Rossi M92

[yugorpk]

Kit guns (guns that need hands on tuning and fixing out of the box) like Rossis and post Remington takeover Marlins "Remlins" are great if you enjoy tinkering, are handy with tools and have lots of patience and spare time.
If you are paying a gunsmith to do the smoothing & modifications then you might as well buy a Browning BLR or a Miroku Winchester 92 where the quality and full functionality is there right out of the box.
Probably be cheaper in the long run and the gun will (other than sighting in) be ready to hunt the day you bring it home.

Ive put around a thousand rounds through my Rossi. Mostly magnum-ish level 45's ( 11.5 grains True Blue 250 grain plated ) . I have no idea what your'e talking about needing work out of the box. It might not be slicker than grease but its functioned 100% since I got it. Any work I might do to it will be because I'm bored and not because it NEEDS to be done.

 

[bannockburn]

pricedo

I don't know about other Rossi and Marlin lever action rifles but my LNIB Rossi Model 92 didn't require any sort of tuning, fixing, tinkering, smoothing, or modification right out of the box. The action was incredibly smooth, the trigger nice and light, and was ready to go without anything else being done to it. Wouldn't mind a Browning BLR or a Miroku Winchester 92 if someone were going to give me one but as it currently stands my Rossi 92 will do just fine.

 

[adcoch1]

Here's mine, 20" stainless 44 mag, and a hand tied paracord sling. It has an amazing trigger, but there have been a few glitches. She is smoothing out nicely, but I haven't shot it enough yet to say it's 100% reliable yet. Its beautiful.

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[pricedo]

Glad both commenters got good rifles.
My experience has been that it is a crapshoot with the Rossis and Remlins and I've owned several of both.