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removed the saddle ring and drilled and tapped the holes for cap screws
removed the saddle ring and drilled and tapped the holes for cap screws
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Nice!! I wish I still had mine..
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Re: Pictures - Rossi 92 "Winchester 1892" Stainless
Where's the wing safety? Was it removed, welded-up?
Really nice lookin lever!
Really nice lookin lever!
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Maybe it's one that was made before the bolt safety idea the geniuses at Rossi dreamt up. My 44-40 is also all stainless SRC without bolt safety.
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This rifle is pre safety
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Nice lookin' rifle and you did a great job getting that saddle ring off of there. Some interesting wood on 'er too.
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Re: Pictures - Rossi 92 "Winchester 1892" Stainless
Very nice.
Makes me want another, but in stainless.
Makes me want another, but in stainless.
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I took it to the range last night. What a great , fast handling, little rifle. Comes to shoulder very nice and is quite accurate. With iron sights, 25yds I could keep all shots within 8" from a standing, off-hand position.
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The wood on that rifle is really good looking in my opinion.
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Thanks! It's a bit on the orange side which gives it a bit of old world look, although the Stainless Steel negates that!
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8" off hand @ 25 yards? You need some practice ... lots of it. Now get back out there and git with it.rbertalotto wrote:I took it to the range last night. What a great , fast handling, little rifle. Comes to shoulder very nice and is quite accurate. With iron sights, 25yds I could keep all shots within 8" from a standing, off-hand position.
45LC, Lee 255g bullet of Wheel Weight, 6.2g Green Dot powder.
OBTW, what kind of load is 6.2grs of Green Dot? I don't have any data for it handy.
The Rossi I had liked standard pressure and up a bit type loads. It didn't like the cowboy loads one bit.
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That 6.2 load of Green Dot is a load I found in one of the loading guides. A friend gave me 16 pounds of Green Dot a few years ago and I've been using it in 45ACP, 38 Special and 45LC for plinking rounds. Very clean and quite accurate with recoil like a 22 Magnum. Fun to shoot.
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NICE CARBINE !!! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH IT THAT NICE SADDLE RING WOULDN'T FIX......
GOT ONE JUST LIKE IT IN THE SAME SERIES BUT MY SERIAL NUMBER IS IN THE MIDDLE 200 RANGE.
GOT ONE JUST LIKE IT IN THE SAME SERIES BUT MY SERIAL NUMBER IS IN THE MIDDLE 200 RANGE.
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Re: Pictures - Rossi 92 "Winchester 1892" Stainless
You did yer usual excellent work there, Roy - I like the way the color of the stocks work with the color of that stainless, and it's part of a Limited Edition, to boot !
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Thanks!
But I bought it to convert it to a Take-Down so it would fit on my motorcycle for deer hunting. Part of the plan is to GunKote it once finished. Stainless steel rifles look like Luke Skywalkers light saber in the early morning out in the deer woods. But it is pretty as it is. Maybe I'll just wrap it with camo tape...........
But I bought it to convert it to a Take-Down so it would fit on my motorcycle for deer hunting. Part of the plan is to GunKote it once finished. Stainless steel rifles look like Luke Skywalkers light saber in the early morning out in the deer woods. But it is pretty as it is. Maybe I'll just wrap it with camo tape...........
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Ah, I didn't know they had stainless that were pre-wing.
The only thing I would do to that carbine is grind the front sight off and istall a dovetail one on the barrel. Then, it would be perfect.
But it is really slick looking as-is. I love the contrast between the wood and the stainless.
The only thing I would do to that carbine is grind the front sight off and istall a dovetail one on the barrel. Then, it would be perfect.
But it is really slick looking as-is. I love the contrast between the wood and the stainless.
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I'd like to do this, but there isn't enough meat in the muzzle to cut a dovetail.The only thing I would do to that carbine is grind the front sight off and istall a dovetail one on the barrel.
I might solder a ramp (if there is some way to solder SS) or use a super adhesive to attach a ramp. I want (need) a fiber optic front sight for hunting.
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That rifle will shoot a whole he-- of a lot better than 8" at 25YRDS. 1886rbertalotto wrote:I took it to the range last night. What a great , fast handling, little rifle. Comes to shoulder very nice and is quite accurate. With iron sights, 25yds I could keep all shots within 8" from a standing, off-hand position.
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I would think that you could drill and tap a couple of holes for mounting a base if needed... I am positive that Steve can do the job too.rbertalotto wrote:I'd like to do this, but there isn't enough meat in the muzzle to cut a dovetail.The only thing I would do to that carbine is grind the front sight off and install a dovetail one on the barrel.
I might solder a ramp (if there is some way to solder SS) or use a super adhesive to attach a ramp. I want (need) a fiber optic front sight for hunting.
That's one change that they made on the "new" models that I like - the dovetail is a bit oversized but it's easy to tap the lips down to fit a standard sight blade - at least it was on my 44 Mag Rossi.
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The pictures aren't all that good, but this thread shows ANOTHER way to get a decent fiber-optic sight on the front. Took me under an hour with nothing but a Dremel tool and a couple files...rbertalotto wrote:I might solder a ramp (if there is some way to solder SS) or use a super adhesive to attach a ramp. I want (need) a fiber optic front sight for hunting.
Putting a Fiber Optic on a Rossi - http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=21648
Mine had a 'dovetail' front already, but the same could be done with the 'band' type sights; it just takes a small bit (I started the cut with a tiny round-ball tip), steady hand, and patience. You can make the 'fiber' any color, but the yellow and green are to me the best for HUNTING environments. I'm very satisfied with the results, and view them not as something I 'settled for' since I couldn't have the real thing, but really as something BETTER than the factory ones. For one thing, it is far less 'fragile' than most of the factory ones, in my opinion.
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Re: Pictures - Rossi 92 "Winchester 1892" Stainless
Had one of those in the same series - very nice rifle - and as you say light and handy. I shot some heavy loads in it and found it surprisingly comfortable to shoot. Cracked the forend though which I fixed with Gorilla Glue. Traded mine off and have one of the current ones which I also really like. Your load as you say would be like a 22. My rifle needs bullets larger than .451/2 to shoot well as in he difference between 10" groups and 1 7/8" groups at 50 yds. So, might not be your shooting but bullet/barrel size. TERRY may have more info on this. .453/.454 were better in mine.
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I have a milling machine and I've cut loads of dovetails, There might be a bit more meat on a 44 barrel as the hole is smaller than on the 45LC. But I'm here to tell you, there ain't enough meat to cut a proper dovetail on this barrel. If I was to do it, I'd solder on a ramp. Not enough to get even two threads on a drill and tap.
BTW, I just finished converting it to a take down. I'll post a new thread as soon as the pictures up load.
Came out great!
Took me 6 hours and it's finished.
I just need to figure out a way to retain the tube magazine follower. It needs to be held back for the barrel to unscrew once the tube magazine has been pulled back. Any ideas?
BTW, I just finished converting it to a take down. I'll post a new thread as soon as the pictures up load.
Came out great!
Took me 6 hours and it's finished.
I just need to figure out a way to retain the tube magazine follower. It needs to be held back for the barrel to unscrew once the tube magazine has been pulled back. Any ideas?
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Here is the thread on the Take Down conversion:
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=36706
(BTW, While I had the barrel off I slugged the bore. .451 end to end. No tight spots, just a nice consistent bore. Tomorrow I'll I'll shoot some of my "Hunting Loads" and see how it does)
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=36706
(BTW, While I had the barrel off I slugged the bore. .451 end to end. No tight spots, just a nice consistent bore. Tomorrow I'll I'll shoot some of my "Hunting Loads" and see how it does)
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Wow. That is an awesome project. After seeing your abilities making that takedown conversion, my suggestion earlier in the thread on Putting a Fiber Optic on a Rossi probably seems like childs-play...!
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Thanks, .......and suggestions are ALWAYS appreciated. You never know when someone has a thought you hadn't thought of!
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Amazing stuff you do there. Interesting!
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I had a blued Rossi 92 in .45 Colt with the front sight on the barrel band. I am quite familiar with the thinness of the barrel. Mike at M&M Gunsmithing did what he called a shallow dovetail in the barrel at the correct location and put a regular front sight in it. Worked perfectly. It can be done. You just gotta go shallow.rbertalotto wrote:I have a milling machine and I've cut loads of dovetails, There might be a bit more meat on a 44 barrel as the hole is smaller than on the 45LC. But I'm here to tell you, there ain't enough meat to cut a proper dovetail on this barrel. If I was to do it, I'd solder on a ramp. Not enough to get even two threads on a drill and tap.
BTW, I just finished converting it to a take down. I'll post a new thread as soon as the pictures up load.
Came out great!
Took me 6 hours and it's finished.
I just need to figure out a way to retain the tube magazine follower. It needs to be held back for the barrel to unscrew once the tube magazine has been pulled back. Any ideas?
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Re: Pictures - Rossi 92 "Winchester 1892" Stainless
I have one just like this mine is 0850 of 2000. I can't seem to find much info could someone help me out
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Welcome to the forum !
IIRC, when these were imported in the mid-90's, it was the first trial of stainless Rossi M-92 leverguns - so a limited edition that later became a catalog item.
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Thank you for the information
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Is the value as same as the others?
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Look on Gunbroker.com or GunsAmerica.com auction sites for COMPLETED auctions, and you will have a good idea of the real-world (versus 'book') value of most any gun. You may have to register for a (free) account to see the completed auctions.
My little Rossi leverguns are among my favorite practical and shootable guns, good for fun, pest control, plinking, or home protection.
If you are inclined to SELL it, I'd encourage you to first do some shooting with it first - you may like it too much to part with. If new to shooting, use 'cowboy' or fairly light loads, but that gun can handle grizzly-bear-stopping loads as well.
My little Rossi leverguns are among my favorite practical and shootable guns, good for fun, pest control, plinking, or home protection.
If you are inclined to SELL it, I'd encourage you to first do some shooting with it first - you may like it too much to part with. If new to shooting, use 'cowboy' or fairly light loads, but that gun can handle grizzly-bear-stopping loads as well.
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Good looking Rossi.
For the front sight there is another alternative to cutting a dovetail in a thin barrel. Blokes over here at the lever action club use a barrel clamp to mount Lyman globe sights to their BLR rifles, so they can slide them off when they use a scope for hunting. No reason you couldn't use the same setup for a post or bead front. The clamp looks just like a mini scope ring.
For the front sight there is another alternative to cutting a dovetail in a thin barrel. Blokes over here at the lever action club use a barrel clamp to mount Lyman globe sights to their BLR rifles, so they can slide them off when they use a scope for hunting. No reason you couldn't use the same setup for a post or bead front. The clamp looks just like a mini scope ring.
at 6.2 grains per round, that's over 18,000 rounds of ammoA friend gave me 16 pounds of Green Dot a few years ago
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Re: Pictures - Rossi 92 "Winchester 1892" Stainless
They are nice guns, my only centrefire is a stainless in 357 with 24" octagonal barrel.