Rossi 92

[gunman42782]

Just bought this one today, a Rossi 92 in .357 Mag.  It has had an action job on it, and is slicker than snot.  Shot it before I bought it and it seems real sweet.  Gonna shoot it much more tomorrow, on my day off.  Got it for $275.  We sell em new for $498, so I think I did OK.

[les snyder]

always liked the 92 action better than the 94... a 16" trapper model would be my choice if lived in a location that did not allow handguns...

[twyacht]

Nice Steal., er uh,...purchase....

I like the old school wrap around leather thingy on the lever.

[deepwater]

I have a Rossi 92 as well. love it. killed my big pig with it too. .357 Mag 

deepwater

[shooter32]

Very nice, way cool. 

Love those lever guns, great addition!

[Sponsor]

[jaybet]

I've got one I'm still breaking in, but I like it a lot. You pretty much STOLE that one!.  There....I said it. Everyone was thinking it but I said it.

[twyacht]

The ballistics are impressive from a 20" version in .357.  Cruising with certain factory ammo at 1825fps!!!!

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And that is another fact we found. So often we read that the difference between the handguns and the rifles with the 357 ammo is around 300 to 350 fps. But 80% of the loads we tested were well above 450 fps and almost 60% of those were above 500 fps over the handguns with the same ammo. To bear this out, just one of the loads developed by Ken Waters, listed in his excellent Pet Loads was 16 grains of 296 under a 158 grain Hornady JHP, with velocity from a six inch Colt at 1192 fps and from a 20 inch Marlin it ran 1705 fps for a 514 fps difference. And that is just one example of many....

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/paco/357_magnum_and_the_literature.htm

WOW!!!

That is a thumper of a rd.

Either one in 357 or 45 Colt would work for me....

[blackwolfe]

Don't have any 92 actions at all, but do have Marlins in .32 H&R mag, 32-20 WCF and .45 Colt.  Would like to get a 92 action somtime as well as .357 and .44 mag.  I have a friend that is quite a handgun guru.  He is not a big fan of the .357 in a revolver, but loves it in a rifle.

[twyacht]

Reading more about it, getting a 260-300 gr. bullet in 45 Colt to 1800fps in a carbine length lever action platform is totally achievable.

That is the pork chop rd. for sure....

Some brain food on the .45 Colt in a lever action.

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/paco/45coltlevergun.htm

Not to bogart a thread, but those "pistol" round carbines, have some impressive ballistics.....

[MikeBjerum]

Looks like what I'm looking for.  Wish I could come across one in .357!

Shot one at the match yesterday and loved it!  The one I used is only a couple weeks old, and it has only 500 rounds through it before yesterday.  It never gave me a bit of trouble.  The couple it belongs to have an occasional issue with it not fully extracting and then jamming, but I think they are short stroking the lever.