I've been on the hunt so to speak for a while now for a 357 lever action carbine and finally came across a NIB Rossi 92 last week. Took it out for the first time last night and it shot very well. 357 and 38's cycled with no problem and the rifle was at least as accurate as I am. The action was not the horrible gritty mess that I've read many of these Rossi's can be but actually pretty smooth.
The only issue I've run into is actually loading any round with a flat soft nose (like many commercial 357 rounds are). They seem to bind up as they are being loaded through the loading gate. Like they're physically hitting something that's hindering loading. With some manipulation, I can eventually get them to load but it just seems like they should load into the magazine smoother than this. I shot around 150 rounds yesterday and my fingers are blistered just from loading the rifle. I know there's a $50+ DVD out there for slicking up the action but I'm really not interested in getting that involved as the action itself seems pretty good out of the box. Anyone ever come across a fix for this issue?
The only issue I've run into is actually loading any round with a flat soft nose (like many commercial 357 rounds are). They seem to bind up as they are being loaded through the loading gate. Like they're physically hitting something that's hindering loading. With some manipulation, I can eventually get them to load but it just seems like they should load into the magazine smoother than this. I shot around 150 rounds yesterday and my fingers are blistered just from loading the rifle. I know there's a $50+ DVD out there for slicking up the action but I'm really not interested in getting that involved as the action itself seems pretty good out of the box. Anyone ever come across a fix for this issue?