Rossi Lever Rifles....

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jaughtman

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I have an offer to trade a S&W 357 for a Rossi 44 Mag rifle....anyone want to chime in on the quality of Rossi rifles? I had a Rossi 357 revolver in the 90's and it was not the best quality.....

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I have a 357 stainless and I love it. It's not finished as nice as a winchester or uberti but it's also half the price. Action is a lil rough/stiff out of the box bot wore in after a while.
 
I have one of the 38/357 Rossi 92's with the 24" barrel and haven't had a single issue with it. Smoothed out quickly as it broke in and has been a blast to shoot, and quite accurate.

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I have a 20" Rossi 92 in 45Colt. The only modifications done to it is a stainless follower, a safety delete plug and some leather strip on the bottom of the loop. It's very accurate and reliable and is the only Rossi/Taurus product I'll own. It's not a bad buy at all, but I like it for the price more than anything. I had a Uberti 1873 in 45Colt that was way above the 92 in quality, but I didn't need something that expensive just to plink with.

This 20" is perfectly balanced. I've read the 16" 92 has the best balance when it comes to the .357 models.

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Rossi must be getting more expensive. I saw a SS 357 last week that had a $1200 price tag on it(and used to boot). Maybe he was expecting to take a couple $400 roosters in trade.
 
Quality is all over the place. I had a 45 Colt that was essentially trouble free; my recent 357 required a ton of work to get it running well.
 
A friend has the Rossi 38/357 model and it will not feed both rounds, he bought it used. A gunsmith told him it had to be tweeked for one or the other, but would not reliably feed both rounds. He had it tweeked for 357's which it feeds perfectly and it will not feed 38's.
 
My 16 inch stainless Rossi feeds 38 and 357 fine, as long as the boolit is RN or SWC. Full WCs need not apply. That dang crunchy magazine spring feels funky, though.
 
I'm glad so many people have had such good experiences with theirs. I'm not a Rossi/Taurus flamer I promise I tried really hard to like Rossi. I was really excited to get mine. It was a Rio Grande RG4570B. The 45-70 with the big loop lever.

All I will say is mine was hands down the worst firearms related experience I ever had. I just really don't even want to get into it. That was just MY experience. From this thread it sounds like there are a lot of great ones out there. Unfortunately I guess I got one that slipped through the quality control cracks. If this person is wanting to trade I would ask to shoot it first. I don't know what kind of Smith you have but give the Rossi a thorough check and shooting before I'd even consider.
 
I've owned a lot of Rossis. Two 92s, a rifle and a carbine. A 20 ga coach gun. A Winchester 62 22LR clone. A 22 revolver and a 38 revolver. Finish was fair, fit was fair to poor. The 92s took hours of stoning and polishing to work smoothly, the wood finish was terrible and accuracy was unacceptable. The 22 rifle never fed properly.

I gave up on them and sold the lot with the exception of the 22 revolver that I kept as a reminder not to buy any more.

To be fair, I bought my last Rossi ten years ago. It's always possible that they've gotten their act together since then.
 
I have a Rossi 92 carbine with 20" bl. It worked fine with both .38 & .357 right out of the box. It was a little ruff, I took it apart and stoned all the part & cleaned it, then refinished the wood. Long story short, It's a fine carbine that shoots great. As for trading a S&W .357 for one, that depends. Is It a pinned barrel ? I don't think I would trade. I'd save and buy a Rossi 92 in .357 and have a rifle/revolver in the same caliber.

My Rossi 92 after I refinished the wood and installed marble iron sights
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i bought a 20 stainless rossi 92 in 357 about 6months ago, it has become my family and friends favorite rifle, super light-weight and always dead on target, no adjusting sights or playing with anything, just always dead on no matter what we are shooting

a great no-nonsense gun, i have heard of some having QC issues, but not any of the newer ones that ive seen, the internals LOOK rough, but dont feel rough imo
 
Recently got a 20 year old Interarms Rossi 16" Trapper in .357. Awesome rifle. My wife loves it.

They say the new ones are hit-or-miss, so I would want to inspect any potential purchase for fit and finish, loading & ejecting dummy rounds, etc.
 
Oddly, the old Pumas with the cat head emblem were generally thought to be excellent lever actions. This new one I got, in the spring of 14, was all kinds of screwed up and it took numerous times to get it right. Cartridge guides required the most work.
 
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