A bud brought by a 24" Rossi pre-button M92 rifle in .38/.357 with a question. Since I do my own work on my 1884, 336 and 1894 Marlins plus a Uberti '73 Winchester he was hoping I could help him. His Rossi has a feeding problem like this:
I loaded 10 dummy .38 rounds (bullet, case with no powder or primer) and stepped outside to a clear area in order collect extracted rounds. Being used to cycling a lever gun in CAS competitions, I was aggressive with the lever. 1st round chambers and extracts but lifter does not come up to feed the next round positioned on it. Rifle needs to be cycled again and the same thing happens again. The next three rounds chamber and extract then for the next two, the carrier doesn't bring the rounds up. Last rounds feed and extract again. With the rifle empty, I cycle the lever as fast as possible and see the carrier raising each and every time.
Now I've never taken a Winchester 1892 apart let alone a Rossi M92 but I feel sure I can. Diamonds may be girl's best friend, but for me, I prefer Google disassembly videos.
To those of you who may be familiar with the Rossi feeding issues and have experienced what's been described, what problem area(s) should I be looking for when I disassemble the rifle? I think I may need to clip several some off the magazine spring because the sixth through tenth rounds are extremely difficult to load.
Any other input about the the Rossi rifle would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!