Rossi 92 bolt stuck! Help!

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Moloch

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Hi Forum, help me!

I have disassembled my brand new Rossi 92 44mag lever action rifle, and now when re-assembling the gun putting the bolt locking pin back through the bolt to connect the lever with the bolt the bolt gets stuck and does not move even a 1/4 of an inch - even though I made sure to put it all the way through the hole. The locking lugs and the lever do move half an inch but thats about it.

I disassembled the bolt and the ejector like a hundred times, checked the ejector collar (it loves to get loose when installing the bolt jamming everything up) and tried to figure out whats wrong with my Rossi for -no joke- 6 hours straight without a break. :(

I feel dizzy, tired and frustrated and I have NO idea what I'm doing wrong.... I have disassembled hundred of rifles in my life and fixed all sorts of problems but this isn't funny....

Oh, and did I mention that when installing the lever the ejector automatically pops out of the bolt and its one hell of a bi.... to rotate it back into place with a tiny screw driver and tons of patience? Horror! :eek:
 
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What DPris said!!!!

I literally just did this for the first time with my .44 and .45 R92's just last Friday, and it was hard to figure out how to do it, but once you learn the tricks to it then it isn't so bad, but I don't think it will ever be easy (Fortunately it shouldn't be necessary to do more than once more per gun for me).

First thing, assemble the bolt and ejector pin (spring onto pin, then buffer onto pin, then pin into position and push all the way back, but don't let the buffer catch on anything, and also don't let it fall off. Thus the importance of keeping it flat and even). Then, keeping the bolt upright and flat at all times, place a dummy round into the extractor to hold it in place during the rest of the lever installation operation.

Once the dummy is in place slide the bolt about 85% of the way into the receiver. Make sure to keep it flat and upright the whole time or the brass and the ejector will fall out.

Next, put the lever together with the locking lugs. The lug with the screw slots needs to go on the LEFT side of the lever so it will be on your left hand side of the firearm when you have it as fully assembled. The lug with the notch on it goes on the other side, with the notch facing right (to the outside of the gun, and away from the lever itself).

Next align the lugs parallel with the lever "finger" (the part that goes inside the gun) so they will all go into the gun together almost as if a single piece. Then slide them straight up into the receiver. Once they won't go up straight up together anymore roll the top of the finger part of the lever forward by "closing" the lever while continuing to push upwards. (You notice the top of the finger is a "Y" (for lack of better term) and is rounded, it "rolls" into place with the ejector pin and part of the bolt going between the arms of the "Y" at the end of the finger. As it is rolling into place it pushes on the ejector pin buffer and compresses the spring, which is why that part pops out and why you need a dummy round as a blocker). The bolt should either close as you do this, or you may have to push on it some as you close the lever. It may take a few tries, but eventually the whole system should align properly and lock into the right place and close properly.

Once it does close put the lever pin in its hole and push on it with your finger while gently moving the lever around until the lever pin finally goes in a little way. The "Rough" part of the pin should be the last part to go into the gun during this process. Then use your punch to put the pin in the rest of the way (until flush with the bolt). Once it is flush, put the plug screw back in. Then test the action with some dummy rounds to make sure it is working properly before finishing assembly.
 
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Thank you, I managed to get it back together! I still don't exactly know what I was doing wrong because I installed the bolt-pin correctly every time but suddenly it simply worked. :confused:

I'm sure I dis-and reassembled the gun almost a hundred times (without scratching a screw or the finish!), the ejector kept falling out as soon as the lever finger went into the bolt and then the ejector collar inside the bolt turned jamming everything up, so I had to disassemble the hammer/trigger assembly again to fix it.
I eventually managed to rotate the ejector back into place when closing the bolt without the collar going crazy using a small screwdriver - it was a nightmare.

The idea with the dummy is a great one, I had the same idea though I didn't' have any fired brass, I'm sure it would have been much easier that way.

Oh well, its back together working fine, did some careful polishing work on the locking lugs and friction parts, runs a lot smoother now. :D
 
The first time I took a Rossi 92 down for thorough cleaning it took me five hours and many words I didn't know I knew to get it back together again.

Steve Young's website sells a DVD showing the whole process, if you want to make it easier.
Denis
 
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