I used to have a rossi 92src. Nice looking rifle with very dark wood, and nice blueing. To all outward apperances it was in great condition. No major scratches or dings. Looking down the barrel it looked nice and shiney with clean rifling. But no matter what I tried, it would not shoot a decent group. Every time I took it to the range it would shoot all over the place. In fact some jacketed bullets would leave keyholes in the target. First I thought it was the sights- no amount of adjustment made a difference. I put a marbles tang sight on it which looked great but didn't change the groups at all. My last resort after fighting it for a year was to trade it off. I was sorry to see it go, but a rifle that won't hit what you aim at is useless. Anyone else out there had similar problems, and if so, were you ever able to get it to shoot? :confused:

Although I haven't yet had time to finish it yet, I've got an article coming on accurizing those Rossi 92's. The biggest, and best improvement came through lapping, then releiving uneven stress caused by the front barrel-band, releiving wood in the forearm causing uneven barrel/magazine pressure, and lastly glass bedding the tang. There were other perks that helped, but these were the major players. Ranch Dog is about to receive a target from my .357 Rossi that I'm really, really proud of! I'm not competing for prize, but want to throw my target into the ring for fun.

I haven't seen one of these guns yet that couldn't be made to behave properly with just a certain amount of discipline!

Keep watching, I'll get that article up before long.

God Bless,

Although I haven't yet had time to finish it yet, I've got an article coming on accurizing those Rossi 92's. The biggest, and best improvement came through lapping, then releiving uneven stress caused by the front barrel-band, releiving wood in the forearm causing uneven barrel/magazine pressure, and lastly glass bedding the tang. There were other perks that helped, but these were the major players. Ranch Dog is about to receive a target from my .357 Rossi that I'm really, really proud of! I'm not competing for prize, but want to throw my target into the ring for fun.

I haven't seen one of these guns yet that couldn't be made to behave properly with just a certain amount of discipline!

Keep watching, I'll get that article up before long.

God Bless,


Lookin forward to reading that article, Marshall. My Rossi .357 is a pretty good shooter now but always lookin' for ways to make things better.

Marshall- I don't know what it is, but I just like the feel of the rossi/winchester 92- it seems lighter and slimmer than the marlins. It is a real pain to take apart and get throughly clean, though. Maybe its because it makes me feel like Lucas McCain from the rifleman.... :D

I brought a Rossi 92 in 1977 & for the next 20yrs it & I had a love/ hate relastonship .Some days it shot like steam & on others it would'nt group at all ! Same ammo differant shooters it was always the same ! But I still regret ever selling it


Dave

I have an older Rossi 92 (no safety) that shoots 158 gn. UMC brand .38 LRN into such tight groups I will never part with it. I can't imagine what was up with yours. Was the muzzle damaged our barrel cut down?

Hello from England. I have a beautiul Rossi 92 in 38/357. It shoots superbly and with 38 special ammo its like shooting a .22. Its accurate amd slick and the only fly in the ointment is that it dings the mouths of the cases on ejection. Apart from that its faultless and when used by my more capable friend has won several club gallery rifle competions.

I couldn't see any dings or damage to the muzzle. Everything else looked original on it. I even completely disassembled it and cleaned everything I could get to, then oiled it and put it back together. Like I said above I finally traded it off on a Marlin 44SS, which seems to shoot much better. I haven't done much with cast loads in the marlin yet, but no keyholes in the target now. :)

I used to have a rossi 92src. Nice looking rifle with very dark wood, and nice blueing. To all outward apperances it was in great condition. No major scratches or dings. Looking down the barrel it looked nice and shiney with clean rifling. But no matter what I tried, it would not shoot a decent group. Every time I took it to the range it would shoot all over the place. In fact some jacketed bullets would leave keyholes in the target. First I thought it was the sights- no amount of adjustment made a difference. I put a marbles tang sight on it which looked great but didn't change the groups at all. My last resort after fighting it for a year was to trade it off. I was sorry to see it go, but a rifle that won't hit what you aim at is useless. Anyone else out there had similar problems, and if so, were you ever able to get it to shoot? :confused:

I had a similar problem with a used 38 Rossi. The front sight always seemed to be leaning to the left and the rifle never shot where it should. The problem was that someone had put the screw that holds the magazine tube to the barrel the wrong way. Now the screw passes in a recession on the bottom side of the barrel and if it is not correctly screwed and/or exercises pressure on the barrel, you can forget about precision. My Rossi at 20 meters, from a stand prints consistent one hole 4 to 5 shot groups.

Too late to get the rifle back. I may try another Rossi someday, but not real soon.

Marshall- I don't know what it is, but I just like the feel of the rossi/winchester 92- it seems lighter and slimmer than the marlins. It is a real pain to take apart and get throughly clean, though. Maybe its because it makes me feel like Lucas McCain from the rifleman.... :D

My Rossi 92 carbine weighs 5.6lbs empty. I think the Rossi 92 is not bad at all to fieldstrip and to slick up. Heres a link to a fine article by Jim Taylor with instructions (with picts) on fieldstripping the Rossi's

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/field_strip.htm

Marshall, looking forward to the article about accurizing the 92 (hopefully it will include picts!)

Paco Kelly has a good article as well about accurizing the leveraction rifle and is a good read. Heres the link.
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/paco/chapter23.htm

Steve,

Sorry for no new articles lately... I've been swamped with work, and been concentrating on bullets! In fact, I still haven't even purchased my hunting/fishing license this year... too darned busy making bullets I guess.... bear season's been open for six weeks and turkey as well, still haven't made it out. It all closes the end of the month.

As far as articles go, I've got several in various stages of development, but it seems I've been playing catch-up ever since my illness last fall took about six weeks out of my productive life! However, all's well now, and full-steam ahead... maybe those articles will get some time later this summer when it's too hot to stand over a lead pot!

God bless,

Steve,

As far as articles go, I've got several in various stages of development, but it seems I've been playing catch-up ever since my illness last fall took about six weeks out of my productive life! However, all's well now, and full-steam ahead... maybe those articles will get some time later this summer when it's too hot to stand over a lead pot!

God bless,

Marshall, Im glad your feeling better now and looking forward to the future articles!!! I've been wanting to accurize my 92's for a while now. Isnt an overly tightened magazine plug screw a possible culprit as well??

Marshall,

Glad to hear you're doing well, and good to see you back on board!