Quality of 2016-2017 Rossi 92's

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Are you guys using purchase or manufacture dates? Purchase dates are no indication of when it was manufactured. Manufactured dates are available through this "Find My Model" link or via Customer Service. There is no "code" indicating manufacture date, you have to get that from the source.
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Ranch Dog wrote:Are you guys using purchase or manufacture dates? Purchase dates are no indication of when it was manufactured. Manufactured dates are available through this "Find My Model" link or via Customer Service. There is no "code" indicating manufacture date, you have to get that from the source.
Truth, my m92 was purchased in '16 but manufactured in 2013. Three long years it sat on a shelf waiting for me!
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Ranch Dog wrote:Are you guys using purchase or manufacture dates? Purchase dates are no indication of when it was manufactured. Manufactured dates are available through this "Find My Model" link or via Customer Service.
Mine was fresh. According to your serial number lookup link, my 24" .357 was very busy. It indicates 2015 manufacture in Brazil. I found it online at a pawn shop in OKC and took possession of it at my FFL in SC on 3/9/2015.
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Ranch Dog wrote:Are you guys using purchase or manufacture dates? Purchase dates are no indication of when it was manufactured. Manufactured dates are available through this "Find My Model" link or via Customer Service. There is no "code" indicating manufacture date, you have to get that from the source.
Not that easy! RossiUSA "find my model" and customer service only works for rifles imported into the USA. I know when I bought mine, but am just curious to know when it was manufactured. UK importers had no records, so I e-mailed Taurus. No response from them at all, which is disappointing. However, I have managed to decipher the Proof Mark stamped into the barrel which indicates that it passed through the Birmingham Proof House in 2015, so this particular rifle was hanging around for a couple of years in the importer's or dealer's shelf before I bought it.
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Re: Quality of 2016-2017 Rossi 92's

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Ranch Dog wrote:Are you guys using purchase or manufacture dates? Purchase dates are no indication of when it was manufactured. Manufactured dates are available through this "Find My Model" link or via Customer Service. There is no "code" indicating manufacture date, you have to get that from the source.
Thanks for the link.
My SS 357 20” round was made in 2016 it has,
BRASTECH L.C. MIAMI.FL.
MADE IN BRAZIL BY TARUS
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Howdy, would you know the OAL of these rounds? Thanks
Sarge wrote:I chronographed a few 45 Colt loads from the 20” Rossi 92 today. I had 2-5 of each and only wanted baseline velocity so you won't see standard deviation, extreme spread etc. this time.

As always... these loads have proven safe in MY guns. They were worked up carefully, some over a period of years. I recommend you consult reputable reloading manuals, begin with the 'start' loads and never exceed their listed maximum. I assume no responsibility for anyone duplicating my loads.

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1. My bulk 45 Colt Maplewood Bullets Lee 452-255-RF over 8.5 grains of Universal and does 910 fps from a 4 5/8” New Vaquero. This load does 1180 fps from the 20” Rossi. It's also the only load tested here that is safe in the New Vaquero and is a pussycat from the carbine.

Everything below is for heavy frame Rugers, Contenders and modern-made lever actions like the Winchester 92 & 94 clones and the 94 Marlins. Do not use them in Colt sized sixguns or toggle-link rifles like 1860 Henry or 1866 or 1873 Winchester clones.

2. A 255 grain Missouri Bullet SWC over 13.0 grains of HS6, always good for 1050-1075 fps from 4/58 to 5 ½ inch Rugers and 1232 fps from my previous 16” Rossi carbine. It did 1351 fps from the 20” Rossi.

3. A Sierra 240 grain JHP over 27.4 grains of H110 is a deer killin' machine at 1257 fps from a 5 1/2” Blackhawk. My previous 16” Rossi carbine produced 1550 fps with this load. It did 1699 fps from the 20” Rossi.

4. A 300 grain, .452" Hornady Mag XTPs; old production with a single cannelure over 22.0 grains of W296 powder. It runs 1093 fps from a 4 5/8” Vaquero and produced 1485 fps from the 20” Rossi.

5. The RCBS #82083 is listed as a 300 grain SWC with a gas check base; the alloy mine were cast from drops them at 315 grains, +/- a grain, for the finished bullet. I load it over 22.5 grains of W296 which scoots them to 1558 fps from the 20” Rossi. Not far behind standard loadings of the 45-70 and I doubt game under 1000 pounds could tell the difference.

Footnote- This rifle fed all these loads in a mixed magazine, no glitches or complaints.
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Re: Quality of 2016-2017 Rossi 92's

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I just crimp them in the crimping groove or cannelure and don't worry about it.
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Thanks Sarge, don't know if I am over thinking this or not.
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ver2cal wrote:My 20" .357 had a relatively smooth action, feeds .38 & .357 without a hitch and was very accurate when I bought it new. Box it came in has a September 2016 date on the label. Only complaints so far is as mentioned above an overly stiff loading gate and the forearm looks like it was pulled from the unfinished bin.
Yes! What is it with the UGLY front stock?
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