Rossi 92 in .357 Magnum in hand -- and a question

[Bill in Oregon]

The little Rossi arrived home yesterday. I can report that it feels very smooth out of the box, and I am pleased with the stock grain and color. Apparently Braztech/Rossi got tired of all the talk of the "mystery wood under the black tar finish" comments and did something about it. The one thing that nags at this point is how far off the wrist the lever is when fully closed. It's a half-inch or more. I don't recall this with other Rossis or original 92s I have handled. Is this normal?

[JimT]

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Mine is an older one but the lever has always been further off the wrist than my Winchester ...

[bmtshooter]

The lever on my old Interarms Rossi is only about one sixteenth of an inch away from the stock when closed.
I would not consider a half inch off the stock to be normal or desirable.

[Griff]

The lever on my old Interarms Rossi is only about one sixteenth of an inch away from the stock when closed.
I would not consider a half inch off the stock to be normal or desirable.

Ditto for 3 of mine.

[AJMD429]

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If it were mine, and I was sure the front part of the lever was all machined correctly and the bolts fully closed/up when the lever was in that position, I'd be tempted to do a bit of bending, but probably NOT tempted to send it for 'repair'.

As long as the gun functioned well I'm not sure I'd do anything though; partly because my fingers are long and I don't think it would matter.

But... of all the Rossi 92 copies I've handled (relatives and friends and mine over the years maybe 15 total) I don't think I've seen any quite that far off the lower tang when in battery.

[veeman]

If it functions properly, you could put on a thin full circle wrap on it, take up the space.

[.45colt]

My 44-40 I bought NOS five or six years ago has some of that ,but not that much. Veeman has the solution and I will do that to mine. Thank You ! .

[Pat C]

On my 1995 .357 the lever is off the tang but not that much. I think getting anouther lever and while you have it apart doing an action job is in order.

The old lever can be used by someone converting to large loop.

Ill have to look at mine again I'm thinking it was 3/16" at least. Yours seems excessive .

[Nate Kiowa Jones]

Hi Bill,
Yep, that's kinda excessive. On the new guns 1/4" or so would be normal. Griff's for instance are much closer probably because he used them for CAS and they tend to wear in some with use. Same with the origins. I have one that was made in 1893, but it had feeding problems from the get-go so it was like new inside. Basically, a single- shot. It too had about a 1/4" or so gap. Used it for CAS once I got it feeding. Now the lever touches if you run it hard.

You can probably fix yourself. What I do is put about a 3/4" wooden dowel behind the trigger use a rag to pad it then squeeze it hard. You can usually pul it up so it's at least parallel with the lower tang.

[Bill in Oregon]

Gracias for that advice, Steve.

[Pat C]

One thing you have to be careful on Rossi's is the trigger is a lot longer than Winchester . That's one of the reasons they hang down so much . You can see on mine ,this is the normal gap on all of the older A. Rossi .
Notice how close the trigger is to lever.