Rossi 92 Sight issues

[Aeroscout]

This just isn't going to work on this rifle. Besides the front being off center, the holes are drilled out of plumb. The rear sight is cocked to the right also. Steve's Gunz "The Rossi 92 Specialist" is in Lampasas about 20 miles away, I am going to see about taking it to him and see if he can just move the sight forward and drill and tap new holes forward of the old ones. It appears that it should work. Just get another short screw for the rear hole.

[veeman]

Twas it mine, I'd D&T the top of the receiver and mount a Skinner peep.

[Aeroscout]

Twas it mine, I'd D&T the top of the receiver and mount a Skinner peep.

The 92 is a top eject so any other sight would have to go on the barrel would it not? (besides a side mount Williams or Lyman). I already have the Marble's peep tang and it really needs to go on this 24 inch octagon barrel gun.

[Baltimoreed]

I would have your ‘92 guy fill and correctly redrill the tang for your tang sight, make darn sure that the barrel is clocked and the front dovetail is true. Darn shame that squirrelly stuff gets sold but it does, QC at it’s finest. I bought a beautiful 30 inch barreled Cimarron ‘73 that had a junk barrel, they replaced it but it was in Texas for almost a year waiting on a barrel from Italy.

[Aeroscout]

I would have your ‘92 guy fill and correctly redrill the tang for your tang sight, make darn sure that the barrel is clocked and the front dovetail is true. Darn shame that squirrelly stuff gets sold but it does, QC at it’s finest. I bought a beautiful 30 inch barreled Cimarron ‘73 that had a junk barrel, they replaced it but it was in Texas for almost a year waiting on a barrel from Italy.

Would doing so jack up the case color hardening on the tang? Seems just moving the sight forward and drilling new holes would be the easiest solution.

[dkf]

My rossi 92 sights were so off it looked stupid off to one side. I blanked the rear sight off and installed a williams receiver peep. Couldnt be happier.

What model Williams did you end up going with? My dad wants to change the buckhorn on his 92 in .44mag.(it sucks) I'm trying to get him to go for a rear peep sight. I tried to get him to go with the marbles tang sight but he is not too keen on having the sight at the grip.

[veeman]

I was thinking it would be like the 94's, but its not, its la barrel mount like you said. my bad. They do have them for your gun tho.
http://www.skinnersights.com/rossi_firearms_23.html

[Baltimoreed]

Aero, Where his two bad screwholes are will be just blued steel though I guess they could be case hardened too. His tang will be buggered up no matter what he does. If his rear screw is correct he might be able to find a sight with a longer base or turn his present base around and only redrill the one bad screw.

[Aeroscout]

Ok, before I do anything else, as recommended above and from the Rossi 92 guy, I added some shim under the right side of the tang. It still looks a smidge out of plumb but I am going to go shoot it again with some of my go to 255 SWC over 9 gr of Unique loads and see how it does. As long as it doesn't go wandering off horizontally when I make a vertical adjustment I may call it good.

Thanks for all the input. I'll post up my results after.

[txbirdman]

Had a similar issue with a Marlin 94. I decided to dispense with the rear sight that mounted on the barrel and put a XS ghost ring on the receiver. When I did I couldn’t adjust the ghost ring enough horizontally to sight it in. I suspended the rifle by it’s stock using a piece of cotton rope and used a level to get the receiver vertical to the floor. Then I got a plumb bob centered down the stock and receiver. This process showed me exactly what the problem was. The receiver had been drilled incorrectly and the barrel was in crooked. Hopefully that’s not the problem with yours

[Thin Man]

One of my friends owns a '92 SRC Rossi that is a rather early import through Interarms. It has a 24 inch barrel with the rear half octagonal and the front half round. His rifle always grouped well but at 25 yards it hit the target 6 inches to the left. He tried adjusting the sights in their dovetails, then even bending the front sight to help, but there was no way that rifle was going to regulate to the target. His answer to the challenge was to scope it. He bought a mount from D. Pearson's no-drill tactical rails. As the mount is forward of the receiver he has a 2X extended eye relief in the rings. He also has a red dot that he could use but prefers the view through the scope better. He likes this mount because if he decides to remove it the rifle will look exactly as it came from the factory.

[Aeroscout]

Man, whatever black crap/moly/powder/coating was put on those 250 RNFP boollits I got from my Dad are terrible. I shot maybe 30 of them and my groups.....strike that......pattern was all over the place. I have been scrubbing that barrel with a copper brush and Hoppes #9, Hoppes Copper Solvent and even some Kroil for a couple hours and the patches are still coming out black.

[FergusonTO35]

Upon closer inspection I believe I can see what the problem is. It appears the front hole for the mounting screw is drilled off center to the right a bit. The rear foot of the tang sight is centered up on the rifle tang, however the front foot of the tang sight is crowded over to the right of the rifle tang. There is clearly more metal of the rifle tang exposed on the left side as there is the right, and the hammer is not in direct line with the forward tang screw.

My understanding is that the 24 inch Octagon barrel models came predrilled for the tang sights from the factory correct? If so, this one is off kilter.

The Rifle was manufactured by LSI....Do you believe I have any recourse?

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Hmm, I always read that LSI held their 92's to higher standards than Rossi USA/Braztech. They certainly cost more at retail.