That's true, to prevent that with the .454 rifles changes were made to the mag tube.
The 454 Casull
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That's true, to prevent that with the .454 rifles changes were made to the mag tube.
My LSI Puma M92 feed poorly had Peter at Rusty wood trading company do an action job on it its now super smooth feed everyting I put into it...
I had an issue with the rear butt stock split at the receiver tang so I ordered a set of black/gray laminate from GunStocksInc butt stock was great the forend not so much but I made it fit.
Other issue was the rear sight was the worst piece of crap I had ever seen so took it off and installed my rear Marlin 1895GS sight that I had taken off to run a XS Sights ghost ring sight.
I had an issue with the rear butt stock split at the receiver tang so I ordered a set of black/gray laminate from GunStocksInc butt stock was great the forend not so much but I made it fit.
Other issue was the rear sight was the worst piece of crap I had ever seen so took it off and installed my rear Marlin 1895GS sight that I had taken off to run a XS Sights ghost ring sight.
Didn’t miss it, just see a different angle.I love the tiny lever guns as mentioned but can’t find a good reason for one in my work gun cabinet for outfitting or bush flying, when a 4 3/4lb 18” Kimber .308 is lighter and all around more effective. The .300 RUMs also struggle to get to 4 3/4lb, or at least the shooters would struggle if they did. I didn’t find the recoil of my .475 Linebaugh / .480 Ruger No.1S any different than the .308, in fact it almost seemed to recoil more, but did less downrange.
Ahh the standard internet typing miscommunication of tone. Love it. lol! I can see where you're coming from and really the 454 casull fills the niche of a personal defense bush carry firearm for daily carry and working in the "oh f**k" hunting distances. This is why I got it, and still why I have it. It falls under my standard motto of "a gun on the river bank is useless in the river". So in practical terms it's more about what you're going to always have on your person rather than what's a better cartridge. That said I just couldn't get behind the mare's leg craze because they're a bastard to shoot fast and effectively. Although I seriously thought about doing a conversion one with a light weight stock.
As for a light weight bolt, well, just couldn't get behind the speed of the action. Even a pump shotgun took me off target too much relative to a lever gun. I find I come down really quickly on target with a shell already chambered after the recoil when cycling a lever gun; it's a really smooth overall firing cycle for me. My first carry gun was actually a shooter/beater Winchester 1895 saddle carbine in 303 brit and I have to say that was by far one of the best bush guns I've ever carried. Smooth as butter and pointed beautifully. But...heavy lol!
I can't disagree with this. One of the first things I did was tear mine down and polish the internals, as well as modify the feed rails to cycle FP 454 loadings. It almost seemed like they put in rails for a 45 colt? They were just a bit too short in clearance from case rim to feed ramp IIRC. It's been something like 10 years though so I don't remember exactly.
The rear sight I took a file to and took the buckhorns off down to the small V notch, where it belongs.
The stock hasn't been an issue for me other than reasonably poor fitment of recoil pad. It's not a pretty gun, but very practical.
I love that rifle. Puma M92 in stainless is one of my favourites. I will own one one day. I missed my opportunity to get one around here years ago. Next time I find one its mine!
Stainless do come up for sale a couple times a year,and 20" blued ones are much more common.
Know your value/prices and be quick and you will get one eventually.
This is my Puma M92 friend shooting it I had taken her out to try out as many rifles as I could set her up with so she could decide what rifle she wanted to buy for her first hunting rifle.
She bought a used Tikka T3 stainless lite in 30-06 from Remington Jim she is 34 years old has her doctorates in medicine and psychiatry last fall was her and her boyfriends first year hunting.
She bought a used Tikka T3 stainless lite in 30-06 from Remington Jim she is 34 years old has her doctorates in medicine and psychiatry last fall was her and her boyfriends first year hunting.
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I bought my Rossi 454 10 yrs back as well, then performed the ritual tear down & polish along with fitting a Steve's ejector spring. I also machined a brass mag follower to finish that bit. I tossed the rear sight and fitted a Marbles Bulls Eye unit which worked fine for me. Great little rifle for carryin' in the woods and no worries on critters inside 80 yds using 300 gr hardcast, truncated cone FP boolits at 1500 fps.
I should've kept 'er.
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I've been dying to get my hands on a m92 in 454 for years now but can't justify the price new and rarely see the come up used (not that the price is much different when they do). My ideal rifle would be a 20" take down in a case colored format and one day I will get my hands on one. Right now we've got a .44 chiappa alaskan in the safe its a nice little pack gun but I don't care much for the 12" barrel on it. Love the take down mechanism but I'd really enjoy it more if it had a proper carbine or rifle barrel on it.
Also for those wondering about weight, I put the .44 on the kitchen scale and it weighs in unloaded at 5lbs 12 ounces so that should give you an idea. Thats a 12" barrel as I said so no way the 16 or 20" tubes come in under 6 lbs. Still I love lever actions and I think a .454 would be a perfect rambling rifle when I go out into the woods to camp or explore. Enough lead going down range at reasonable speeds in the event of an uh oh moment but also a light handy rifle to carry for the 99.9% of the time when all your doing is carry a gun with you.
Also for those wondering about weight, I put the .44 on the kitchen scale and it weighs in unloaded at 5lbs 12 ounces so that should give you an idea. Thats a 12" barrel as I said so no way the 16 or 20" tubes come in under 6 lbs. Still I love lever actions and I think a .454 would be a perfect rambling rifle when I go out into the woods to camp or explore. Enough lead going down range at reasonable speeds in the event of an uh oh moment but also a light handy rifle to carry for the 99.9% of the time when all your doing is carry a gun with you.
Hmm, both m92 actions. Only difference between mine and a Rossi is that the chiappa has an octagon barrel which admittedly gives it extra weight but my statement stands so as to give the gentlemen in this thread an idea of what the weight of lets say a 16" carbine Rossi would weigh (and I doubt that the octagon barrel on mine weighs more than the 4" extra of barrel on a Rossi).
You're right on that one B
Chiappa has the Tapered Octagonal barrel, and the takedown mechanism itself adds heft as well with the spacer, lever, etc.
In this picture of my 16" Takedown you can see just how heavy that front end is...lots more steel than a non T.D. model 92.
That rifle goes 6.8lbs although it does have a smaller hole in the barrel than a .44 as it's chambered in .357mag.
Nice guns sun and steel. I've got the 20" Chiappa Alaskan in .44 Mag. I went with a clamp on front stud as well but clamped it to the hanger (If that's the right term - Black piece the tube runs through)
Need to get a stud put in the rear of the butt on mine still.
Scrummy
Need to get a stud put in the rear of the butt on mine still.
Scrummy
Thanks Scrumbag. Take your time and be careful drilling the buttstock for the swivel stud, the wood they use is not walnut and is quite soft.
