Did an action job on my Rossi 1892

[rbertalotto]

I bought the "Lee" spring kit for the 1892 Rossi Winchester Clone. This rifle has the brass frame and a SS octagon barrel.



First thing I did was measure the effort it took to open the action and the trigger pull.

Using a Lyman digital trigger pull gauge, I attempted to measure the force required to open the lever fully. The gauge's  max limit is 12 pounds and this  lever friction exceeded this! The trigger pull was 6.2 oz.

After the action work, the action opened to full with 3.6 pounds of pull and the trigger is now a nice crisp 3pounds, 2 oz.

The springs that are replaced are the hammer spring, the trigger spring, the lever lock spring and the ejection spring.

I'll post a full review with pictures at some point.

Every single edge within the receiver on this rifle were knife sharp. Using a set of India stones, a small file and 400 grit wet/dry sand paper on a piece of perfectly flat granite, I rolled all edges and any area that showed signs of rubbing.

I decided to do a bit of jewelling on areas that were exposed. Jewelling not only looks neat, it holds oil a bit better than polished steel.







The rifle is now slick as snot! It's amazing how rough this action was before. Taking your rifle  apart, installing a spring kit and doing a bit of smoothing of all surfaces is highly recommended.

More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/things-that-go-bang/rossi-1892-brasssta/

[Bugscuffle]

That shines pard. Nice job on the jewling. Did you use a drill press? What did you use for the "bit"? I especially like the contrast between the brass frameand the ss barrel and lever.

[rbertalotto]

I used my milling machine to do the jeweling. You need some type of indexing table to get the spacing correct.

The best "brush" I've found for jeweling is a RCBS Primer Pocket Cleaning Brush. Works perfect and stays together for hundreds of jeweling jobs. I've tried everything else over the years. Brownells Jeweling kit, Cratex Sticks, pencil erasers. Nothing works as good as these RCBS brushes.

[Dances With Coyotes]

That spring kit was the best money I've ever spent. My little Rossi is awesome now. With the help of the youtube video I was able to get it done.

[Sam Cobra]

Nice!

[GunClick Rick]

I have an EMF Hartford 92,it was a bit stiff out of the box,but when i pit a John Wayne big loop on it that alone made it real slick,don't know why but it is real sweet now.Yours looks great!

[Paladin UK]

Nice job pard,
Gotta few ? ? ?`s   for ya..Is this a Marbles sight and if so what size and finally where did you buy it




Paladin (What lurvs his Rossi #92 ) UK

[rbertalotto]

Yes, Marbles site that I needed to modify with the set screw as the dovetail was too large.

I simply measured the one on the rifle and ordered the same height (as close as possible) from Midway.........

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This new sight works amazingly well.