This is the part that bothers me the most.
"I drove out back and set up my portable target frame at 20 yards."
He drove maybe 30 yards.
"I drove out back and set up my portable target frame at 20 yards."
He drove maybe 30 yards.
Mini range report-Rossi 92 .44 Magnum
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No, no, no! I had to drive at least 60-65 yards! It took me longer to load the target frame and range bag in the truck than it did to drive out behind the old hog barn.
The old hog barn is about 50 yards or so from my back door. I was shooting about 10 yards beyond it.
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I've had my .44 carbine, a 16" Marlin, for some years. It didn't seem like much back when I was younger and stronger, but last time I shot it I was surprised at much recoil it had with 240 grain @ ~1750 FPS ammo. Funny how my guns seem to develop more recoil over the years
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Muley Gil, I'm wondering why you waited two years to shoot it. 
I have a Rossi 92 saddle ring carbine with 20 inch barrel and I love it. It's taken a two whitetails and a couple of yotes.
I have a Rossi 92 saddle ring carbine with 20 inch barrel and I love it. It's taken a two whitetails and a couple of yotes.
I have the same one in 16". I just got it used, with a Bushnel TRS-25 red-dot mounted atop a nice picatinny rail. I haven't played with a red-dot in many years, and I thought it was easily tossed if I didn't care for it.
Well, suffice to say, the little L-lever safety switch WORKS! If you don't have that sucker all the way in the off-position, you get a nice click. Perhaps that replacement peep from Steve's would make a great back-up iron-sight?
I had both Speer and Winnie 240 JSP Mags with me. First pair from each with the dot on big-setting were about 2" apart, and both left of POA. I dialed the sight in several clicks to the right, then turned it down to minimum. This really gets the appearance of the dot down to a pin-point. Both brands gave me a pair touching one another, with POI about an inch above POA. No need for me to go any further, LOL.
I agree about the thump. I wouldn't much care to go through a whole magazine of them, LOL. If I can't find a replacement pad for the curved butt, I'm going to get creative with some dense foam, and stairwell tape.
S&WIowegan
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I hate to tell you this Muley but them critters are cows not hogs. Do you harvest a turkey every once in a while?
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Don't you mean raise the front sight? It has to be higher to push the point of impact lower. (All other variables remaining the same.)
Straightshooter2
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Either the peep or just the plug which is what I put on mine.
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I went to Auburn. I know about cows!
Every time I suggest harvesting a deer or a turkey, I get the stink eye from the Mrs. 
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Bought a Rossi 92 last summer chambered in 357/38 Special. It's a blue 16" barrel model. Wonderful to shoot though it is a little painful on the fingers to load. It's been very accurate with both cartridges and I was surprised to find that it even fed my 158 Gr SWC cast lead bullets as flawlessly as the RN loads.
John
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I’ve got a stainless Remlin 1894, that I sometimes use deer hunting. The good news is that it’s light, the bad news is that it’s light.
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One little trick I learned, when I bought my first centerfire lever gun, a Marlin 1895, almost 50 years ago, is to insert the cartridge into the loading port, up to the rim. Then, use the point of the next round to push the first round into the magazine tube. Continue until the tube is full and then you have one rim to fully seat into the tube. It saves on the fingers and nails.
bigwheelzip
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A modification that helps with that immensely is to reshape the profile of the loading gate flat spring, from a rectangle to an hour-glass.
These are my two Model 92 replicas.
The Rossi in .357 is really about perfect. It's an earlier one without the obnoxious safety "thingy" on top of the bolt, and it has a metal follower. Recoil is quite manageable.
The Browning in .44 Magnum? Recoil is horrible, forcing one to use .44 specials or download the maggies.
Both are faithful to the original Winchesters and operate very smoothly.
John
The Rossi in .357 is really about perfect. It's an earlier one without the obnoxious safety "thingy" on top of the bolt, and it has a metal follower. Recoil is quite manageable.
The Browning in .44 Magnum? Recoil is horrible, forcing one to use .44 specials or download the maggies.
Both are faithful to the original Winchesters and operate very smoothly.
John
