The aim is to acquire a Rossi 92 in 38/357 for shooting at the gun club. I did have a look at a couple of new ones tonight at the clubs shop but in all honesty their price is a bit much right now. Here in the UK they sell for just over £650 GBP which is about $1,094 USD ...................................... and nope that's not a wind up or joke!!!! I wish it was .
Handling this couple tonight confirmed that the longer octagonal barrel balances better but of course they are the more expensive of the two with it's case coloured hardened finish on the receiver. The other was the shorter, probably 16" round barrel with plain polished and blacked receiver and it just didn't feel right at the shoulder. Used to shoot a Rossi Puma belonging the the gun club when I first started shooting many decades ago and that was a nice little rifle too hence my thinking this time around.
No I borrowed a club marlin 1894 and did a spot of shooing on the 25 yd indoor range with that. balance was not too bad but the trigger seriously needs lightening a tad and I don't like Buck Horn sights.
Sooooooooooooooo without resorting to a scope which I do not really want to do. It would seem the obvious answer is a receiver sight. Now this would probably mean drilling and tapping the receiver and looking around the web none were found listed for the Rossi 92.
So will a Lyman 66 such as this:-
eBay item number:121182002851
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lyman-66-MK-...item1c37029ea3
Fit the Rossi 92?