FWIW, in 357 Magnum a tuned Rossi made M92 is about perfect. I'd add a plug for Steve's Gunz out of Port Arthur TX. Steve can fix the few minor problems, or sell you a DVD showing how to do it yourself. These Rossi made Levers run great in any of the pistol calibers, with the exception of some older Rossi's in 44 Magnum - that were bored at the upper end of spec's and run best with cast bullets of the appropriate diameter.

The 16" M92, in 357 Magnum, with a good 180gr load, will give you an honest 1800+ FPS. Compare this to the original, and current, 30-30 factory loadings out of a much longer barrel. The guys who run cast boolits do amazing things with this round in the short Lever.

IMO, the 357 Magnum in a Lever does not have any recoil until we use the heavy 180 gr loads. In 38 Special, the "recoil" is even less. This means anyone in my family can shoot this Lever all day long. I cannot say that about many of the 44/45 pistol loads.

The M94's in 44 Magnum/ 45 Colt aren't bad either.

Winchester never did fix the double feed problem with the 357 Magnum M94's. The Winchester M92's in 357 Magnum do not have that problem and are my favorite.


Marlin also makes a good 357 Magnum; I wish I had bought one instead of the M94/357 Magnum.


The pistol caliber Levers, especially the 357's, can be real cheap to shoot, are powerful enough for everything my family will do, and are just all around great.

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