.357 Levers: Henry or Chiappa or...

Don't know about the rest but I bent the mainspring guide rod after my first complete dis-assembly and cleaning. It was my fault for being an igor with my tools.Called Henry and told them what I did and asked them to send me new parts and bill me.Jeff at Henry sent me the parts in a week NO CHARGE!He asked me nicely to view the cleaning videos they have on line for the Big Boy and I did.Great customer service!:cheers:
 
AB.boy said:
How are the Rossi's? I have wanted a .357 levergun for a while but they seem to be really tough to find lately.
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The rossis are hit or miss, their QC department seems somewhat non-existent. Don't buy unless you can handle the goods before hand. I've had to send a rifle to them for warranty right out of the box.
Rossis are much lighter than chiappa (round barrels instead of octagon) which is a big one for me for a woods gun.
 
I'd rather pay more and get Miroku over either.

Although if I had to choose between Henry or Rossi I'd have to go Henry.
 
Compared a Miroku and my Uberti side by side, and picked the Uberti. I prefer pistol grips over straight stocks, and you can get a short stroke kit if you want to get into serious cowboy action. Mines is in 45 colt

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I only had one Chiappa, and it was ridiculously overpriced and the finish was questionable at best.... and the price was full retard...

As for functionality, I would rather load the tube than the gate personallly......
 
Thanks for an interesting read...

My, new-to-me, Rossi M92 .38 Special/.357 Magnum with 24" Octagonal barrel arrived this week. The PO had smoothed out the action and lightened the trigger - haven't shot it yet - expect it will be a hoot!
 
Henry makes a great Lever Action.
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Have a look at the Winchester 1892 Short Rifle in 357 Mag by Miroku, they are very well made and it is a levergun in it's classic form ( for the most part ). If you plan on working with
the stock Iron Sights, then this one is worth consideing, I picked up my Winchester 1892 for about the same money as a Henry and the Winchester is a much nicer rifle IMHO.

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gyppo said:
The rossis are hit or miss, their QC department seems somewhat non-existent. Don't buy unless you can handle the goods before hand. I've had to send a rifle to them for warranty right out of the box.
Rossis are much lighter than chiappa (round barrels instead of octagon) which is a big one for me for a woods gun.
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For me, the Rossi's are a good platform to tweek on. There's a decent aftermarket out there for them and the beasties are fun to work with plus, the Model 92 action is stronger than the Marlin & Henry for folks that run hot loads. (Ya don't see any Henrys or Marlins in .454 Casull.)

I've had no factory lemons with the Rossi 92's I've bought over the years and they have all shot straight with good loads.(The nicer finished ones were the Amadeo Rossi made ones before the Taurus/Br#####h takeover & safety mods.) Most all of them need action smoothing & lighter ejector springs along with proper sights to suit the user, but all in all, they are good rifles fer the bucks these days.

The Miruko's are very well made, and do well for folks that don't do any smithing on their rifles and the same goes for the Henrys.

The Chiappas are certainly nice looking with the wood they fit them with, and as noted, are a bit heftier to carry than round barrel 92's but there have been more complaints with QC on these than all the others including Remlins at least that I've seen. I'm not a fan of the take down versions either. (Too many extra parts to wear out if not cared for & they look weird.)

Hey gyppo, what was wrong with your Rossi that ye had to send it back? :confused:
 
Rossi is a good option if you live in the US of A. There is no dealer support or parts here in Canada. The Rossi expert down south used to ship North but has stopped the practice.
There is a gentleman on the EE looking for a Rossi 92 loading gate for months to no avail. This same part broke in one of our hunt club members guns, thankfully he is a machinist.
The old axiom -you get what you pay for
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My rossi m92 has had a few hundred rounds through it over the years and never had a problem. All kinds of cheap ammo. My Henry mares leg is quite picky on ammo. American made only. Other kinds get caught on the top of the receiver or top of the chamber. For 1000+ bucks I was pretty disappointed to be honest. I had wanted this gun for a long time. Feeds American ammo flawlessly. Even 44 special.
 
sheep100 said:
I was the same way, until I actually tried it. For one, "tube loading" is easier to do when wearing gloves. With some practice I load my 357 Big Boy faster than my Model 94. What I really like with Henry is the service and how easy it is to get parts/accessories/upgrades. Good luck finding parts for a Rossi/Chiappa/Win94.
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Murray Charleton Enterprises in B.C. is the Canadian warranty repair centre for Chiappa. Great folks to deal with. Any part you need for Chiappa (or S&W).
 
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