I have the stainless 44 mag with a 16” barrel. I haven’t tried 44 special in it butte only feed issue I had with mg loads was hand loading them too long. Mine is more accurate with the Lee 310 grain cast bullet than the jacketed bullets I’ve tried. Love the gun.
I haven't shot any heavy loads through this carbine. The mild loads give solid power and fairly flat trajectory to 100 yards, with a 75 yard zero....and they are fun to shoot.
Have the same model but in stainless. With Starline brass and a 240 gr XTP being pushed by a max load of H110, I get 1770 fps. The metal butt plate gets your attention after session of those. The 10 gr of Unique is a good load with a 240 gr. One thing that frustrates me with Rossi is their bore diameter. Cast bullets do not shoot well due to their larger bore.
For the money, they are decent rifles. I like the fact that they're slim and light unlike a Marlin.
Yeah I don't think I'll be going for full-house loads with this rifle. I can see where recoil would become unpleasant.
If you look at the historic cartridges the Winchester 1892 came in, it was 25-20, 32-20, 38-40, and 44-40. None of those were hard kickers.
I'm real pleased with a 240gr at 1400 fps, kind of a 44-40 +P load. I think the classic 44-40 is a 200gr at around 1250 fps or so.
As Far as recoil is concerned with the slightly curved cresent buttplate, I have read (not tried it yet)that instead of shooting from the shoulder, to shoot from the upper arm at the top of the bicep basically where the top of the bicep meets the armpit best I can tell.
Standing closer to a 90 Degree to your target with the rifle across the chest. I immediately noticed that the curve of the buttplate was comfortable resting against my upper arm with the bottom point of the buttplate slightly under my armpit with none of the Point actually touching my body
I tried it standing in the houseand just pointing the Carbine and and it felt pretty good, but I have yet to try it while actually shooting.
I’m glad you picked up a Rossi, I had a older one and traded it off, I liked it a lot, but traded up, still have a 357 in SS that I will never trade, just got the new 16” 45 colt, and shot it yesterday with Remington 250 grain at 87 yards open sights, nailed gong every time, can’t wait to shoot Mackey’s 270 grain, tell you Marlin guys what good, solid levers they are, your loss. I will say I have slicked up the old ones, but this new one is smooth.
It's good to see we are getting similar velocities with 240gr and 10.0gr Unique.
I'll probably be ordering some of those Zero bullets. I see they are advertised as .431". The Speer I'm shooting are .4295" on my caliper. The Zero bullet at .431" probably builds slightly more pressure/velocity.
Does anybody know what the Rossi .357 R92 bore size is? I inherited a whole bunch of bullets sized .358 and was thinking about getting a lever action to plink them with.
I've owned a '92 Rossi in .357 for over 10 years. I never have slugged it to determine the actual groove diameter, but I size all my cast bullets .358" and it shoots them plenty accurate enough for hunting out to at least 100 yds.
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Does anybody know what the Rossi .357 R92 bore size is? I inherited a whole bunch of bullets sized .358 and was thinking about getting a lever action to plink them with.
I've owned a '92 Rossi in .357 for over 10 years. I never have slugged it to determine the actual groove diameter, but I size all my cast bullets .358" and it shoots them plenty accurate enough for hunting out to at least 100 yds.
MM, How does your brass look after fired? Rossis as of late are polishing chambers too much creating an unsupported section at the base of the cases. Therefore, cases are bulging at the base. It's more pronounced with full-house loads.
Originally Posted by devnull
MM, How does your brass look after fired? Rossis as of late are polishing chambers too much creating an unsupported section at the base of the cases. Therefore, cases are bulging at the base. It's more pronounced with full-house loads.
I know this is old but been looking at Rossi’s lately. I would like to hear more about this is it a common occurrence lately or isolated incident?
MM, How does your brass look after fired? Rossis as of late are polishing chambers too much creating an unsupported section at the base of the cases. Therefore, cases are bulging at the base. It's more pronounced with full-house loads.
Originally Posted by devnull
MM, How does your brass look after fired? Rossis as of late are polishing chambers too much creating an unsupported section at the base of the cases. Therefore, cases are bulging at the base. It's more pronounced with full-house loads.
I know this is old but been looking at Rossi’s lately. I would like to hear more about this is it a common occurrence lately or isolated incident?
You'll see a lot of talk on Cast Boolits and the Rossi Rifleman forum regarding this. My 92 in .44 Mag will bulge the case web with full-house loads. It looks akin to the Glock bulge of years past. Mine isn't so pronounced that they won't chamber in other guns. However, it does concern me to reuse this brass over and over with top loads. The .357 R92s seem to exhibit more of this issue.
Source for .432" cast bullets, moyerscastbullets.co. Are stated to be 15 BHN. They shoot good with no leading in my presafety Marlin 1894 with a .431" Microgroove barrel. Moyer is old school, must order by telephone.
I love my little 16" Stainless model, but promptly cut off the curved butt plate and added a pad. I added a ghost ring site that they sell for the safety hole and a fiberoptic front post. Not as "classic" but infinitely more useable for me in my environment. Killed my biggest buck to date with that rifle in Ohio a few years back.
I want to say after re-reading this whole thing, had forgot about Mack’s hot loads, they are too long for ramp to lift to chamber, in my 45 colt , so I’m sure 44 mag to, Mack’s loads are for hand guns, But, if I got the 92 in 454, the 45 LC would fit perfectly, 😂 just give me excuse!
i kinda want to get a Rossi lever rifle in a 357 Mag. but would it be better to get a 44 mag in a Rossi lever ? i do always carry a 357 mag. revolver in the woods with me .thanks Pete53
I tried Mack’s 325 grain in my Rossi 45, they would not ramp up, tried the 270 grain, same thing, the wide flat are to long, he told me they might be to long , he said pistol only, so I tried 325 grain that are rounded, they work fine, so I’m sure the 357 will not work either in my Rossi, now I wish I had a 454, they would be long enough to ramp up in it. Seems rounder bullet will work I heavy loads in any caliber.
i kinda want to get a Rossi lever rifle in a 357 Mag. but would it be better to get a 44 mag in a Rossi lever ? i do always carry a 357 mag. revolver in the woods with me .thanks Pete53
I don't think you would go wrong with a 357, especially if that's what you generally carry anyways.
