other than that wood to metal and metal to metal fit are good, overall fit and finish are decent, and the action works just fine. All in all one sweet handling little carbine.

 

[ROCK6]

I've had zero issues with my stainless .357 M92 with 16" barrel. It's fed both .357 and .38 just fine. As to the wood; it sucked. The grain was fine, but the finish was almost like a water-soluble brown paint. it rubbed off and was poorly applied. I had to refinish the whole thing which kind of sucks for what you pay for; I don't expect top shelf wood from a Rossi, but I should at least have it stained properly, that doesn't really cost anything. Despite the wood, the rifle is superb and quite accurate with the peep sights I switched to. As to availability, Rossi's manufacturing reminds me of Kel-Tech...they produce batches of select models and just rotate around. At times here will be an influx and then disappear until the next production batch.

ROCK6

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I love my SS 16" Rossi. I have put about 3k round thru it in the past year. It has fed every bullet style I have tried flawlessly. It was good out of the box, but is now slick after a kitchen table action job. I didn't like the sights. I swapped both for a pair from Steve'sGunz. The wood was plain. I rubbed on some stain and spar varnish.

 

[bannockburn]

ColtPythonElite

Nice looking stainless steel Rossi! You did a nice job refinishing the wood furniture and bringing some of the grain out.

 

[loose noose]

Nice looking Rossi, I didn't even notice that lawyered up safety on top of the receiver.

 

[Maj Dad]

Nice looking Rossi, I didn't even notice that lawyered up safety on top of the receiver.

Steve's Gunz sells a plug that replaces the lawyer safety nicely. Personally, mine (M92, 44 mag) doesn't bother me and I kind of like having it, having seen a couple of OOPS! bangs over the years (not mine, other idiots ). I had to disassemble mine, spray the action down with carb cleaner, stone the parts with rough edges (like the locking bars, bolt, etc.), oil it back up & reassemble. It wouldn't feed worth a crap before that, but now it's almost as slick as my old 1916 edition 1892 44-40 and feeds every time. I also replaced the sights with Steve's Gunz sights - it shot way high with the factory sights, but is dead on now. He is a good resource and source of parts & gunsmithing - nice guy, too.

 

[DownInTheDark]

I picked up a Rossi Model 92 in 44 mag about a year and a half ago. It was used, and paid 400 bucks.