How accurate are they , and hows the blueing on them? A gunsmith ought to be able to smooth the actions on them easily , dont you think , more concerned with accuracy and a good fit on the stock and metal ?It is a copy of the Winchester 1892. Rossi 92 rifles are usually pretty rough, need a fair amount of smoothing and polishing to make them run well. The newest ones are rougher than the older ones.
Buy with confidence. It’s a Winchester clone, not a Winchester so you may get one that needs some tuning. If you do, get the kit from Steve’s guns.com. Most fixes are within the reach of anyone with a little mechanical knowledge.I impulse purchased a stainless rossi 92 in 357 mag at a gun show last year. It's an older model before they added the safety to the top of the bolt. Beautiful gun, and one of my favorites now. Fit and finish is excellent in my opinion. The ejector broke the first time I shot it. That's when I did more research and found out they are notorious for that issue. Purchased replacement parts, slick up kit and dvd from Steve's gunz and now it is a sweet shooter!
IIRC, Legacy was the importer, Puma was the manufacturer before they became Rossi.The 92 clones are currently made by Rossi, before that it was Puma, before that it was Legacy (those last two could be backwards), but the machines and plant have been bought, traded, and changed hands of ownership a few times. I bought my 20" stainless 44mag back when Indiana first allowed straight walled pistol cartridges for deer hunting. I've never shot mine at 200 yards, but I know at 150yards if I hold a pop can high I'll be right on target. Mine has been an absolute joy to shoot, and yeah I'd prefer if it had a rubber butt pad, but the steel plate isn't bad. While it's not something I'd take to a PRS match out to 1,000 yards, I would have no issues in the deer woods, or out to 150 yards. I'd also consider it as a home defense gun if I needed it to be in that role. All around great gun, and back in the day these things were super affordable. I once had a 24" octagon barrel 44mag that I put a ladder sight on and I completely regret ever selling it.
For whatever reason, mine has been my lucky deer gun. I've had great luck with this rifle and I should hunt with it more. My only regret is selling that 24" and not picking up a 16" trapper.
I don't really remember exactly. I just know that was a really long time ago and that company has changed hands several times. Back in the day though those rifles used to be around $400 for a blued model, and $500 for the stainless.IIRC, Legacy was the importer, Puma was the manufacturer before they became Rossi.
I have a Rossi 92 in .454Casull.
It's a fine rifle that has taken several whitetails, one as far out as 100 yards.
I don't have a single bad thing to say about them.
I have a more recent 44mag R92 that has the “CBC” roll mark on the barrel. Mine has the same issue as Ark’s in that the bore diameter is oversized and cast bullets tumble when shot. I fixed that issue by switching to jacketed bullets and it shoots great now. Mine also has a slight cant between the barrel and mag tube, but that doesn’t seem to affect accuracy.I had one. It was kind of crummy. Sights fell out of loose dovetails and there was something weird about the bore diameter, it just did not like the reloads I wanted to use.
Looked nice. Fun to shoot. Worked okay.