I have been wanting a good Winchester 1892 clone in .357 caliber, I really wanted a Browning B-92 (made in the early 80's, a true copy of the 1892), but they are pricey and hard to find. I think only 3000 Browing B-92's were made in .357....

I have a Marlin .357 Cowboy Special that is nice, shoots good, but is almost too nice to take out in the field or canoeing. So, I finally decided to get a Rossi, easily available, cheap and everyone says they shoot good.

Picked this one up the other day, brand new for $469. The wood is definately utilitarian, I won't worry about dinging this one up:



Took it to the range this morning and ran some of my favorite cast lead handloads through it. The rifle shoots great, sights were regulated dead on from the factory, no sight adjustment needed. It likes .357 or .38 Special cases, cycles and shoots both equally accurately, better than my Marlin as it only shoots .357 ammo accurately. The rifle is very light weight, weighs about 5.5 pounds. I like it!

Here's a 50 yard group shot from the prone position, load is a Missouri Bullet Company 158 grain cast lead round nose flat point, 5.7 grains of Unique powder, for an advertised velocity of 1000 FPS from a revolver, should make 1350 FPS or so from the rifle. Group size is approximately 2 inches....



Now to find a Uberti 1873 rifle to keep my other Winchester clones (and actual Winchesters) company. To date I have the Rossi 1892, a real deal 1949 vintage Winchester Model 94, a Browning 1895 in 30/06 (one of the real copys made in the 80's), and a Winchester 9422. I can only afford the clones of the pricey Winchesters to shoot, but they are still fun...

Could you let us know how it shoots with factory ammo with 158 grain JHP's and SP's?

Looks like a good value.