Karl n Coffinmaker
Intermittent feed problem with a Rossi 92?
I fixed a couple,of Rossis in our local club had this problem - both times it was a hang up with the function of the magazine cutoff - (that thingy attached to the front end of the left side cartridge guide wot stops all the contents of the magazine from coming in the action at once) one gun was just gunk leftover from shipping fouling it - sometimes it would feed good then a jam - worked better for me than for the owner - I am a bit more vigorous with the lever - sneakin up on a 92 - IS NOT - the way to get it to work good (all winchesters I reckon even my model 70 bolt gun runs better if you have at it like you mean it) - anyway a good dismantle and cleaning fixed that one - together was hangin up the tip of the cutoff just kissing the barrel face - if ya look there is a little relief cutout to clear that (you guys know that one - Coffinmaker does fer sure) - so that's the first and easiest place to look fer an INTERMITTENT feed problem - I just take a little BRASS rod wid the action open and work that cutoff back n forth n if it don't function easy n sweet - pull the thing down and find out why - could be a busted spring, crud fouling the sides of the slot it goes back into when the bolt is closed - or at worst that little tip is hanging up on the barrel face --- both the aforesaid guns were running full length ammo (stuff would jam a 73) if the loaded round is right level with the nose of the carrier the lifter can function with the cutoff jammed and ya get a jam under the lifter - short ammo if the cutoff sticks the next round comes in and fouls the lifter before it rises.
I would say in Karl's case ammo is proly not the root cause of the problem - even though changing it might seem to fix things - a 92 should function without jamming on a variety of ammo length and nose shapes (NOT wadcutters tho)
Ps Coffinmaker - that 92 conversion I was working on a couple weeks back is done and working slick n smooth - waiting now on a new barrel to replace the worn ex 76 one that I built it around - now .........maybe I can find a clapped out 73 someplace with a totalled barrel cuz that ole one shoots good enough to keep it from the scrap heap
Thank you Greyhawk. What you described mostly matches what was happening. Where could I find a new magazine cutoff to buy? Would shimming work instead of a new part?
I did not mean to start reloading shorter .45 rounds. I must have just been twisting my die a little each time that I changed it. My old Vaqueros don't care what I feed them.
Trust me, I shoot my lever actions like I stole them so being too gentle is not part of the problem. My Rossi 92 does not mind wadcutters nearly as much as my wife's Marlin but I avoid wadcutters now just the same.
Just to show what we are talking about here.
The firing pin advice is interesting. I may have found an antique Marlin for my lovely wife's Christmas present. The price is good and it is in .32 so SASS legal but has about as many broken parts as not. The firing pin dropped out in two pieces and Numrich is out of them. I am working with the seller to see it I can have a new one machined since it is a pretty simple part. The split magazine sleeve might be a little trickier to fix.
Her goal is to have all originals for her SASS kit. She has the S&W revolvers already and is looking for a shooter 20 ga damascus or the likes (she just found a surprisingly sweet little 16 ga damascus coach gun for $400. I am tired of learning to load more old ammo.
This little coach gun is pretty and feels like someone tuned it for SASS a century ago.) The lengths that I go to to bribe my wife into coming out to shoots.