Rossi ranch hand rejuvenation help

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Hi All! Some help here if you '92 folks don't mind.

I've got a Rossi ranch hand in stock form and it's a fun little gun, now that I got the front sight raised about a ton it has become a favorite. It's a 45LC. It's a novelty which isn't bad at all, but I keep thinking it would sure be a lot more fun to shoot with a real stock on it so I'm pretty sure we are going to SBR it.
So what's the poop on the Rossi vs other makes of '92? Seems they are a tad different so some makers offer unique part for them, but I'm not clear if that's due to stock external shape or inletting?

I see Rossi specific stocks from Boyd's and precision gun stocks.

Are there other options? Should I finish my own?

Curved butt plate vs straight? Sort of like the look of curved but imagine that straight is more fun to shoot.
 
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I just got my Ranch hand also.

You know you can use the same parts to slick up the ranch hand that work on the R92.
I am about to do a few things to mines. First I am going to use tru oil on the stock and short the mag spring and add a metal follower.
 
Yeah I've read about that stuff and while I love to tinker, one thing I always remind myself is that the worst enemy of good is better. So, since this gun has functioned flawlessly (besides the sights which are an embarrassment to the brand, I mean did anyone at the factory even shoot one?) I think I'll leave it un slicked up for now. The biggest thing that will improve its accuracy and function is far and away a longer stock.
 
I used Steve's Gunz video to slick my 92 up. It only took me a little over an hour. It now feels like a well worn 50 year old lever gun. I also put over a dozen coats of Tru Oil on the stock while it was apart. I hated the factory buckhorn rear and plain blade front. I put on Steve's flat top rear and small brass bead front. My gun is a .357. I can now hit a 8" gong easily at 150 yards when shooting off my elbows from a bench. A 12" at 200 is fairly easy. I could not ask for more out of a 16" open sight pistol caliber carbine.
 
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Bought my Model 92 (.45 Colt), used but like new in the box. I don't know if anyone did anything to the action prior to my getting the gun but it was nice and smooth when I first tried it. I like how it handles and how quick it is to get it on target. Just like ColtPythonElite posted, I couldn't ask for anything more from a 16" open sight pistol caliber carbine.
 
Cool thanks, although I can't read that thread because it says I must be registered to view the responses. :(.

What I'm thinking about now, because I'm cheap and like to tinker, is to scab on a chunk of wood to the stock "pistol grip" and then tune it to my liking, and ultimately make a leather cover for it to cover up the ugliness. Maybe down the road I can sign up for a nice figured walnut stock, but based on your information I'll probably go with precision instead, if for no other reason that precision is in their name LOL. Thanks.
 
I have an R92 16" in 45LC. Did all the Steve's tricks and changed sights. It is my truck gun/camp gun/whatever gun. Light, handy, plenty accurate for a pistol caliber carbine.

IMHO, as per above, I would trade or sell the ranch hand and get a 16" R92 as the most cost effective route to what you want.
 
The ranch hand.

I have a Ranch hand like you. I plan on keeping mines and getting a R92 carbine in 38 357.
It's actually on layaway at Buds. I saw the SBR ranch hand and would love on in a few years.
 
Guys, the point isn't to turn a ranch hand into a 16" carbine, it's to turn it into an SBR. I'm fully aware they make such rifles. I like stuff that's more unique. Maybe I wasn't clear on that.
 
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For the money? I have to think my 16" .357 R92 lever carbine is an insane value. I love it. I too gave it a slickin' and a spring kit. My trigger was perfect right out of the box, and the accuracy! Holy Toledo, Ohio! what a sweet-shootin' piece. Nice to see from Colt's post above I can try the 200 yd steels next range trip. As it is, the gun hits every piece of pistol steel at 30, 50, 75, 100 and 110 yds.



Not my rifle, but...

I didn't think the short-barreled Ranch Hand would look any good with a full stock, but I was mistaken. I looked elsewhere online. This thing looks badass.

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From this thread: http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=141670
 
If we are discussing SBR'ing a Ranch Hand, perhaps this thread belongs in NFA territory rather than Rifle Country?

The original, pre-1934 trapper specials averaged about 14" barrel on a Winchester or Marlin "pistol caliber" .38-40 or .44-40. Modern trappers are 16" to comply with minimum barrel length requirements of the NFA. ATF has decided to grandfather original pre-1934 trappers and treat them as Title I rifles if the factory records by serial number show they were shipped with short barrel.

The Rossi Ranch Hand pistol with full shoulder stock is a close replica of an original trapper. But you do have to get a Form I from ATF and pay the $200 registration tax to make and register it as an SBR.*

Somebody registered "Mare's Leg" as a trademark, but you can still call it lowercase "mare's leg" since that description originated with the old "Wanted: Dead or Alive" TV show. Rossi calls their mare's leg model the "Ranch Hand" TM.

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*(I think it makes no sense to tax and register making a less concealable weapon (SBR) from a concealable weapon (handgun). The original intent of the NFA SBR restrictions was to stop circumvention of handgun laws by sawing off rifles or shotguns. But I don't make policy, I just get to complain about it.)
 
Yes i saw that vid when I was first thinking with sincerity about this conversion. The suppressor definitely doesn't fit the look but wow is it quiet! Now, an old timey looking suppressor with engraving on it would be very cool indeed.
I've really been enjoying his vids lately. His sense of humor is subtle and he's just got a likeabiltiy about him. He also seems to really enjoy a shot in the woods which I admire.

If e need to move this discussion to the nfa section I guess that's okay although I doubt the knowledge base about antique wood gun stocks is going to be quite as rich as it is here, so I'd rather not, but whatever.
 
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