donhuff wrote:pricedo,
I've never seen an amadeo in person but judging by your pic I'd have to say yes, it does look slicker.
A picture as they say is worth 1000 words.
And it's not like my M92/454 is an exceptionally good example.......all 3 of my Amadeo M92s exhibit the same smooth edged, sharp definition, on spec metal machining & finishing.
My guns were built just after the factory retooled to CNC machining in early 200X and before the Taurus takeover.........In my opinion Rossis best era akin to JM Marlins & pre-64 Winchesters.
The BrazTech R92s I've inspected off the rack in the last year or two are a lot cruder.
That rough edged cartridge lifter that looks like a serrated butter knife in your second photo is a disgrace and typical of the "fuzzy" BrazTech machining & metal finishing. Why would any factory with any semblance of quality control or pride in product allow such an abomination to be sent to the assembly line to be built into a rifle?
Maybe BrazTech laid off the CNC programmer to save money or the equipment is wearing out.
I think the rough parts machining is the main causal factor in the problems members including yourself have been experiencing with the BrazTech R92s.
I buy ONLY Rossi 92s now that were made in the post CNC retooling, pre BrazTech period.
Perhaps the money once earmarked to maintain the CNC equipment and for fitting & finishing has migrated to installing redundant lawyers safety infrastructure.
The PUMA rifles once imported & sold by LSI and the Interarms & Navy Arms guns are generally pretty good.
I think the reason the Amadeo rifles of that period stood out in quality from those that were produced at the Brazilian factory before & after is that Amadeo had substantial, long standing contracts with suppliers such as LSI, Interarms & Navy Arms at the time and the plant was geared up to make a higher quality gun so except for the walnut stock the generic Amadeo guns were of a higher standard all over.
The w/m fitting in my Amadeo M92s is also excellent and not "showing gaps" or stock wood proud of the metal around the receiver & tangs like it is on more contemporary R92s I've inspected.
Interarms, Navy Arms & LSI no doubt wouldn't have stood for the substandard machining and workmanship I'm seeing in some of the newer BrazTech generation rifles I've examined of late.
All this was good for the consumer of the day because if they were willing to forgo the walnut stock they could get a Navy Arms quality 92 clone under the Amadeo logo for 25 - 30% less money than the walnut stocked Navy Arms guns were MSRPing for.