Do Rossi's always need work?
Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:03
As of late, I have had a number of questions about my TLC454-290-RF bullet. These are individual customers that have tried other LFN* and WFN* nose profiles in their 45 Colt rifles, either from molds or a finished component bullet, but these designs haven't cycled well through the Rossi 92. It is my observation that the Rossi '92 immediately falls to suspect rather that the bullet design itself. The common question I hear is "do Rossi's always need work?"
Realizing that this forum seems to be made up of a DIY following, we tend to be the type that jumps in to an potential project. I do see a common thread of thought across levergun forums that a R92 will not work without working on it or without installing aftermarket accessories. I only own two current production R92s and this has not been my experience. Both of my rifles have functioned 100% out of the box. I did have an issue with the barrel band tension on my 45 Colt but this is something that only a DIY nut would discover and I have found similar issues with other leverguns.
As I mentioned, I've seen quite a bit of interest in my 45 Colt bullet this week. One potential customer was using another manufacturers bullet design, a design that I know that will not work, but he kept insisting the issue was with the feed function of the Rossi. In response, I made this short, unscripted video of my 2011 Braztech R92 cycling big Round-Flat bullets in reply. This is a rifle that has not had its action modified in anyway. The only work the rifle has had is the barrel band fit and the Safety Plug. This rifle functions exactly like my Rossi/Puma of very late manufacturer.
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I've found a new source of on the shelf Rossi's that I can stop and gawk at on my weekly commute to Houston. Two weeks ago I examined a R92 chambered in 357 Mag of Braztech manufacture. The shop let me cycle 357 "snap caps" through it and it spit them out with the same authority as my current rifles. It is always good to examine any rifle but I firmly believe that current production rifles, rifles with the Braztech roll stamp, are a different animal from anything that has rolled out in the past which has caused the suspect to fall on the rifle that I'm observing.
* note
LFN = Long Flat Nose
WFN = Wide Flat Nose
Realizing that this forum seems to be made up of a DIY following, we tend to be the type that jumps in to an potential project. I do see a common thread of thought across levergun forums that a R92 will not work without working on it or without installing aftermarket accessories. I only own two current production R92s and this has not been my experience. Both of my rifles have functioned 100% out of the box. I did have an issue with the barrel band tension on my 45 Colt but this is something that only a DIY nut would discover and I have found similar issues with other leverguns.
As I mentioned, I've seen quite a bit of interest in my 45 Colt bullet this week. One potential customer was using another manufacturers bullet design, a design that I know that will not work, but he kept insisting the issue was with the feed function of the Rossi. In response, I made this short, unscripted video of my 2011 Braztech R92 cycling big Round-Flat bullets in reply. This is a rifle that has not had its action modified in anyway. The only work the rifle has had is the barrel band fit and the Safety Plug. This rifle functions exactly like my Rossi/Puma of very late manufacturer.
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I've found a new source of on the shelf Rossi's that I can stop and gawk at on my weekly commute to Houston. Two weeks ago I examined a R92 chambered in 357 Mag of Braztech manufacture. The shop let me cycle 357 "snap caps" through it and it spit them out with the same authority as my current rifles. It is always good to examine any rifle but I firmly believe that current production rifles, rifles with the Braztech roll stamp, are a different animal from anything that has rolled out in the past which has caused the suspect to fall on the rifle that I'm observing.
* note
LFN = Long Flat Nose
WFN = Wide Flat Nose