Model 92 Deluxe

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:59 pm

Picked up this 92 deluxe last year, nice wood on it and a good shooter.
Whoops

it`s a Browning 44 mag.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:51 pm

Nothin' wrong with those Browning "clones." I love my Browning 1886!

olyinaz · Post by **olyinaz** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:57 pm

Looks darn nice! And if it's not been said yet - WELCOME TO THE FIRE.

Cheers,
Oly

pricedo · Post by **pricedo** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:17 pm

The Browning 92s as show in the pics on this thread are a beautiful rifle but unfortunately are no longer made.
The commercial agglomeration that now calls itself Winchester Repeating Arms now markets imperfect clones of the original legacy lever action rifles including the 1886, 1892 & 1894 for about $1500 a pop that are made in "upstate Japan".

I still consider Winchester lever action rifles not made in the New Haven factory clones even if they are made by a company that calls itself Winchester.......but that's just traditionalist old me.
I own 3 "pre-Braztec" Rossi model 92 clones without the silly lawyer safety switches that are on the new Braztec guns that are all good shooters in 357 Mag, 44 Mag & .454 Casull & they look more like the original Winchester 92s than the new Winchester 92s do with their cross bolt & tang safeties.
I paid an average of $500 each for my Rossi guns & they shot & functioned like a dream right out of the box & I'll bet that even for a $1000 difference per gun the dead on the ground bucks I harvested with my Rossi guns didn't know the guns that killed them weren't originals.
A couple of my friends told me that I got lucky and beat the odds by getting 3 good Rossis.
When I bought the Rossis I didn't know I wasn't supposed to like them.
Unfortunately I don't usually go with the flow & assess a gun or gun maker by anecdotal gossip but rather based on several thorough hands on trials by shooting at the range.
I wouldn't part with any of my Rossi 92s.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:22 pm

Griff wrote:Nothin' wrong with those Browning "clones." I love my Browning 1886!

Me too, bought it new and a favorite.

Thanks for the welcome olyinaz

Yep the Rossi are good too, have the rifle version in 44.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:13 pm

pricedo wrote:The Browning 92s as show in the pics on this thread are a beautiful rifle but unfortunately are no longer made.
The commercial agglomeration that now calls itself Winchester Repeating Arms now markets imperfect clones of the original legacy lever action rifles including the 1886, 1892 & 1894 for about $1500 a pop that are made in "upstate Japan".
I wouldn't part with any of my Rossi 92s.

IMG]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d197/ ... /howdy.gif[/IMG] Pricebo, Welcome to the Forum.

Subjects that have been cussed (not literally as we limit ourselves to only polite disagreements) and discussed at length. The new "japchesters" are being made in the same plant as the old "brownchesters", with exception of the mdl 94AE. That I understand is new machinery.

And, IME, you did get lucky with 3 outta 3 good Rossis. Mindya, my 3 worked, but they were neither slick, nor were they ready for a wide variety in ammo. A little trial & error and sweat equity has them now operating "...like a dream!"

pricedo · Post by **pricedo** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:03 pm

Griff wrote:
pricedo wrote:The Browning 92s as show in the pics on this thread are a beautiful rifle but unfortunately are no longer made.
The commercial agglomeration that now calls itself Winchester Repeating Arms now markets imperfect clones of the original legacy lever action rifles including the 1886, 1892 & 1894 for about $1500 a pop that are made in "upstate Japan".
I wouldn't part with any of my Rossi 92s.
Pricebo, Welcome to the Forum.

Subjects that have been cussed (not literally as we limit ourselves to only polite disagreements) and discussed at length. The new "japchesters" are being made in the same plant as the old "brownchesters", with exception of the mdl 94AE. That I understand is new machinery.

And, IME, you did get lucky with 3 outta 3 good Rossis. Mindya, my 3 worked, but they were neither slick, nor were they ready for a wide variety in ammo. A little trial & error and sweat equity has them now operating "...like a dream!"

You needed to bracket up the IMG tag on the left of the photobucket URL so I could see the graphic. I did the honors in the quote.
"Howdy" to you too.
I did indeed luck out on those Rossis.
I should have bought a lottery ticket at the same time while the lucky streak was still running & maybe then I could afford one of the new Winny legacy lever actions advertised on their website. I like the quality Winny checkering on the real walnut stock but that doesn't put meat on the ground or holes in the 10-ring just a lot more dollars on the hefty price tag.

A friend of mine complained about crumpled cases in an early Rossi .44-40 model 92 but Rossi has bought new machinery & pulled up their socks since those early days.
The Rossis may have a rep for being rough out of the box but I don't see any of the hotshots from Marlin, the new Winchester, Henry, Chiappa, Uberti, Pedersoli or Browning having the parts to market 92 clones in .454 Casull or .480 Ruger. I could be wrong but I don't see anyone elses guns out there on the shelves in the 2 "hand cannon" calibers I just mentioned.
I've fired 500+ full power .454 rounds out of my Rossi .454 & it's still "blueprint" (nothings moved) & I much prefer the Marlin 39A style push rod & loading slot in the magazine tube charging capability over laboriously loading every cartridge through the receiver loading port..........that's not Rossi rough.........that's called Rossi ROUGH & READY.

The rich satiny blue on my Rossis is as good as that on my old Belgium Browning BLR & that's saying something.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:33 am

No need for the "oops" at all. Looks great!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:56 am

What`s the difference between the Rossi action and the Browning, my Rossie rifle will cycle my cast elmer Keith style bullets and the Browning won`t, too long.
Is it because ones the carbine and ones the rifle ????

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:04 am

I really like that buttstock.

It sure sets it apart from others.----------Sixgun

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:40 am

pricedo wrote: I much prefer the Marlin 39A style push rod & loading slot in the magazine tube charging capability over laboriously loading every cartridge through the receiver loading port.

Me too.

Booger Bill · Post by **Booger Bill** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:53 am

I have one too. The loading gate broke on mine. I was able to get one, but that was close to 30 years ago. The brownings is just one pieace, not two pieces like the original winchester.

Gary Norsk · Post by **Gary Norsk** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:03 pm

B Bill the 92 browning has a one piece loading gate. ** Gary

Gary Norsk · Post by **Gary Norsk** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:12 pm

Pitchy The carrier has a shell stop at the back, I had cut one back for a original 92 for the 218 Bee with a hack saw and a wood chisel about .060" it was soft as butter. You might ask Nate Jones about your rifle. Gary

southfork · Post by **southfork** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:02 pm

[quote "I don't see any of the hotshots from Marlin, the new Winchester, Henry, Chiappa, Uberti, Pedersoli or Browning having the parts to market 92 clones in .454 Casull or .480 Ruger. I could be wrong but I don't see anyone elses guns out there on the shelves in the 2 "hand cannon" calibers I just mentioned.
I've fired 500+ full power .454 rounds out of my Rossi .454 & it's still "blueprint" (nothings moved) & I much prefer the Marlin 39A style push rod & loading slot in the magazine tube charging capability over laboriously loading every cartridge through the receiver loading port..........that's not Rossi rough.........that's called Rossi ROUGH & READY.

.[/quote]

Would you consider the .454 Casull and the .480 Ruger "hand cannons" to be in the same league? I thought that the .454 Casull was a bigger beast than the .480 Ruger (in terms of performance and working pressure).

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:42 am

how about a turnbull 92. recreation of the winchester down to the color of the stain, no lawyer parts.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm16 ... 0007-1.jpg

pricedo · Post by **pricedo** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:55 am

buckeyeshooter wrote:how about a turnbull 92. recreation of the winchester down to the color of the stain, no lawyer parts.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm16 ... 0007-1.jpg

How about it?

I'll drop my family off at your place after I buy one of Doug Turnbulls fine looking guns because I won't be able to feed them for a month or two after I pony up the $1750 for the gun.

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:24 am

pricedo wrote:
buckeyeshooter wrote:how about a turnbull 92. recreation of the winchester down to the color of the stain, no lawyer parts.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm16 ... 0007-1.jpg
How about it?

I'll drop my family off at your place after I buy one of Doug Turnbulls fine looking guns because I won't be able to feed them for a month or two after I pony up the $1750 for the gun.

That could be a problem! I have no family so I can eat peanut butter and jelly and spend the rest on leveractions!

Really though-- If you are looking at a 'new' winchester for several hundred dollars more you can buy it from Turnbull with the upgrades done. I'll probably buy a 71 from them this year after they upgrade them.

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