Problem with my Chiappa 1892

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I need to know from other owners of this rifle if there is a lot of up and down movement in the lever and locking lugs when it is open. When I cycle the action without ammunition everything works smoothly but if I try to cycle dummy rounds through the lever jams up tight before it closes and other times will cycle ok. This rifle has been a jamomatic since I got it.
 
I have a 1892 Trapper 16" in 357 mag. It is a thing of beauty with nice wood, beautiful case colouring, great fit and finish but was a jam o matic when I first bought it. It turned out that my main problem was that the guides that hold the rim were not to spec and held the shell too tight. My soultion was to send it to another CGNer Zeek Bindertwine who fixed the problem and gave it a slicking job (which I was going to get done anyhow). Now that thats done I have put somewhere around 1500 rounds through it and it runs like a top. Likley not what you want to hear with a new gun in your hands but thats my story.
 
First thing i check when i get a brand new rifle, in that case my Chiappa 92 Skinner 44 mag was cycled 50 rounds of live ammo tru it, very fast cycling and unless something change along the way this cycling was completly flawless... JP.
 
The Chiappas are kind of known for being polished terds. But it's still a '92 action. Read a few how to's, watch a few videos, and tear it apart.
 
I think Chiappa are better than Marlin, the new ones, the Trapper Skinner Chiappa is a very smooth operating rifle... JP.
 
woodlotowner said:
I have one coming. This thread is interesting to say the least. I will report on the 'jamomaticness' of the 1892 take down when it arrives. I hope it's just the odd one that has this issue. :(
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After reading some posts, i was a little bit worried about getting a Chiappa Trapper Skinner 44 but i realize now that those are very reliable and accurate rifles and finition is awsome... JP.
 
I had one of the 1886's
It had three very deep gouges all the way down the bore, cutting the rifling from one end to the other.
Only took North Sylva a year to replace it. I've since sold that one.
 
I handled my nephew's Chiappa hand gun and thought it was a piece of junk. Then I saw their .22 rimfire mini Sharps and had to have one. Well it arrived and I thought this looks pretty good. Then things went into the toilet. When I went to put a cleaning patch down the barrel My parker Hale .22 rod was to fat to go down the barrel " WHAT THE" .
Well a .17 Rod went down. Then I tried some federal bulk ammo . This is my go too bulk stuff, Fired case extraction required a pair of needle nose pliers . Oh and the groups were around 4" at 50. Yes my first and last Chiappa. But those lever actions are sure pretty.
slowfire
 
The Armi Sport (Chiappa) 1892 reproduction in 44-40 arrived yesterday. It is a thing of beauty. The fit and finish is excellent and It cycles like a vintage Model 70 out of the box. Thus far, it is indeed very nice in every respect. I have not fired it yet, but will report on this soon. Road trip to Epps this week for brass/dies and I'm good to go. :)
 
I recently bought a Chiappa .44 mag lever round barrel. I have yet to fire it or even cycle rounds through it. The action sure does work smoothly. I won't be using for any front line work, so I will have time to try it out.
 
What caliber is your rifle OP? Guys in our club just got a few .357's in, and they all seem to work well with .357 length rounds, but .38's are hit or miss at best. I think after some extractor tuning I have mine running fairly well.
 
Just put 100 rounds (EA 240 gr HP ) true my Chiappa 92 Trapper Skinner 44 mag yesterday, flawless operation and action smooth as butter, of the bat i would say it is on par with my original 92 Win Trapper 44 mag for smoothness and with those Skinner sights, it was very easy to hit all the soda pop bottles from 50 yards offhand, very happy with my Chiappa... JP.
 
I took the Chiappa 1892 in 44-40 out at last and had a few minor issues. The ejector was cut too square and would not close over the case rim so the action literally would not close. A bit of stoning on the extractor, which is easily removed without disassembling the rifle, and that was cleared up. Then I was getting FTF on about every third round, which eventually cleared up on its own. I attribute this to a 'phantom' chunk in the firing pin channel. This past weekend it worked like a Swiss clock and proved to be accurate with a box of factory loads purchased locally.

On another note, and there is a cast boolit thread on here, it did not like the initial batch of Hornady Cowboy Action 205 grain boolits I tried. The shots were all over the map with even some key holes. Turns out, when I measured their diameter (advertised on the web and on the box as .427"), they measured .425". How Hornady can market this boolit I do not know. Otherwise I shoot a lot of Hornadys with fine results. Long story short, after I cleaned the nasty lead deposits from the bore, I have some .429s on the way for future endeavours.

My overall impression of the Chiappa is very good indeed.
 
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