Welcome to the forum.RSTOCKER53 wrote: The loading gate was so stiff getting rounds to load was a workout. Some rounds would go in, Some would hang up.
That super stiff loading gate is unfortunately the norm. The DVD of tweaks by Rossi 92 expert Steve's Gunz, shows his fix, which is what I did to fix the gate on my 92.
Remove the gate with it's attached flat spring. reshape the flat spring by narrowing it's width in the middle, so that it begins to resemble an hourglass. I used a Dremel to narrow it by about 20 percent in the middle. Worked beautifully to smooth out the feeding.
Good luck.