Rossi R92 lever action .357 is back

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This is great news! I have a Rossi in 45 Colt and with a little elbow grease to slick up the action, it has been a great little rifle. Will be adding the 357 soon.
 
You can not blame the firearm when you are using the wrong ammo to feed it. That Fiocchi ammo is not crimped to be fed in a levergun. It is shhootem up for revolvers. If you trry using uncrimpped ammo in any 45,357 ,44 you are asking for trouble. The case mouth catches the edge of the chamber, binds and fails to feed so the lever operater racks again and DOUBLE FEEDS a round and blames it on the gun and manufacturer for the jam. Taint so it is the nut running the lever. Use crimpped ammo and run the lever with authority. Remember the Mod 92 and clones were designed to run tapered or bottle necked cartridges. NOT STRAIGHT walled cartridges. Y nothingou have to cheat where you can and that means a taper crimp so the case mouth o.d. is inside the o.d. of the bullet. Nothing to snag on the edge of the chamber.
Well please direct me to factory made crimped .357 mag ammo or factory ammo that will run smooth in it I'll be happy to try it and report, however if the rifle will only work with special reloaded ammo it is useless to me then I don't load my ammo and for me any gun that will only work if you load your own is not worth my time.
 
Well please direct me to factory made crimped .357 mag ammo or factory ammo that will run smooth in it I'll be happy to try it and report, however if the rifle will only work with special reloaded ammo it is useless to me then I don't load my ammo and for me any gun that will only work if you load your own is not worth my time.
Try Remington or Winchester white box.
You could also try 38s.
I'm always looking to make things better, so I don't mind spending time on things. But I also totally get not wanting to need to if you spent good money on something.
 
I bought a 20" Rossi .357 that never would feed in the late 1990's. Sold it.

I have a 16" .357 that feeds and shoots perfectly. The only issue is a really strong extractor that chewed up the case rims. Steves Gunz helped me fix that issue.

I also bought two safety-lever removal covers and two sets of mag springs and metal followers for my .357 and 16" .45 Colt versions from Steve.

The .45 Colt is by far my favorite lever gun, with 230 RNL or plated RN bullets (for a .45 ACP) over 8 gr Unique it shoots and feeds like a dream.

Stay safe.
 
Well please direct me to factory made crimped .357 mag ammo or factory ammo that will run smooth in it I'll be happy to try it and report, however if the rifle will only work with special reloaded ammo it is useless to me then I don't load my ammo and for me any gun that will only work if you load your own is not worth my time.

Federal American Eagle158 grain jacketed soft point seems to work well.
 
I have been debating getting a .357 lever for a while, looking at new and old Marlin, Henry and Winchester.

I read on here in the past that Rossi is regarded as a well made rifle, I'm probably going to get one in the next couple days, wish they had 24" octagon barrel versions available though.
https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?Keywords=rossi r92 .357&Sort=13
Write Braztech and let them know that you’d like to see them bring back the 24” octagonal models. I did. If they hear from enough consumers, they might start importing them again.
 
Write Braztech and let them know that you’d like to see them bring back the 24” octagonal models. I did. If they hear from enough consumers, they might start importing them again.

I'd really like one of those, case hardened with a old school flip up tang sight for some range fun in 357.
 
I have been debating getting a .357 lever for a while, looking at new and old Marlin, Henry and Winchester.

I read on here in the past that Rossi is regarded as a well made rifle, I'm probably going to get one in the next couple days, wish they had 24" octagon barrel versions available though.
https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?Keywords=rossi r92 .357&Sort=13
It is a great rifle and the one I got is as smooth as my Winchester 94. I had a Puma 92 years ago and regret selling it. I bought this R92 in .44 mag and it is smooth operating. All it needed was a larger loop lever. I bought one from StevesGunz.com. This is not a Rossi made product I discovered despite advertising as "the Rossi Specialist". I could not get it to fit to the extractor as the fork was .44mm narrower than the original lever so was too tight. The whole lever was too thin by 1.12mm and Rossi advised not to fit it. Trying to get a refund from the vendor currently having returned it complete with photos and comparative measurements. In the photo the original is on the left and the Large loop on the right. Visually thinner. image001.jpg
 
You will see from the photo that the fork is actually narrower by 0.88mm meaning some 0.44mm needs removing from the inside of each fork which is already to thin across the full width.
 
I have been debating getting a .357 lever for a while, looking at new and old Marlin, Henry and Winchester.

I read on here in the past that Rossi is regarded as a well made rifle, I'm probably going to get one in the next couple days, wish they had 24" octagon barrel versions available though.
https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?Keywords=rossi r92 .357&Sort=13

I just too a look on gunbroker via the link above. Not many available and they seem pricey for a Rossi.
 
I just too a look on gunbroker via the link above. Not many available and they seem pricey for a Rossi.
Most things are scarce right now or have risen in price, the rifle in .44 mag is more available than .357, figures that now that I finally found ammo that functions in it Prvi 158 gr that ammo can't be found now that the panic started.:(
 
Ditto on “steve’s gunz” if you decide to get a rossi. He has all kinds of parts, upgrades, and knowledge. I got some fiber optic sites from his website.
Just beware because they are not necessarily Rossi parts. I bought a medium lever which, after attempted fitting, turned out to be well outside Rossi tolerances. It was overall 1.12mm thinner and to fit the over the ejector rod would require .44mm filing off the inside of each the forks. That would result in loss of the surface hardening and losing more metal where there was'nt enough to start with. Rossi product manager and confirmed it should not be fitted. I am still trying to get my $175 back having returned a faulty product. If I had fitted it it would also have been way to loose in the receiver making the action sloppy.
 
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