The rifle is a current production R92 manufactured in 2012 with the blue steel. As you can see, I have the scout scope base installed along with a Weaver K4 Scout scope. The front and rear sights have been removed.
The rifle has the vented recoil pad and the bolt mounted safety which will remain in place.
The 454 Casull is the only production Rossi with the threaded magazine tube, the outer tube is threaded into the receiver for security under the heavy recoil and the inner tube is threaded into the outer tube. The outer tube is cut to allow cartridge loading and the inner tube can be removed to dump the cartridges out the front of the tube.
I had purchased a stainless magazine tube follower for my 480 Ruger from Steve's Gunz. In his web store the follower had been identified as for the 454 Casull/480 Ruger but when I installed it in the Ruger chambered R92, it fell right on through the tube. It was obviously under diameter and not usable in the 480 Ruger. The 480 Ruger rifle does use a metal follower, not the current production plastic follower so it wasn't that big of an issue. This follower was a perfect fit for the 454 Casull. A pin must be punched out to remove the threaded end of the tube and then the spring and follower can be removed and replaced.
The factory sights are the better buckhorn and brass front bead but as I noted they have been removed from the rifle for scout scope use.
The scope base is not secured to the rifle at this point. Yes, it will be epoxied to the barrel to prevent any issues like I experienced with the initial shooting off my 44 Mag and 45 Colt. With a 290-grain bullet at 2000 FPS I suspect it will make the recoil of those two rifles seem light. The recoil pad will help to reduce my felt recoil. I know, I know, Ranch Dog and his Krazy Glue. I even have a synthetic cheek piece enroute to the ranch. I experienced the beating scope shooting the 480 Ruger delivered without a proper cheek fit to the stock. I don't want to experience it on this rifle.
Anyway, a bit of work to do but this will be a slow one as hunting season is winding down. I know I need to check the barrel band and forearm relief plus the usual cleanup.
