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Found one for sale at a good price.
Does anyone know what accuracy to expect @ 50 yards for the carbine with 2 barrel bands?

Same as the .44 Marlins or Trails End = 1 inch groups or better at 50 yards.

I just got one of these a short while ago and love shooting it. Mine was shooting off to the right so we tapped on the sight a bit and now it shoots directly to the center. I am getting okay groups for open sights -plenty good for deer and better than I thought I could. A couple of things. The trigger was a whole new world after having all of my bolt rifle triggers adjusted to a light touch - so be prepared for a change if that is what you are used to. I actually find myself enjoying shooting the lever with its creep and heavy pull. I find myself trying to ram the barrel\front side into a hole at the target while squeezing it. The other thing is the rear sight. Mine moved from the recoil and I found myself shooting low after a few shots. I readjusted it and think I just didn''t have it "clicked" into its step - which is one notch over half way up on my (same) rifle for targeting 50 yards. Anyway that is about the extent of my lever shooting in total so far so take it for what it is worth but I hope it helps. They sure are fun and beautiful little rifles.

Kenjs1, Glad to see you sticking with those open sights.

Gator1

Gator - I think I am going to stick with open sights on this guy. As usual there was some friendly folks at the range and one guy gave me three of his 300 grain home loads. Interestingly- these shot somewhat to the right too but more importantly, I couldn't tell any difference in the kick. So all of my recoil fears with this gun are gone. The only time it kicks is if I use a rest so I couldn't ask for anything more because I am now strictly shooting this gun free-hand and that is terrific practice. Amazing but some things actually work to make everything better - keeping the sights open will force me to keep my stalking\stealth skills sharpened. See how God works <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> To be honest, I may have to un-congratulate myself on fixing the ( now alledged) sight problem. I think I discovered the reason I was shooting to the right was the ammo I was using just shoots there. The effect of different ammo seems to be greater in this gun at 50 yards than my bolt actions at 100 yards. When I got the gun the seller was nice enough to send the better portion of a box of Magtech flat nose bullets. On seeing that exposed lead I was horrified at the thought of it fouling up my pretty new barrel and figured I would try something with a bit more of a jacket. Since I had always heard high praises of Black Hills ammo I bought a box of fifty and figured I would use it. After it shot wide right, we tapped the sight and did some more shooting with a noticeable improvement. Here is the rub, I think I actually started shooting the Magtech ammo without thinking. So, I assumed we had fixed a problem with the sight but what I verified this weekend was that I just figured out which ammo it likes better. Next step - I looked for some more ammo that might interest me and I am going to buy a box of Speer Gold Dot SJSP 275's. The Magtechs are my fall back defacto's now, just want to see if I can do any better with something else. Thanks for taking an interest Gator.

K,
When I was younger, I played lead guitar in a few bands. To warm up, I would play a regular accoustic guitar, which is much harder to play than an electric(slinky strings, lower action). This would make the electric play like a dream in comparison.

I figure this mind set would work for shooting-shooting open sights is great practice and will only make us appreciate that scope all the more.
Ric

I had a Browning m92 in .44 mag. My son has it now! We have only used it for CAS, with 5.0 TITEGROUP and RCBS 44 - 200 FP. With a Lyman no2 tang site it does very well. I have noted that heavier loads shoot lower. (This is not unusual with lever actions in my experience.) It looks right at home beside my Browning 1886 SRC!

I use the Marlin but you might try the Federal Premium 300 gr Cast Core. A very fine round. Shoots good in my rifle.

I have finally ironed everything out on that rifle after a lot of range time and ammo testing. I was able to adjust ths sight - as it did in fact need it - thank you kroil for making it possible. The absolute best groups I get are with cheap Magtech 240 grain ammo and I have quit trying anything else. One other, more expensive, load that works nearly as good but this stuff is great. I ran into another B92 owner buying 44 ammo ( what are the odds). Guess what he was looking for - 240grain magtech ammo!

I have one of these rifles, bought it at a gun show in Salt Lake City a few years ago. It's had some checkering work on the stock. I would like to switch the sights to partridge style sights, 95% of my open sight shooting is with revolvers and I am much more comfortable with partridge sights.

Any idea where I could get such sights for a B92?

Marbles makes a wide variety. Look at their website and Midway and Natchez Shooters Supply carry most of them.

No reason to saddle yourself with a trigger that's creepy and heavy. It's a simple matter for a competent gunsmith to properly polish the trigger. The little Browning saddle carbines are well worth the effort---and well worth adding a first quality aperture like a Lyman 66 receiver sight or a Marble's tang aperture. Your Browning might surprise you with its groups--and both are fast and highly accurate sights.

If you like the open sights, there is much to be said for the CAS trick of using a full buckhorn as sort of a half-arsed aperture. Works fine for hogs and deer in the SE where one might realistically choose a saddle gun as the primary weapon.

Along the same lines, I have found that shooting a sixgun has made me a lot better rifle shot. After shooting a handgun, the rifle seems downright easy.