Griff wrote:Hawkeye, the Rossi uses a pin, just the originals did. The "fix" is as Sixgun first described.
Nate, my memory ain't what it could be; not having a '92 apart for several years, after you remove the locking lugs, could you unscrew the right guide and slip it forward enough to get the bolt back forward?
Not really. The pin is hung up in the left lug way(locking bolt way) and has nothing to do with the guides.
Hawkeye2 wrote:Sixgun did a great job of telling how to get it unlocked and back to its original configuration. I might not have been clear but my question is: Once it is back to its stock configuration what can be done to assure it never happens again? Cross pin the pin? Ream/drive in a roll pin? Drill & tap for a set screw to hold the pin in? Other mod? One is my cowboy gun and the other will most likely be my hunting rifle for the rest of my life and I want 100% reliability in both cases, sorta like the old Winc 94 that I am replacing with the Rossi.
For your Rossi the pin is knurled on the left side end so you can use a fresh pin. But, if the hole in the bolt is worn the next trick is use a center punch, remove the bolt and and punch it on the bottom over the pin hole. This will grow some metal in the hole to help tighten the pin. Do it to both sides. Mainly don't fret over it. It doesn't happen very often.
J Miller wrote:Sixgun,
I seriously doubt a magnet would work in this case.
I'm very familiar with the Winchester 94s, but this 92 design has me stumped.
In my opinion drilling the receiver to get to the screw would for all intents and purposes destroy the gun for me.
If this gun has the lever to bolt pin being a screw I would disassemble it as far as I could, pump it full of oil, and then push, tap, coerce, or otherwise persuade that bolt forward. Then take the thing completely apart and FIX it right. Putting a screw in place of a pin is pure STUPIDITY ... in my opinion.
From what Steve Young has said there's gonna be damage no matter what so I'd try to confine it to the inside where it don't show too much.
However I am not suggesting this be done, I'm only saying what "I" would be tempted to do.
Joe
If you do that you are most likely to destroy the gun for sure. What I would do is lay it out for two holes to fit a Williams FP receiver sight then drill the holes using a #31 drill then tap them 6-48 . Now you can plug them or mount a Williams later if you like. The williams will end up a little higher than it need to be but a taller front sight can be added to compensate if needed.