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Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 21 Jan 2018 17:42
by rondog
A guy on the Lever Guns group on Facebook told me Rossi 92 barrels are drilled and tapped under the rear sight. Is this true? I looked with a bright flashlight and don't see any holes, but I'm not taking a sight off just to check. Both my Rossi's are 24", stainless, octagonal, so there's plenty of meat there.
Re: Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 21 Jan 2018 19:09
by akuser47
I believe most are but not all. Plus you can see the holes by simply sliding the rear sight ramp out. I can see my holes without even removing my sight ramp.
Re: Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 21 Jan 2018 20:39
by Ranch Dog
Only the round barrel rifles are drilled & tapped, not the octagonal.
Re: Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 22 Jan 2018 02:55
by rondog
Ranch Dog wrote:Only the round barrel rifles are drilled & tapped, not the octagonal.
Bummer.....
Re: Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 22 Jan 2018 12:49
by barracudadave67
None of my 4 (four) 92s with round BBLs are drilled and taped. Must be the newer ones that are. I replaced all the sights on mine with Marbles, front ,and rear sights, and their were no holes.
Re: Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 22 Jan 2018 20:29
by mr surveyor
barracudadave67 wrote:None of my 4 (four) 92s with round BBLs are drilled and taped. Must be the newer ones that are. I replaced all the sights on mine with Marbles, front ,and rear sights, and their were no holes.
what year models?
jd
Re: Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 23 Jan 2018 07:52
by Ranch Dog
rondog wrote:Ranch Dog wrote:Only the round barrel rifles are drilled & tapped, not the octagonal.
Bummer.....
I believe that the
Pearson's No-Drill will fit your application. Look down the page a bit and you will see an octagonal R92 with the mount. I just haven't gone through all the information.
Re: Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 23 Jan 2018 13:35
by mikld
I bought my Puma in '95 and when I replaced the sights, did not see any tapped holes in it's barrel. I used a plug in the dovetail from Kiowa Jones...
Re: Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 23 Jan 2018 17:23
by Ranch Dog
mikld wrote:I bought my Puma in '95 and when I replaced the sights, did not see any tapped holes in it's barrel. I used a plug in the dovetail from Kiowa Jones...
Just the Braztech manufactured Puma's are drilled and tapped. That would be 2008 and later. I kind of suspect that this will be something that will be dropped in that they no longer make the base.
Re: Are 92 barrels drilled and tapped?
Posted: 23 Jan 2018 19:08
by zippy
rondog wrote:Ranch Dog wrote:Only the round barrel rifles are drilled & tapped, not the octagonal.
Bummer.....
Not a lot of scope bases for octagonal barrels anyway. As a consolation prize, my recent vintage octagonal 92 comes from the factory with the tang D&T for adding an orifice sight, while the round barrels don't, AFAIK.