Payment Methods: Winchester 94 Trapper (16 in, blue, box) Description: You just don't find many winchesters in the original box these days. The locking lugs are plenty … Description: Manufactured 1908. The locking lugs are plenty strong and the rifles often exhibits fine intrinsic and practical accuracy. I will never do business with rossi or taurus ever again. I did get a stock from Boyds that fits and works very well. I have never gotten the replacement stock from them. Somewhere in all of this I bought a Hogue grip, for the Tracker. I have contacted them several times with no response. “O gee, were sorry to hear that, send it back and we’ll replace it”. After not to many rounds it developed a crack just behind the hammer. It wasn’t the same, now it wouldn’t allow all six empty’s to come out at once. Well over a year later maybe into two years I finally got a replacement. I did and herd nothing for months, even calling the customer service a few times. I “chatted” with them and was told send it back for replacement. Works well and fun to play with, but, the stock broke just behind the cylinder latch where its thin so that all six cases can fall out. It’s actually a Taurus Tracker with a long barrel and the stock and forend. I have never tried a Rossi levergun, never seen one that I know of. My stainless Rossi 92 is now her favorite rifle… Only seriously looked at this when my daughter complained about odd feed problems encountered using my 357 reloads. Should have figured out this cartridge length problem years ago. Maybe the Rossi was changed in later years, but my guess is that the Rossi setup paid a bit more attention to reliable use with 38 Special and commercial 357 Mag ammo, and likely paid little attention to custom 357 Mag ammo requirements (originally this rifle was setup for Brazilian users). The Rossi 92 I have is marked 38 Special & 357 Magnum. The Winchester I have is marked 357 Mag (only). My take on this is that for the Winchester 92 these two rails are set up for use with typical 357 Magnum cartridges. Meant using a taper crimp with cast bullets rather than taper crimp.Ĭomparing the Winchester with the Rossi receiver, the fixed guide rail pair that control the case rim movement up the lifter differ slightly. Recently discovered the Rossi worked fine when I reduced the the OAL of my Mag reloads from 1.61 inch to 1.56 inch. My reloads worked fine in my Winchester 92, so I never seriously considered changing bullet profiles. But never could get my 357 Magnum reloads to work smoothly, flat nose 158 gn cast (these days copper plated TC) used with my 686 S&W, to feed smoothly. 38 Special reloads worked just fine in the Rossi. In 2007 I purchased a stainless Rossi 92 carbine in 357 Magnum (one of the 2000 series). The Gun Digest Book of the 1911 second editionĭealing with the Great Ammunition Shortage The Journal Voice of American Law Enforcement At an age when many are thinking of retirement, Bob is working a 60-hour week and awaits being taken up in a whirlwind many years in the future. He is training his grandchildren not to be snowflakes. He has written curriculum on the university level, served as a lead missionary, and is desperately in love with Joyce. Campbell served as a peace officer and security professional and has made hundreds of arrests and been injured on the job more than once. (He gets it honest- his uncle Jerry Campbell is in the Boxer’s Hall of Fame.)Ĭampbell has authored well over 6,000 articles columns and reviews and fourteen books for major publishers including Gun Digest, Skyhorse and Paladin Press. Campbell considers unarmed skills the first line of defense and the handgun the last resort. He holds a degree in Criminal Justice but is an autodidact in matters important to his readers. Compared to the shotgun the Rossi must be aimed more carefully, but it offers excellent hit potential.īob Campbell’s primary qualification is a lifelong love of firearms, writing, and scholarship. Light, fast handling, and easy to operate, but flat, easily stored, and snag-free, the rifle has a lot going for it. The Rossi 92 would make a great home defender. The rifle has proven completely reliable with a wide range of magnum handloads and factory ammunition as well. As for accuracy at 50 yards with iron sights, the rifle will put three rounds into two to four inches depending on the load and the shooter. Another sure bet in factory ammunition would be the Federal 158-grain Hydra-Shok. The Hornady XTP stands alone in this role. I recommend the Hornady XTP for hunting use beginning with the 140-grain and progressing to the 180-grain XTP. Bullets designed to expand at 1,500 fps in a handgun may break up and fragment in the rifle at increased velocity resulting in under-penetration.
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