Love my Rossi 92, which I bought new a few years ago; I have the short barrel (16") model, and it's incredibly light and compact---smaller than most .22s. Great trigger and very accurate, but it's optimized for lighter bullets, with a slow-twist barrel. It will not shoot 180 grain bullets at all; they keyhole all over the place. 158 grain bullets are fine, but I get the best accuracy with 140 and 125 gr bullets, which makes sense for a gun made for cowboy action shooting. Mine handles .38 special loads without any problems and no modifications. This one is your best bet if you don't want to spend a fortune on a lever gun.