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No lack here. I'm heading out to shoot it again here in a few minutes.

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Just buy a CT USA made Marlin ............


I'm trying...

In a different thread I mentioned my diffugalties in getting registered with gunbroker. Then about 4 days ago I tried to sign on and it worked. Until today... Now my account is under manual review. again.


And I finally got it done. Not gunbroker, but the marlin 1894. It's a 1979 manufacture .357, and it came via a good guy from the Campfire who responded to my classified plea.

Just picked it up today as I'd been out of state visiting family in Kansas. Took it out back a while ago and it put 5 into a piece of cardboard with a 3" magic marker circle on it. 4 of 5 in the circle offhand at 50 feet mad me happy.

Gonna spend some serious time with this one.


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Congrats !

1979 was a good year for Marlin......same as my 357....


T R U M P W O N !

U L T R A M A G A !

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Cool. Good choice!

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I like the Marlins, have a few, 44 mag, 30-30, 35 Rem, 45-70. All JM earlier guns. But.............
Love the Winchester and the clones. Nothing carries like a 92, 94, 86 or 71, nothing, love them. But I'm going to scope the Marlin 30-30 with a 2 x 7 Leupold and the 35 Rem with a 1 x 4. peep of some kind on the 44 and 45-70.
Have a Rossi 44 with a 16" barrel and a 357 Stainless 20" barrel. Both nice out of the box, will be doing the Steve's Gunz upgrades this winter.
What I need is a 94 in 38-55 or one I can send to JES for a re-bore.

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The best deal, often the case; get your gun directly from Steve. He packages the price of the new gun with his work and you save time and postage back and forth.

Just a thought.

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Try reading this by Jim Taylor. I supplied some of the bullets for the test.
https://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/rossi.htm

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I bought a Rossi 92 in 45 Colt several years ago, slicked it up from youtube videos, deleted the safety and put a rear peep sight on it in place of the safety. My up close eyes got bad and I couldn't really shoot it very well. I did the sacreligious and put a red dot on it, it is now one of my favorite rifles. They are very strong, I run some pretty hot loads through it.

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Thing I noticed about the Rossi is that the blued ones are much slicker than the stainless.

Altgough I really like the 1894c, think if I was to buy another levergun it'd be a 92 in 357. They're just so light and handy. I like the look, feel, and packability of the 16", but the 20" points easier. I'd just roll with the factory sights.

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I sure would like to find one in 454 that was looking for a new home,all slicked up and ready to go. Cheers NC


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Are folks like Steve reaming 45 Colts to 454?

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Originally Posted by 5thShock
Are folks like Steve reaming 45 Colts to 454?

I would seriously doubt it.

Liability would be thru the roof, IMO.

Rossi certifying them to be safe is another matter. Joke's on them if something blows.

Call him and ask.

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I wouldn't have to acquire the 454. The LC with WFN heavy cast bullet is hard to stop and most bodies would have two holes in them. One in and one out. You won't recover many bullets. Heavy bullets at moderate velocity was one of the things Elmer Keith taught me. Handgun calibers also can gain a bit of velocity in a carbine barrel. Be Well, Rustyzipper.


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Originally Posted by Rustyzipper
I wouldn't have to acquire the 454. The LC with WFN heavy cast bullet is hard to stop and most bodies would have two holes in them. One in and one out. You won't recover many bullets. Heavy bullets at moderate velocity was one of the things Elmer Keith taught me. Handgun calibers also can gain a bit of velocity in a carbine barrel. Be Well, Rustyzipper.

Agree.

A .45 LC full house load is about all you gonna want. It'll do what you need it to do.

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What's a Rossi from Steve's cost?

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How close a clone is the Rossi to the original 92? --Pretty close except it doesn't have the disconnect that requires you to close the lever as a '92 does.

Are there any lawyered extras or safeties on the Rossi? There is a safety on the top of the bolt. I had it removed and replaced with a peep sight.

Would I be better off with a shotgun style butt plate? Up to you. I generally prefer a carbine buttplate on a rifle for quick use.

What kind of accuracy should I hope for? My son and I manage 3 shot 1.5" groups at 50 yards with irons. This is for two different rifles with my general purpose handload of 15.0 gr 296 and a 158 gr xtp bullet. I get about the same size groups, maybe a bit better when I have the scout scope on mine at 100 yds. . I probably shoot more Lasercast 158 grain semi wadcutters but I haven't shot enough groups with them to say what they do. Not much worse though.

Is one or another particular load preferred or warned about? Mine shoots most everything well. The point of impact moves quite a bit, especially if you change bullet weights.

Will the Rossi, as delivered by SG hold up to enthusiastic shooting? (not necessarily high pressure loads) Tough to define. Me and my kids like to bounce tin cans, pretty enthusiastically at times.

Anything else I need to know?[/quote] Get a stainless one if you want a truck gun in a rainy place.

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I don't have a Rossi but I do have a Legacy Puma SS 454 Casull with a 20 inch tube. Nothing quite like a 330 gr. bullet at 1750 fps. to end things in a hurry. I use it as my truck or atv gun.


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Originally Posted by badwolf
What's a Rossi from Steve's cost?

Cheaper than buying one, then sending it to him to get slicked up.

He gives the buyer a break on initial cost and you save shipping back and forth.

Getting one directly from Steve, all set up like you want, is the best way to go, IMO.

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I have a 357 full octagon 24 inch. Just put the bolt mounted peep on it. Like it very much. Now that I have sights that I can see with it will be shot much.


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I've owned two of the Rossi made model 92 clones. Both of mine featured 24 octagon barrels. The first was a stainless steel version that was stamped Navy Arms. That one other than being stainless steel and chambered in .45 Colt was pretty much an exact copy of the Winchester model 92 rifle. My second Rossi 92 featured a color case hardened receiver and hardware. It was also a 24 inch octagon barreled rifle and was marketed by Legacy Sports International. This rifle did have a "lawyer safety' atop the bolt. As for Steve's mods on the Rossi 92, I've handled a couple of his model 92's and he does a superb job of slicking them up. He can also remove and disguise those lawyer safeties.

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