Last weekend I bought a couple new lever carbines.
One was a Winchester 9422. I had one back in high school. I probably would have kept that one longer, but it was a .22 Magnum, and even back in the mid 70's ammo cost a lot more than .22 LR.
Since then I've had Marlin 39A's and a 39 Mountie, and a couple BL-22's.
I liked them all, but the 39A is pretty and heavy and bulky for a .22, and the BL-22's, while slick, are almost too short and light for an adult. The 9422 is "just right".
This one was listed for $700 (no box), considerably less than others I've seen lately. It has been fired very little, if at all.
Typical 9422 quality, deep bluing, smooth action, and from what little shooting I got to do last Saturday, is also accurate.
I was at a gun show the next day, and this caught my eyes, a Rossi "Trapper" length 92 in .45 Colt.
I have been looking for a .45 Carbine to go with my Ruger Flattop Convertible in .45.
I know the guy who was selling it, he said he had shot a box of ammo through it, and it fed well and had no issues. He was asking $450, I ended up getting it for $400.
This new BrazTech Rossi/Taurus was pretty smooth compared to previous Rossi's I've owned, and has a really nice 4 lb. trigger. It weighs a bit under 5 pounds, and is real fun to shoot. Not much recoil at all with the standard level loads I put through it.
I like how the front sight is now in a dovetail instead of being built into the front barrel band, and supposedly they are now a normal 3/8" dovetail instead of the slightly larger size previously used.
I need a peep at my age, so will be getting the one that replaces the bolt safety from Stevesguns.
Bluing on the receiver is nice and deep. The top of the bolt has a Plum color like older Ruger SA's have.
Fit of wood to metal is good also.
The South American hardwood is plain and stained a bit light, but has nice straight grain.
Balance is nice, just under the loading gate:
While the bulk of my .45 Colt shooting is with a 250 cast, when I'm out exploring the high desert and pine forest here in Northern Arizona, this little carbine will be stuffed with the same load I keep in the Flattop .45, a 250 Speer Deep Curl over 12.0 grains of HS-6. That gets 1040 fps. in the Ruger, should get 1200 or so in the Rossi.
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