rossie 92

[SOUTH-PACIFIC,SASS #59402]

read the article in guns magAZINE ANY cowboy shooters have any good or other information on this gun for cowboy use.

[Pit Bull Tex]

I have one I started with and I love it.I have had 4 of them and liked all of them.I don't shoot it is matches any more I shoot a SS 73.I will keep my brass 92 and I hunt with it some and my grandson shoots it some.If my hands were as fast as Duece's hands I would shoot it in matches.He shoots a 92 faster than I do my 73.My 92s were slicked up by Nate K. Jones

[Sedalia Dave]

.If you are mechanically inclined get Nate Kiowa Jone's video. www.stevesgunz.com

 

Everything you need to know about tear down and slicking up a 92. Just remember go slow and check as you go. Properly slicked up a 92 is a good gun for CAS Never be as fast as a 73 or Marlin but a perfectly adequate rifle for CAS.

 

I have 3 that function flawlessly as long as I do my part.

[Chili Ron]

Howdy,

Also one item that is often glossed over, the 1892 action is very strong.

And with modern steel alloy all of the guns are strong but the 1892 is

still the strongest. These rifles were all designed with taper cartridges and

we mostly shoot straight side ammo today. If you have a chance try one

in a tapered round sometime.

This is why the shape of the bullet is important. The bullet has to make up

for the straight wall redesign.

Get a 92 rossi, smooth it up, pick good ammo or make it yourself.

Have fun and don't fergit yer canteen.

Best

CR

[Houston CAS]

I have a 20" stainless .357 one and use it for CAS shooting .38 Special. I had some issues with ejecting live rounds occasionally or with the loading gate being extremely stiff, but that has improved dramatically since having an action job done to it.

[Dapper Dynamite Dick]

Love mine, any 92 is sensitive to cartridge overall length. Too short and it will stovepipe or eject a live round.

[Trailrider #896]

Couple of older Rossi's, one an M65, the other called a "Puma"; one a .44 Magnum, the other a .44-40. The only thing I ever did was to lighten the ejector springs: cut one-and-a-half turns off the coil, and squeeze them somewhat in a bench vise. Oh, I guess I did polish the top front corners of the locking lugs, and let 'em wear in. I know, I know! Some folks figure the toggle-link actions are faster, especially short-stroked. But I don't have to worry about pressure problems, and the '92's are pretty much butter-smooth. Don't have any cross-bolt safeties, tang safeties, etc. Just the half-cock notch, and being careful not to load the chamber until I'm ready to shoot! IMHO, the only lever action that is better is the '92's "daddy", the M1886 (and maybe the M71 because of the smaller ejector button).

[Trailrider #896]

Love mine, any 92 is sensitive to cartridge overall length. Too short and it will stovepipe or eject a live round.

Just figure out what works and load the rounds accordingly. Takes a little playing, but not too much.

[Stubborn Dutchman, SASS # 61363]

I have two, 38/357 carbine and a 45 colt rifle. I use 357 cases as they cycle more reliably in the carbine. The 45 runs great. Both are as they came out of the box.

[Sparky Nelson]

.If you are mechanically inclined get Nate Kiowa Jone's video. www.stevesgunz.com

 

Is the Chiappa Puma '92 similar enough that Nate's video would apply?

[Tom Bullweed]

I started CAS with a Rossi 92 in .357. It was one of a thousand slikced up at the factory in the early 1990s when SASS was becoming known. I had it tuned by a local smith. It was fien for 10 rounds in 10 seconds. Going faster never worked for me.

 

I shoot original Win 1873s and 1892s no2, but I am saving for a Rossi 92 in .44, 24 hax barrel. I want to make a Hollywood Henry and refuse to sacrifice an original 92.

[Sedalia Dave]

Is the Chiappa Puma '92 similar enough that Nate's video would apply?

I think so but send a PM to Nate Kiowa Jones. I am not familiar with the older models to know for sure.

[Rye Miles #13621]

I've had several of them and got rid of all of them. Great rifle design (John Browning) but for this game they just don't make it!

[DocWard]

I shoot a 92 SRC that has been through Nate Kiowa Jones' hands. Simply put, I love it. I am not so fast that I can outrun it yet, and I don't know that I ever will be. If that day does happen, I will still keep it either as a backup, or just to have.

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

I am a 92 man my self.

I slicked them my self and if I do my part,

stroke them all the way and dont baby the gun.

They can run pritty good .

I cant out run the 92.

Some can , but most cant :-)

[Flint N. Steele]

I have had three 92's, and still have two of them. One had a break down, and it's been a bear to get it running right.
When they work, they work.

I just bought a '73, but I think I'll hang on to the Rossi's, too. We can use .45 Colt for deer, and one is stainless.

[Dustin Checotah]

I have one in 44-40 that hurt to shoot. I then sent it to Nate to be slicked up. I can lever it with 2 fingers and have had no issues with it. I mostly shoot a 66 now but only for style.

Dustin

[Three Foot Johnson]

Currently have two .357 RB carbines, four .44-40 RB carbines, one .44 mag RB carbine, and have had two others - both octagon .45 Colts. A little smoothing, polishing, new or modified springs, remove the goofy bolt mounted safety* and plug the hole on the newer ones, a leather lever wrap, and they work just fine.

 

*Remove at your own liability - there are folks out there who will scream to never remove a factory mounted safety system.

[Charlie Whiskers]

I had a Rossi 92 in 38/357 for a few years. The problem I had was it'd spit out live 38 rounds, about 3 out of 10. Finally it was suggested by another shooter that I load 357 instead and that cured that problem. It liked the longer OAL. I run all 73's now.