Rossi M92

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Mine is the 24" Ocatagonal barrel version in .45 Colt that I put a tang sight on, and it is one of my favorite guns. Very tame to shoot even with hot loads. Not the most accurate gun on the planet, but I can usually keep a six inch group at 100 yards, which for me and the guns purpose is good enough. Let's face it, at 100 yards without optics, I'm lucky enough to see a six inch target these days much less hit it.
 
I've never heard anything bad about the Rossi 92's, except for the early .454 Casull versions, and Rossi recognized their problems and both pulled it from the market and made it right by their customers by offering them new rifles in their choice of caliber. Were I to get a 92, it'd be a Rossi.
 
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Sounds like the same model I have! Wanted one for the longest time to go with my various single action revolvers in .45 Colt. Definitely one of the neatest, handiest carbines I have ever used. Enjoy!

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Fantastic gun for the money. Mine is a blued 20" in .357. I added a Weaver scout scope and it's plenty accurate.

Lots of working the action resulted in it becoming very smooth. The only two issues I had were the sharpness of the loading gate, and the tendency to eject empties way farther than it should have.

The loading gate issue was resolved by burnishing the edges with the back of a drill bit, the over active ejection issue was resolved with the substitution of a hardware store spring.

Loads and feeds .357 and .38Spl. with no issues, very happy with it.
 
I really like my M92 in 357 Mag, 20" SS. I did have a gunsmith polish the feed ramp to make it feed correctly. Cost $50, but now it feeds everything without any issues.
Mine has the removable inner tube, so I can load either using the receiver loading gate or the thru the tube like on lever action 22s.
I would like to figure out some better sights, would love to see what some of y'all are doing to improve on the stock sights.

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WardenWolf said:
I've never heard anything bad about the Rossi 92's, except for the early .454 Casull versions, and Rossi recognized their problems and both pulled it from the market and made it right by their customers by offering them new rifles in their choice of caliber. Were I to get a 92, it'd be a Rossi.
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I had a Rossi Puma 92 in 44 mag that I bought 3 or 4 years ago. After the first round, it locked up and I couldn't eject the casing. I was finally able to work the casing out and unloaded it out the end of the tube. I contacted them and shipped it to a place in Oklahoma. I got it back 4 or 5 weeks later and it worked 100%. I did have a problem, but I was happy with the service and repair.

I almost wish I still had it, but my Marlin 44 mag works well.
 
ssyoumans said:
I really like my M92 in 357 Mag, 20" SS. I did have a gunsmith polish the feed ramp to make it feed correctly. Cost $50, but now it feeds everything without any issues.
Mine has the removable inner tube, so I can load either using the receiver loading gate or the thru the tube like on lever action 22s.
I would like to figure out some better sights, would love to see what some of y'all are doing to improve on the stock sights.

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I have the stainless .357 with the 16" barrel and love it. Right out of the box, it fed fine and had a surprisingly smooth action. It has only gotten better with use.

IMO, they are a step ahead of the current model Marlins and, for the price, they are a huge bang for your buck.
 
Quick question to the 92 owners - what is the best way to sling these rifles?

The 92s are incredibly light and handy and they just beg to be carried somewhere, but I can't really see a good way of doing it.
 
ssyoumans

As ColtPythonElite suggested visit Steve's Gunz website for a couple of different options in regards to replacement sights for the Rossi 92. They have a nifty little elevation adjustable rear peep sight that takes the place of the top mounted safety.

I think if I had a Rossi 92 with a longer barrel, like their 20" or 24" octagon barrel models, I would opt for having a tang sight installed. I had a chance to check out a Marlin 1894 Cowboy that had a tang sight and it was a very nice, easy to use set-up.
 
I picked one up with a 16 inch barrel in .357 last year. It was smooth and very accurate out of the box. It makes a good companion for by .357 AWA peacekeeper. The .357 makes a good round for the farm and has accounted for several skunks, rats, coons and possums. The Rossi 92 has been very reliable and with the 16 inch barrel handy and easy to carry.
 
I am getting one soon in .45 Colt... Though Brewer's comment about rabbits is interesting. Guess I could get two...!

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I bet if you downloaded/used a low energy round in 45 Colt it would work fine. I have a Marlin in .44 mag that shoots the Ultramax cowboy action rounds very accurately (surprising considering the wailing I hear about micro grooves) and I keep meaning to try it out for bunnies. They make a similar load for 45 Colt that loafs along at 730 FPS which I suspect would work fine. If you hand load you could also try a black powder type load maybe based off Trail Boss or something similar.

As for upgrading sights, when I bought my 92 used it came with a Marbles tang sight (mine is a 24" octagon barrel). Although it has an annoying tendency to wander on drift, I really like the tang sight. My only beef is that in low light I have a hard time seeing the front post, so I recently bought a green fiber optic post from Steve's Gunz.
 
Short of actually reading the manual what are the elevation clicks on the rear sight correspond to?.
 
It was fun then the novelty wore off

I went thru the Chuck Connors/John Wayne/Clint Eastwood infatuation nostalgia phase by acquiring, fixing and shooting several Rossi 92s in various calibers (357 mag, 44 mag, 454 casull).
When I got some of them they were very rough out of the box and I spent a couple of winters smoothing an spiffing the actions up and enhancing and weather proofing the shoe polish factory finishes with hand rubbed tru-oil but the novelty wore off after three or four years and I sold them off. The last one, a pre-safety carbine in 454 Casull went last week.
The iron sights didn't jive with my 66 year old eyes and in the cold harsh light or reality my Browning '81 BLR in 308 Win with a 2-7x33mm Leupold scope mounted on it could do every job the Rossi 92s could do and do them better. The Rossis were fine in the brush but on the edge of a timber clear cut hundreds of yards wide hunting moose there was no contest between my scoped BLR and the iron sights and short firehose trajectories of the 92s chambered in pistol cartridges.
My experience fixing and shooting the Rossi 92s was an interesting one but in the 21st century there are so many better guns for the kind of hunting I do.
 
Mosin Bubba said:
Quick question to the 92 owners - what is the best way to sling these rifles?

The 92s are incredibly light and handy and they just beg to be carried somewhere, but I can't really see a good way of doing it.
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The standard magazine tube clamp and sling swivel and on the buttstock end a single hole drilled in the wood to accomodate a screw in sling swivel worked well on mine.
 
Remember that these aren't original Winchester 92s so collectors value won't be lost by modifying and drilling.
Be careful, and think before you drill or modify anything.
Lot's of info & ideas on the internet.
 
Kit guns (guns that need hands on tuning and fixing out of the box) like Rossis and post Remington takeover Marlins "Remlins" are great if you enjoy tinkering, are handy with tools and have lots of patience and spare time.
If you are paying a gunsmith to do the smoothing & modifications then you might as well buy a Browning BLR or a Miroku Winchester 92 where the quality and full functionality is there right out of the box.
Probably be cheaper in the long run and the gun will (other than sighting in) be ready to hunt the day you bring it home.
 
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I think he's saying the 45 INSTEAD of 300 blackout. If you're handloading the 45 would work better for subsonic loads anyway. A suppressor on a levergun might look a little strange, but what a cool idea.
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You asked for it. Here is my Rossi ranch hand in 44mag, SBR'D and suppressed. It is kind of odd looking but but is it a hoot with 44spl loads. I changed the sights to Williams fire sights.

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zerobarrier

Well that's different, definitely not something you see every day.

And yet I remember reading an article awhile back about President Teddy Roosevelt having a Maxim suppressor on a Winchester Model 1894 in .30-30. I guess he didn't want to disturb his neighbors.
 
I would caution people about using particularly hot loads at the .44 and .45 levels. Rossi discontinued their .454 Casull version of the M92 because it proved to be just too much for it and it quickly developed problems in customer use (I'm aware a few sites and maybe even Rossi themselves still list it, but NO major distributor has it; it's not being produced). You probably should avoid Ruger-only loads or higher.
 
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