Got a Rossi 92 !!!!

[45-70 Chevroner]

I traded a 357 H&R single shot rifle, a $100.00 and a 5 gallon bucket of tire weights for it. I had $225.00 in the H&R and the tire weights were free. I know the tire weights are worth about $100.00 or a little more, that comes to about $425, that seems like a good deal to me. What do you think? I took the 92 out yesterday and shot up a few 16oz water bottles off hand, time was short so I only shot 20 rounds. The distance was from 20 to 40 yards. I don't hold as well as I did even 5 years ago and I can't see the sights as well as I used to either, but I connected about 75% of the time. I was shooting some 38 special ammo, that I loaded that I had never shot before. I loaded the 38 special brass with 3gr. of Bullseye and the little 105 gr lee SWC. They fed thru the action with out a hitch. The 92 has a 16" barrel and it has that ugly safety on the bolt, it looks brand new. I will be taking it out hopefully soon and put it on the bench and trying several different loads.

[fecmech]

Sounds like you did pretty well and you will enjoy that rifle. I have two of them and shoot the daylights out of them. If you get tired of launching your empty's into low earth orbit stop by Ace Hardware and pick up a spring with half the wire diameter of your factory ejector spring and cut to length. Enjoy your new rifle!

[Snow ninja]

Congrats, sounds like you did well. Used ones around here are going for about $450 or so. Enjoy!

[pietro]

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I did better with both my .357 & .45 Rossi M92's after I mounted a Williams 5D-94TE (Angle-eject) peep on one, and a Skinner LoPro in the bolt-top safety hole of the other.


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With either peep sight, though, a Model 92 with the bolt-top lawyer safety will need it replaced with a flat-topped plug.

I made this one from some round stock, an electric hand drill & a file.

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Also, a better/cleaner sight picture will be had by removing the rear bbl open/iron sight & replace it with a slot filler blank, either bought or handmade.

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[jmort]

I have the exact same gun. Was able to convince a top SASS gunsmith to tune it. He neutered the safety. Here is a plug to cover up the hole
http://store.stevesgunz.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=31_32&products_id=4
and a peep sight that replaces the safety
http://store.stevesgunz.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20_26&products_id=5

Love my 92

[glockky]

Whats the accuracy potential of the 357 rossi?

I have been wanting one but cant keep from looking at the old winchesters which are much higher

[jmort]

'...cant keep from looking at the old Winchesters which are much higher"

If you have the $$$, makes sense. Not in my budget.

[seaboltm]

I bought a Rossi 92 .357 two months ago on gunbroker for $415. So I think you did OK. Not a steal, but OK.

[RobS]

Accuracy tends to be really good from most people's reviews. My 45 colt and 454 casull will shoot covers at 40-50 yards. I put on a green fiber optic front sight which helped my eyes quite a bit.

[bangerjim]

I love my Rossi 92's, both 38/357 and 45LC.

The 38 is the most accurate rifle I have for pistol-style carts. The SST version I have is fun to shoot and looks great. Shot and cycled perfectly from the 1st round. Iron sites are very accurate at 50-70 yards from by bench rest. I can do better with it than my scoped 30-30 or 223.

Good acquisition!

banger

[bigarm]

I think you will like it. I like my .345 and 45 colt very much.

[KCcactus]

A Rossi 92 38/357 and light 38s is a great plinking combo. Offhand at 35 yds, clay pigeons on the backstop don't stand a chance. I added the Stevesgunz peep since my eyes don't do well with iron sights any more and used his dvd to tune. A lighter extractor spring makes a big difference. I have another 92 in 44 mag that's a lot of fun, too.

[45-70 Chevroner]

Fecmech!! This one tosses the 357s up and to the right about 3 feet and down about 4 feet from my right foot. It flips the 38s up and to the right about a foot and a half very consistantly and I can catch every one of them in mid air. I also have a Rossi 92 in 45 colt. Next to my Pedersoli RB 45-70, they are my next best two fun guns.

[sparky45]

I have one in 357/38 with the Hex barrel that shoots anything I feed it and one that's SS with a 24" barrel in 44-40. I really like them both.

[Artful]

Whats the accuracy potential of the 357 rossi?

Mines a Puma (pre safety) 357 and with a 140 speer HP I tested for accuracy for deer hunting in western Oregon when I first got it (little black tail coastal range deer) - after sighting in on my paper target at 100 yards, I figured I try it off hand for a bit so standing up I looked for a challenge
- some clays were on the bank at 205 meters from someone else
- well I took a rest off the vertical support of the shooting line.
Each shot hit a clay and after breaking the clays I started in working on the larger bits of clay left over...
- almost every shot hit what I was aiming at
- back when I still could see open iron sights.

I would say you can expect reasonable hunting accuracy with a Rossi 92.

[TXGunNut]

Congrats, sounds like you did well. Hope you enjoy your Rossi!

[Four Fingers of Death]

The rifle I am using in my avitar is a 357 Rossi. One of the cheapest rifles I have ever bought and one of the best. They sure can gobble up ammo.