best of the best 44 mag?

[Ar180shooter]

Based on my experience with the new Miroku Winchester 1886's, I would highly recommend a Miroku Winchester 1892 in .44 mag. The quality is top notch, and once you see the beautiful dark satin bluing on the receiver, you may not want a color case hardened receiver.

 

[Gunoholic]

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/08/chris-dumm/gun-review-henry-big-boy-44-magnum/

http://www.henryrifles.com/rifles/big-boy/

The Henry is almost 9 pounds in weight and very expensive and no loading gate in the receiver.
The Rossi 92 trapper (16" bbl) weighs 4.8 pounds and will probably need a little smoothing and polishing but has the conventional receiver loading gate.
The Winchester (Miroku) 92 is twice as expensive as the Rossi 92.
The Rossi is the better buy.
My Rossi 92 in 44 Mag is very accurate.
There's a stainless Rossi 92 20" bbl carbine in 454 Casull on the Wanstalls website now that is good for short range moose hunting.
I have a blue Rossi carbine in 454 Casull and after some smoothing it's a great gun.
You can also shoot 45 LC in the 454 Casull Rossi 92.

 

[Ar180shooter]

The Henry is almost 9 pounds in weight and very expensive and no loading gate in the receiver.
The Rossi 92 trapper (16" bbl) weighs 4.8 pounds and will probably need a little smoothing and polishing but has the conventional receiver loading gate.
The Winchester (Miroku) 92 is twice as expensive as the Rossi 92.
The Rossi is the better buy.
My Rossi 92 in 44 Mag is very accurate.
There's a stainless Rossi 92 20" bbl carbine in 454 Casull on the Wanstalls website now that is good for short range moose hunting.
I have a blue Rossi carbine in 454 Casull and after some smoothing it's a great gun.
You can also shoot 45 LC in the 454 Casull Rossi 92.

The only thing about the Rossi is it's vastly inferior to the Winchester in every measurable way. The finish is poor by comparison, wood is poorly fit, internals are rough and need work to function in an acceptable manner. Heck, I could use the receiver of my 1886 as a mirror to shave. You can't do that with the Rossi. Additionally, the OP said he's looking for the best of the best.

 

[Gunoholic]

The only thing about the Rossi is it's vastly inferior to the Winchester in every measurable way. The finish is poor by comparison, wood is poorly fit, internals are rough and need work to function in an acceptable manner. Heck, I could use the receiver of my 1886 as a mirror to shave. You can't do that with the Rossi. Additionally, the OP said he's looking for the best of the best.

The Rossi 92s are diamonds in the rough.
The older pre-safety, pre-Br#####h Amadeo Rossi 92s are the best.
If you can find one of the Navy Arms 92s (made by Rossi) with real walnut stocks even better.
My 3 Rossi 92s were good winter projects.
After smoothing and polishing they are as good as any and better than most and you don't have to lug 9 pounds of Henry rifle thru the bush.
If you're afraid to take your gun apart and work on it then pay $500 more for the Winchester 92.

 

[hoytcanon]

The Rossi 92s are diamonds in the rough.
The older pre-safety, pre-Br#####h Amadeo Rossi 92s are the best.
If you can find one of the Navy Arms 92s (made by Rossi) with real walnut stocks even better.
My 3 Rossi 92s were good winter projects.
After smoothing and polishing they are as good as any and better than most and you don't have to lug 9 pounds of Henry rifle thru the bush.
If you're afraid to take your gun apart and work on it then pay $500 more for the Winchester 92.

The only one you quoted that is not worth the money is the Rossi... as always, you get what you pay for... as for being a "diamond in the rough," I would say, heavy on the rough.

 

[troutseeker]

That would be the .45 Colt...

 

[Claven2]

The only one you quoted that is not worth the money is the Rossi... as always, you get what you pay for... as for being a "diamond in the rough," I would say, heavy on the rough.

YMMV, but I've never had a Rossi I could not tune into a very nice lever gun. Sure, the factory assembly leaves a lot to be desired, but the 92 is easy to work on, there's a good aftermarket supply of tuning parts, and they shoot as well or better than any Winchester Miroku I've had once they are cleaned up.

That said, the wood stocks are soft and the finish is not robust. They work well enough for the purpose, but are not great stocks. The exterior finish on the receiver is sometimes not great. Granted. Depends if you want pretty or rugged and dependable.

I've never had difficulty mating plugs to covert the bolts back to the way God and JMB intended