Well, I'm tired of kicking myself for the M94/.357 & .44's I never bought, and I'm lookig for a quality M92 from one of the replica manufacturers.

Cruising the manufacturers listed in the forum heading, it seems that the Rossi Puma is readily available, and reasonabley priced, If a bit more than a Win 94.

Are they OK with cast bullets? How does the quality and finish stack up to Marlin, or the now defunct Winchester 94's?

. . . it seems that the Rossi Puma is readily available, and reasonabley priced, If a bit more than a Win 94. . . .
Are they OK with cast bullets?
While I do not own a Rossi '92, be assured that they turn out a very respectable product and that most '92s on the market today are made by Rossi under the name Puma, EMF Hartford, Cimarron '92, etc. It seems they are the manufacturer supplying a host of local distributors under various proprietary names. Having two Armi San Marco made '92s I can tell you that the '92 will function perfectly well with lead bullets which is all mine ever shoots. When the '92 was first introduced by Winchester, lead bullets held the lion's share of the ammo market and jacketed was still somewhere in the future. The most popular caliber at the time was the .44WCF (.44-40 as Marlin called it) with the .38WCF close behind.

My Lagacy/Puma '92 shoots great with Cast Performance(hardcast,gas checked) 265's,335's and 360's.

Especially my hot/fast loads with the 265's. -----pruhdlr

I've recently acquired a Rossi Puma 92; my buddy at the shop found it buried NIB from 1995 - no safety on top.:D Back when Interarms was the importer. Had been out as a prize at a couple of banquet/raffles over the years and each time someone brought it back to exchange it for a different prize gun once they saw the caliber.

Nice gun (in 44 WCF) and so far shoots my handloads with 205gr LRN as well as some Hornady and Win Cowboy factory stuff that was laying around. It's entirely likely this gun will never see a jacketed bullet.

There are some really knowledgeable sources available on this forum and I've done a couple things that have really slicked up the action without hurting reliability. (Note: This is not a CAS/SASS gun but will be a working companion to a Cimarron in the same caliber.)

Fit & finish were pretty decent out of the box except for the buttplate which I'll have to grind down a bit to fit in with buttstock; the basic stock finish is (to my eye) way overdone in "the dark side" - nothing that a little stripping won't take care of. (Can't kick, I paid 1995 retail for the gun.)

Now... to find a nice carbine-only load using some 2400 or something for close-in whitetails....

My guess is the Rossi is probably your best bet in a 92 without mortgaging your first-born.

:)

My guess is the Rossi is probably your best bet in a 92 without mortgaging your first-born.

:)

Well, my first born is a college bound princess :D, making that a relevant comment, for sure.

Thanks for the comments guys, I called in an order for a Rossi from my favorite shop.

I have a 92 in 44mag and love it had it out today it is still my favorite gun I own points so nice I do not need sight, ok that may be a bit of a over statement, but I like them:D:D

...points so nice I do not need sight, ok that may be a bit of a over statement, but I like them:D:DBlack tail is right; something I forgot to mention. I have a pump .22 that behaves similarly and one of the reasons I love this 92 is that I can get into all the woolen Fudd clothes I want, and it still snaps to shoulder, the sights simply becoming something that come between my eye & what I want to shoot at. The little 92 is just balanced so nicely IMHO.