Some Useful (and inexpensive) Mods for Rossi R92's

[Speedo66]

The only thing I've done to my R92 is work the action a couple of hundred times. That, and some lube, worked wonders. I changed the ejection spring to a hardware store one and that also seemed to reduce the amount of force necessary to work the action. Another benefit is it now drops empties at my feet instead of 10 feet away. Several U-tube videos online to show you how to change it.

The spring is a Century C-530, available on Amazon, pack of 6 for $5 with free shipping. https://www.amazon.com/CENTURY-C-530-Compression-Spring-Diameter/dp/B002SAMA1W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479169638&sr=8-1&keywords=century+c530

I see on Ebay vendors are selling a Uberti part by Taylor for '73's, a stainless magazine follower for .357. It's $11.50 with free shipping and I believe that would work in the .357 R92. They also have one for .45's. I made a follower from 2 empty cartridges or I'd be tempted to find out at that price. Even if it works well, that yellow plastic follower is ugly. lol

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[wellfedirishman]

A Gunslinger spring kit from Brownells does absolute wonders in improving the action, makes it slick like butter. Costs about $25 or so.

[smalltownguy]

my rossi 44 has had 200 rds by me. I think I will try some of the above

[Buckshot]

..............As an aside the parts for the Miroku/Winchester 1892's are at GPC (Numrich) here: www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/Winchester-33573/Rifles-42602/1892MadeInJapan-40287.htm?page=1

I bought a hammer screw to replace the stripped one on my 45 Colt rifle. Braztech kept sending me stainless screws. I tried 3 times and the last 2 times they shipped it free and didn't charge me for the screws, so now I have 3 stainless hammer screws. The Miroku screw fit perfectly. Braztech requires you to ship them the rifle to replace the ejector. I ordered 2 of'em from GPC for my two Rossi 1892's and they look to be the same. I also bought some other inexpensive stuff to have on hand. I ended up replacing the ejector springs on both my Rossi 1892's (45 Colt Rifle & 38/357 Short rifle) with the Miroku springs and they work superbly :-) Regardless how you operate the lever the empties pop up and out just clearing the right side of the action to land on the bench.

..................Buckshot

[pietro]

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I've also replaced the plastic magazine followers with self-made clones of brass turned down with a hand-held power drill and empty auto pistol cartridge cases; and have replaced the bolt-top lawyer safety by adapting both XS Sights and Skinner LoPro peep sight stems to the hole where the safety once resided.


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[dverna]

Pierrot, I like the sight mods.

[Speedo66]

Here's how I made my brass magazine follower, this is copied from my post on Rossi-Rifleman.com:

Being retired, and having plenty of time for myself, decided to make a home made follower I'd read about. Somewhere I'd seen someone write about making one for a .357 from two empty cartridge cases, a .40 and a .44 Mag. I don't own a gun in either caliber, but turned out I had one or two of each as range pickups.

I cut the solid end off the .44, and inserted the .40 into one end. The depth was determined by using the original yellow plastic one as a guide. That is, I lined up where the shoulder began on the yellow one with the shoulder where the two cartridges intersected.

I silver soldered them together, and filed off any extraneous solder from the joint.

The spring fits in the .44 fine, and the home made follower slides easily in the mag tube. I loaded 10 rounds into the 20" barreled gun several times and experienced normal feeding and ejection. Just felt like it's supposed to.

By the way, to cut the head off the .44, I stuck it into a drill press and just pressed a hacksaw blade against it, cut it very cleanly. I would think a regular tubing cutter would work well too, but might be hard to hold the small case.

I've been using this follower for a few hundred rounds so far and it works fine.

[Buckshot]

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I too replaced the plastic follower when I bought a 38/357 Short rifle. Actually the plastic one would probably last forever and NEVER rust, but it offends the sensibilities :-) Speedp66's 'fix' is simple and effective AND it too won't ever rust!

I also removed the factory safety and replaced it with a simple plug to fill the hole. My poor camera at the time didn't do a very good job so I'll not post the photo. Regardless, what's the shame is you can still tell that 'Something' was, or is there. Someone who doesn't know the 1892 Winchester wouldn't blink, but anyone who DID, would know that something was amiss. Later when I got a '92 Rifle in 45 Colt, I left both of those items intact.

...............Buckshot

[Sigmanz]

Thank you for the follower idea. I hadn't seen this before. Seems to be a pretty easy fabrication and I like the idea of a brass follower.

[kingstrider]

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[Texas by God]

The lifter detent and spring usually benefit from smoothing and shortening the spring a bit.
Best, Thomas.