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Re: 30-30 loading gate

Posted: 09 Jan 2022 01:20
by Kazi
Anyone here still have a functioning Rossi ?

Re: 30-30 loading gate

Posted: 09 Jan 2022 16:03
by mr surveyor
Kazi wrote:Anyone here still have a functioning Rossi ?

Well, I still have my two. A 2013 (bought new) R92 44 mag, blued with 20" barrel, and a 2012 (bought used in 2015) R92 357 mag, stainless with 16" barrel. All I did to the 44 mag was refinish the wood and filed/reshaped the ejector. As for the 357, it just got a good wood refinishing with Watco Danish oil.

Several thousand rounds (90% cast) through both of them, and they are breaking in nicely. I already understand that if they "break", I'm on my own.


jd

Re: 30-30 loading gate

Posted: 09 Jan 2022 23:23
by Kazi
Good to hear Mr.

Re: 30-30 loading gate

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 08:41
by GasGuzzler
I do just not a Rio Grande.

Re: 30-30 loading gate

Posted: 10 Jan 2022 11:07
by Kazi
Anyone still have a functioning 30-30 Rossi RG ?

Re: 30-30 loading gate

Posted: 11 Jan 2022 07:43
by Ranch Dog
The Rio Grande's only problem is that they are unsupported. When Rossi drops a model, they drop it.

I had three of them and sold two; the one that I had rechambered to 38-55 Win and the 45-70 Govt. Nice rifles, but I'm just not shooting them. I have one left, a gun that I rechambered to 30-30 AI. The chamber needs a bit more polishing, and then I will probably sell it.

Re: 30-30 loading gate

Posted: 11 Jan 2022 08:36
by Kazi
Is it not possible to manufacture a part at a toolmaking
/ engineering shop when something breaks .. even small screws can be manufactured , not true?

Re: 30-30 loading gate

Posted: 12 Jan 2022 00:24
by Archer
Kazi wrote:Is it not possible to manufacture a part at a toolmaking
/ engineering shop when something breaks .. even small screws can be manufactured , not true?
Sometimes.
It's a lot easier if you have a GOOD part to act as a pattern.
When you are trying to replace a busted part that may be missing half of it or even the whole thing that's no easy choir.