Dapper Dave Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 Me and Da Boy will put some rounds through it first, see what just regular shooting will do to loosen it up, Cowboy loads and full house Magnums. It shipped this morning...
Dapper Dave Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 Holy garbanzo beans, Batman, the tracking says it's coming in today...
Sam Sackett Posted February 13 Posted February 13 14 hours ago, Dapper Dave said: Me and Da Boy will put some rounds through it first, see what just regular shooting will do to loosen it up, Cowboy loads and full house Magnums. It shipped this morning... Dapper Dan, When you get it, open the action and check inside. It may have lots of grease in the action. A good way to flush it out is to remove the buttstock and hold it up vertical by the barrel. Open the action and spray heavily with Brakeclean. Work the action a few times and flush it again. Then blow it out with air. Once it’s dry, spray the action down with Ballistol, working the action a few times. Leave it stand upright overnight to drain the excess oil. Then wipe it down and reattach the buttstock. It may surprise you how mush better it will feel. Sam sac
Dapper Dave Posted February 14 Author Posted February 14 Tracking was wrong, now tomorrow. I can try something like that, Sam, thank you.
Dapper Dave Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 Well, the action was grease free, that's for certain. The lever and the action move well, no roughness feeling. I know people kept saying the Heritage 92 is made in USA - it is not, and I have the photo to prove it. It feels light and handy, but the slick buttplate wants to move on the shoulder. I'll probably get a wrap of some kind. It sure looks good and despite being longer than the Marlin, it feels extremely light and handy. We'll see, but I can't take it to the range today - back up to the hospital where my loving wife is since Thursday night. She'll be OK, cellulitis and some fluid in the reconstructed breast. She should be home tomorrow or Monday.
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 The one that I got for Christmas wasn’t full of grease either! I sprayed it out and hit it with compressed air and a bit of Ballistol and it was ready to shoot. I’m going to replace the main spring with a little lighter one slick it up just a bit.
Whitey James Posted February 15 Posted February 15 I picked up an R92 just before my first shoot last year and put in the spring kit from Lee's Gunsmithing for $25 and it made a world of difference.
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted February 15 Posted February 15 I'm a 92 man . I love the 92 . It's just a marketing thing . It's just a Rossi 92 . They are great little rifles
Dapper Dave Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 What I find so odd about these rifles is the cleaning...there is no field strip at all, no way to clean any crud in the works, and obviously that worked for decades, even with black powder. Just for an old Gunners Mate, taught to strip things down to the frame...is odd. But cool. I will test fire tomorrow morning. I have been ordered by the wife unit to do so, then go to her hospital room with Dutch Brothers coffee. 😉
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 Someone earlier in this thread mentioned pulling the buttstock off and flushing the action out with carb or break cleaner. Then blow it out with compressed air and hit it with some Ballistol or other gun lubricant of your choice. I don’t recommend WD40!! Is seems to draw moisture whick causes rust.
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted February 16 Posted February 16 It's not all that hard to take a 92 apart. It's just a lot more involved then a toggle rifle . For years I would take my 92 apart every couple months to clean really good . But when I switched to shooting Black Powder full time . I switched to using my 66 . Obviously easier to clean . But once you took apart a 92 two or three times . It's not a big deal . If your shooting smokeless powder you really only need to do it once a year or every couple years . If your going to shoot BP. Buy a 73 or 66 or even a Marlin .
Whitey James Posted February 16 Posted February 16 26 minutes ago, Rooster Ron Wayne said: It's not all that hard to take a 92 apart. It's just a lot more involved then a toggle rifle . For years I would take my 92 apart every couple months to clean really good . But when I switched to shooting Black Powder full time . I switched to using my 66 . Obviously easier to clean . But once you took apart a 92 two or three times . It's not a big deal . If your shooting smokeless powder you really only need to do it once a year or every couple years . If your going to shoot BP. Buy a 73 or 66 or even a Marlin . Or like me who couldn't decide and bought all three!
Sedalia Dave Posted February 16 Posted February 16 1 hour ago, Rooster Ron Wayne said: It's not all that hard to take a 92 apart. It's just a lot more involved then a toggle rifle . For years I would take my 92 apart every couple months to clean really good . But when I switched to shooting Black Powder full time . I switched to using my 66 . Obviously easier to clean . But once you took apart a 92 two or three times . It's not a big deal . If your shooting smokeless powder you really only need to do it once a year or every couple years . If your going to shoot BP. Buy a 73 or 66 or even a Marlin . I shoot BP and APP in my 92 all the time. All I do is open the action, Flush well with hot water including running hot water down the barrel from breech to muzzle followed by a little Ballistol in the action. Cycle well. Use a Remington Squeeg-e pulled through the barrel. Wipe down well and I'm ready for next weekend. Do a complete tear down every 3 or 4 months. BTW I don't shoot mouse fart loads. Only filler I use in more BP or APP.
Dapper Dave Posted February 16 Author Posted February 16 I am considering a 66 for BP action sometime down the road...not quite yet. I still gotta break this one in!
Dapper Dave Posted February 16 Author Posted February 16 No test fire today - some outfit called Clik Bang took over the entire range, did NOT reserve it as required by city ordinance, and the outfit isn't even from here. Considering the plumbing decided to take blow the top of a clean-out right as I left, this did not make a happy beginning to the day, followed by many hours by my loving wife's side until she kicked me out. I guess I was beginning to smell stale from not movin' much. Clean out reinstalled...we'll see if it holds. Rifle and ammo still all set up, gonna try again tomorrow. Not sure that I might call parks and Rec to tell them about this bunch of jackwagons closing the free public range to conduct for profit classes.
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 Sir I would suggest getting a 73 instead of a 66 much easier to pull the side plates for cleaning IMO Chickasaw
Dapper Dave Posted February 17 Author Posted February 17 That was what my son suggested too, after watching the excellent YT series on Forgotten Weapons about the development of Winchester lever action rifles. Since they are all about the same price, ($1400!!!!), probably better to go with the better rifle. One other interesting thing - I don't know how man y rounds they test fire these Heritage 92 rifles with, but while I was greasing the action, (RemOil, it's all I have in a spray can), I ran a patch down the bore. I then brushed it, with a new, never used brush, and I was still pulling dirty patches five patches later. Things that make you go, "hmmm"...I can't wait to get a look at the fired brass.
Dapper Dave Posted February 17 Author Posted February 17 https://youtu.be/52_IE0dcWsk?si=Qq0uEFo8Q8tKDkkT He actually starts with the Henry and goes up to the 1895 in other videos.
Kid Rich Posted February 17 Posted February 17 When a gun is new it will take several patches to clean just a little fouling from the bore. As it gets broke in it will smooth the bore and just a few patches will clean a really dirty bore. kR
Dapper Dave Posted February 17 Author Posted February 17 Good to know, sir, never really had that issue with a rifle before...however, speaking of broken in, we made it to the firing line! The Good, Bad and the Ugly. I tried three loads, two variants of my cowboy load and a 357 mag load. As I stated before, firearms for me are multi-purpose devices - I never know if someday I might want to take this hog hunting! First target is set at 25 yards. Split the difference between where I've seen SASS targets go and a 50 yard hunting distance. Right from the get-go, that loading gate was TIGHT. I had a heckuva time getting rounds to go through, (remember I've never had a 92), and it was well into the shooting session that I discovered that when the round is ALOMST inside, pushing the base towards the centerline of the rifle would allow the bullet to slip into the magazine far easier. That really gave me fits. And you can see the brass marks on my brand-new loading gate...also known as character marks. That first group was fired standing at 25 yards, 6 o'clock hold, shows right off the rifle will do exactly what I want it to for SASS. Then you can see the brass - the BIG bugaboo I was told about these rifles is the chambers are ovaled, horrible, brass is mangled...well, they look OK to me. Proof in the pudding tonight when I reload them. I shot ten standing at 25 with a center hold, and while the group is certainly nothing to write home about, it will hit the SASS target no problem. The picture after that you can see I was using the other bullet profile, leftovers I no longer use. With the RNFP, that SWC and the XTP there was no problem feeding at all. The ONLY issue I had was on my second ten rounds, one live round went bye-bye with an empty. Now I know why you guys always have those extra pistol cartridges on your belt... After that was 357 Mag XTP loads. First, I moved the target stand to 50 yards, since I have been told this is a 50-100 yard hunting rifle. Judging by the target the rifle likes 357 mag loads. I also found some 38 Spl. Golden Saber's in the bag, why not use them up? Hmm, they didn't do so well. Back to the magnums, and that last target also tells a tale - she heats up FAST. That vertical stringing told me we were done. Ejection was very positive, dumping them briskly behind me. Lever gave no issues, but I could feel the roughness. I did hose it as suggested over night, and it seemed to be better than the dry working the day before, but still needs breaking in. All in all, I think this rifle will do just fine for what I want it to do.
watab kid Posted February 17 Posted February 17 On 2/15/2025 at 1:48 PM, Dapper Dave said: Well, the action was grease free, that's for certain. The lever and the action move well, no roughness feeling. I know people kept saying the Heritage 92 is made in USA - it is not, and I have the photo to prove it. It feels light and handy, but the slick buttplate wants to move on the shoulder. I'll probably get a wrap of some kind. It sure looks good and despite being longer than the Marlin, it feels extremely light and handy. We'll see, but I can't take it to the range today - back up to the hospital where my loving wife is since Thursday night. She'll be OK, cellulitis and some fluid in the reconstructed breast. She should be home tomorrow or Monday. Dave , i hope your wife recovers soon without further complications , ill keep you both in my prayers , im sure you will like that rifle , mine served me well for a good ten years till i bought some others to play with , i do keep it in reserve if needed , id trust it any day of the week to work just fine ,
Dapper Dave Posted February 17 Author Posted February 17 Well, the good news is she is going to be discharged very soon and I will be taking her home! Thank you very much.
Dapper Dave Posted February 17 Author Posted February 17 Having celebration dinner at Texas Roadhouse. 😉
Eyesa Horg Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Prayers up Dave for your wife's recovery and for you supporting her . Enjoy that dinner, yum!
watab kid Posted February 18 Posted February 18 good to hear dave - enjoy ypour night out , i love texas roadhouse
Kid Rich Posted February 18 Posted February 18 T R the best steak in CG. Dave you might find that rifle does best with 357-158 grain bullets or at least with 38 specials loaded to that length with a 158g bullet. I have some 147 g bullets that may work well in that rifle. If you are going to visit EOT in the next 10 days or so I can let you try some. If not we can try to meet some time after and you can try them. kR
Dapper Dave Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 Yes, it did seem to like the 357 Mag loads with the 158gr XTPs. I have a 158gr mold somewhere... My wife and I were going to try to go to EOT for the dinner, but with the various medical issues that popped up all month, probably not going to go this time. Bummer. STILL waiting on my Mernickle belt and shotgun slide, too. Yes, the chow at Texas Roadhouse is excellent, that's for certain. We tried to keep it cheap and I had a chopped steak called the Road Kill...it was great.
Go West Posted February 19 Posted February 19 Make some dummy rounds of different lengths to see what your gun likes. Check the gap between the cartridge guides and shim the right one if it is too loose.
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Got the furniture for my new ‘92 back from the laser engraver while ago! It needed some checkering on the forestock to give me a little better grip! I had a little embellishment done on the buttstock too! Next stop is down to my gunsmith buddy for some lighter springs and a little polishing! He did another ‘92 for me years ago and I have never handled one as smooth!
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