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Here's mine. I was shooting her some tonight about twilight. 44 WCF with a big cat on the side. rrreeeoowwwwww

Nice gun, Cole. Was wondering what your load of choice is?

Thanks Mak. Gosh, I dunno. I'd have to go look it up. I loaded up a bunch of 44-40 awhilst back and screwed up my dies. I knew that most 44-40 dies were not carbide, but for some reason, I thought my Lee dies were. I had that idea from the labels on them. After I screwed them up, I looked at the labels closer and wondered where I'd gotten that idea. At any rate, I have polished and polished and polished them and to no avail. I'm going to have to get a new sizing die because mine is scratched too badly.

Before that, I hadn't loaded any for twenty years. Probably a goodly helping of Unique under a 215 grain hard cast SWC. I'd guess 1000-1100 fps in a handgun.

Very nice, what part of the "Land of Ahs"? I lived up there for many years, in Texas now.

Nice rifle. Handgun cartridges in levers never tripped my trigger. My 16" Win Wrangler is in .32Win Spec. It lays good in a pickup seat. All that being said, I have a hankering for a Taurus Thunderbolt pump in .45LC. If they made a .41mag, it would drive me over the edge. Again, that's a nice gun. Life is good.

Anybody else shoot a Puma in any different calibers? I was at a gunshow today and saw one in 357 mag. Neat looking and seemed to be of good quality. I've wanted a 357 lever gun forever and was wondering if these are pretty much trouble free. I know varmint guns and shotguns, but not that much about lever guns.

I have a SS in 45LC
Really nice rifle.

Have a Puma M92 blued/case hardened, 24" oct.bbl, & chambered in .45 Colt.

Smooth '92 action and shoots straight.

Yep, same for me except my 24" bbl is half round, half octagon. Great shooting little rifle!

Southeast, near Fort Scott.

The .32 is certainly special. I've only had one, but it was a nice rifle. Kinda wish I still had it, but then, there's lots of them that have passed through my hands I could say the same of.

I had the same gun in .44 Magnum. It was a good one too. In fact, it's probably more practical than the .44-40. I've never heard of anybody having trouble with the .357. Lots of Winchesters were converted to that caliber and the .44 Mag, back in the day. They had few problems and most Rossi/Taurus '92s you encounter should be even better since most were made specifically for the caliber rather than converted.

I have a Rossi in 45LC/454 That is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. I'm shooting 255gr laser cast boolits over 11.5 gr of Unique. They are pretty snappy, not nearly like 454, but lots cheaper. I have heard some grumbling about the Rossi in 357 not feeding .38 spl very well but have no direct experience with it. I have had NO problems with mine. I can switch back and forth between .45LC and 454 with no problems.

The Puma .357s are pretty fussy about feeding smoothly, at least, my buddy's was. He had to stick with bullets shaped like Hornady's XTP profile, or it would gag badly. I've owned a couple in .44 Magnum, both fed very well, as long as I used XTPs or the cast LFN (not SWC) design. IF I used .44 Special cases, it would feed SWCs, too.

If you want a good .357 levergun, get the Marlin, they usually feed anything without problems.


I'd still have the 20" .44 Magnum, but some bastage stole it. If someone runs across serial # MO36565, I'd sure like to talk to the current owner about it...................

I recently purchased the M92 with 24" octagonal barrel and case hardened reciever chambered in .357 Magnum. Very nice rifle - action smoother than some Winchesters I've shot. Cycles both .357 mags. as well as .38 Spcls. flawlessly. And it's quite accurate. New, out of the box put 22 of 22 .38's on a 6" target at 35 yards, open sights - no range time yet. Not a bad start. Load all my own ammo. Liked it so much I just purchased the large loop saddle ring carbine in the same caliber. Waiting my 10 days.

Love the .38 / .357 platform as I have wheel guns as well. So much potential with this caliber within it's range capabilities and can load mild to wild. Very cost effective as well.

New here to this forum - impressed. Thought I'd say hello!

Welcome 200yrs2late, am sure you will enjoy being on the 24hrs. fire. Much info can be gained. So pull up a log and sit a spell. Cheers NC

Geez who knew Kansas was soooo BEAUTIFUL.

Very nice place.

Nice rifle too.


T

My button mag .357/.38 Rossi Model 92 feeds/shoots pretty much everything I've tried in it so far.



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Why thank you very much. I am half Kansan and half Texan. I've often wondered if that's why I like Oklahoma. Maybe I'm an Okie.

The backyard actually looks a little better now that it's greened up. That was a "tweener" pic because before that there was a lot more snow and when the snow was fresh it looked better. Now that the snow's gone, I like the looks better, but the dandelions are sure messing up the lawn. heheh