Rossi R92 in 357 Magnum - Ammo Preferences

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66Milano

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I purchased a 357 Magnum Rossi R92 in August, 2022. I purchased Federal Eagle ammo in both 357 Magnum and in 38 Special. Both were 158 grain.

I am looking at re-stocking ammo in both the 357 Magnum and in 38 Special. Prefer in-bulk purchases (500 rounds) from just one retailer to reduce the overall shipping costs.

I would prefer to purchase from one of the Forum sponsors.

As members are aware, product is somewhat hit and miss.

If I choose Dealer A, I can get a 500 round brick in 158 grain for the 357, but they don't have a 500 round brick in 158 grain.

So, the $64,000 question; looking to hear from any Rossi 92R members; what are your thoughts on:

1) PMC Bronze 132 grain in 38 special?

2) Sellier & Bellot 158 grain in 38 special?

Thank You
 
Many thanks. I enjoyed the 158 grain at the range, but I am having difficulty finding 158 grain in 38 Special. Most of our forum dealers have only 132 grain in PMC Bronze.

I should have added; I don't hunt, I only shoot at the range.
 
66Milano said:
Many thanks. I enjoyed the 158 grain at the range, but I am having difficulty finding 158 grain in 38 Special. Most of our forum dealers have only 132 grain in PMC Bronze.

I should have added; I don't hunt, I only shoot at the range.
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S&B is good ammo. I find .38 likes to fling itself out of my R92 occasionally while cycling. Using bullets with RN profiles or similar seems to help. You will probably enjoy how quiet 158grn .38 is out of longer barrels too. Not that 132grn fodder would be a massive difference.
 
My own Rossi 92 in .357 is my main rifle for my cowboy action shooting. So needless to say speed of operation is important.

To that end it certainly prefers full .357 Mag cases. Specials tend to jam by flipping up and pointing upwards instead of chambering cleanly. But if cycled with a little less verve then Special length rounds work OK. The longer nosed 158gn bullets would certainly help. But if you want fast cycling then round nose or round nose flat point bullets in .357 cases is the best option.

SWC's should be avoided at all costs. They work if just plinking but even cycled slow they tend to catch on the shoulders. Most annoying and totally blows the point of a fast and fun lever gun IMO.

If you start reloading watch out for the "fat" round nose flat point 158 bullets. They are too blunt to feed smoothly. The Rossi needs more of a parabolic nose shape so the rounds feed smoothly.

The Rossi 92 is just a superb little carbine. I've had extremely little trouble with it over the years. The only major item was when the ejector snapped on me a few years back.
 
Thanks for the response. Having only fired 158 grain in both 38 Special and 357 Magnum, my preference would be to continue to use 158 grain.
 
Thanks for all the tips.

Funny enough, when loading my 357 Rossi R92, the 158 grain Federated Eagle 38 Special went in easier and smoother than the 158 garin Federated Eagle 357 Magnum ammo. I found that I really had to "shove" the 357 Magnum bullets in loading.

Of course, I guess that no two guns are identical.
 
66Milano said:
Thanks for all the tips.

Funny enough, when loading my 357 Rossi R92, the 158 grain Federated Eagle 38 Special went in easier and smoother than the 158 garin Federated Eagle 357 Magnum ammo. I found that I really had to "shove" the 357 Magnum bullets in loading.

Of course, I guess that no two guns are identical.
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Bullets with sharp meplats and most true hollow points tend to do that. The tip of the AE JSP is fairly sharp so no surprise there. With no modifications these guns do best with plain round nose loads at 1.58" or so.
 
B said:
Bullets with sharp meplats and most true hollow points tend to do that. The tip of the AE JSP is fairly sharp so no surprise there. With no modifications these guns do best with plain round nose loads at 1.58" or so.
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That being the case, do you have a recommendation on what "round nose" ammo I should consider?

Thank you.
 
38Spl is significantly shorter than 357Mag, which is something else that will affect both loading and feeding. Regardless, any RN or RNFP will tend to load smoother.

On the Rossi 1892 clones that I've owned, the biggest culprit with loading difficulty was always the very stiff loading gate. This can be modified, but it's not super easy.
 
Excellent

I think that I am all set.

The sad thing, in golfing parlance, I live about a 3-Wood away from Cabela's but their ammo supply is pretty minimal; especially in 357 Magnum or 38 Special.
 
alpining said:
Reloading is a solution

(which creates other problems)

;)
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Yes, I hear you on re-loading.

When I first joined the Stittsville Shooting Range last year, I met a great guy; a retired (44 years) Ottawa Police Officer. He was relentless (in a nice way) explaining the advantages of re-loading.

Bottom line, I'm no Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates, but I am OK spening $45 for a 50 round box. Now that I have received my 9mm pistols, I will likely spend more time with them than the Rossi R92.

That all said, re-loading makes perfect sense; just not for me.

Thank You
 
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