Rossi m92 454 casull

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I was just lucky enough to pick up one of these guns, loaded some ammo and made a range trip
I had 300 grain hornady and 250G Camaro ammo
All loaded to proper COL
I had issues feeding the campro bullet and the odd hornady round
Has anyone had feeding issues with their Rossi m92
I have a m92 in 357/38 and no issues
As I could see the rounds coming out of the mag tub it looked like there was a round and a 1/4 on the feed ramp, not sure if that’s normal or if there is issues with my mag tub spring and or follower

Thanks
 
I had issues initially witih the feeding ramp as well, took it to a gunsmith and now all is good, works wonderfully and I love this rifle. I would buy another if one came available but they seem to be a rare commodity

richie
 
I had the stainless 16" barrel one in 454 casull about 10 years ago. Bought it for bear protection while hiking. The thing would cycle a round into the chamber about every 3 or 4 strokes of the lever......not any good at all for something you might need to protect yourself. It went back to the store and I have never bought a Rossi since.
 
I’m running the campros at approx 1700 FPS with 34Grains of H110. Got the information from campro
They said H110 34.0-35.5 grains
1700-1800 FPS
They work well in my 460 s&w
 
Thanks I’ll look up polishing the Rossi


I’m running the campros at approx 1700 FPS with 34Grains of H110. Got the information from campro
They said H110 34.0-35.5 grains
1700-1800 FPS
They work well in my 460 s&w

UOTE=B;16739363]There is often a lot of polishing done to Rossi guns to increase reliability. Out of curiosity how hot are you loading the Campro?[/QUOTE]
 
My brother has a 16" stainless M92 in .454. I handloaded some 325g cast bullets for it, nice and hot, and the gun has now been in my safe for 3 years, looking for someone who can repair it.

In a nutshell, the heavy recoil tore the mag tube out of the receiver. The threads in the receiver were cut eccentric to the bored hole, so thread engagement was poor, and the tube walked out after a couple of dozen shots. In addition to the thread damage the barrel band pin galled the barrel and dented into the mag tube. Frontier, who imported the gun, refused to even talk about it.

So be careful with heavy recoiling loads in an older Rossi. I was at SHOT last month and saw that Rossi is bringing the .454 back, apparently with some strength upgrades, so maybe those will be okay.
 
I had to modify the feed rails on mine to get FP 454 loadings to chamber. They would wedge on the top of the chamber because the guide rails that engage the rim of the case pushed it too far forward as the bolt pushed the cartridge into place. I just filed them a little wider so the case isn't pushed so far forward and gave the whole thing a polish. Works well.
 
BattleRife said:
My brother has a 16" stainless M92 in .454. I handloaded some 325g cast bullets for it, nice and hot, and the gun has now been in my safe for 3 years, looking for someone who can repair it.

In a nutshell, the heavy recoil tore the mag tube out of the receiver. The threads in the receiver were cut eccentric to the bored hole, so thread engagement was poor, and the tube walked out after a couple of dozen shots. In addition to the thread damage the barrel band pin galled the barrel and dented into the mag tube. Frontier, who imported the gun, refused to even talk about it.

So be careful with heavy recoiling loads in an older Rossi. I was at SHOT last month and saw that Rossi is bringing the .454 back, apparently with some strength upgrades, so maybe those will be okay.
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Interesting, Rossi support is not very good in Canada.
 
BattleRife said:
My brother has a 16" stainless M92 in .454. I handloaded some 325g cast bullets for it, nice and hot, and the gun has now been in my safe for 3 years, looking for someone who can repair it.

In a nutshell, the heavy recoil tore the mag tube out of the receiver. The threads in the receiver were cut eccentric to the bored hole, so thread engagement was poor, and the tube walked out after a couple of dozen shots. In addition to the thread damage the barrel band pin galled the barrel and dented into the mag tube. Frontier, who imported the gun, refused to even talk about it.

So be careful with heavy recoiling loads in an older Rossi. I was at SHOT last month and saw that Rossi is bringing the .454 back, apparently with some strength upgrades, so maybe those will be okay.
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Sounds like you have one of the early .454s. There were changes made to the mag tube to prevent those issues.
 
I have to wonder how many versions there are? My understanding is that the batch his came from were already upgraded to mitigate problems. First ones had pinned tubes, later ones had better metallurgy and tubes threaded into the receiver. His dates to about 2010 and has a threaded tube. Did they upgrade them again after that? Are the new ones shown at SHOT show then a 4th variant?
 
BattleRife said:
I have to wonder how many versions there are? My understanding is that the batch his came from were already upgraded to mitigate problems. First ones had pinned tubes, later ones had better metallurgy and tubes threaded into the receiver. His dates to about 2010 and has a threaded tube. Did they upgrade them again after that? Are the new ones shown at SHOT show then a 4th variant?
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At this point my recollection of the rifle's history is a bit thin but I believe the changes were made around 2007..? The mag tube should be threaded and pinned IIRC.
 
I have a stainless puma M92 in 454 Casull it's exactly the same as a Rossi

I had Peter at Rusty Wood trading company tune it up to his cowboy action job it feeds anything from 200 grain 45 colt to 405 grain 454 Casull so smoothly it is totally accurate in a dream to shoot
 
I have a Rossi M92 in 38/357. Had Deaner install the kit that comes with a video (forget now what it is called). Works slick as can be.
 
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