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Bought a Rossi '92 in .357 a few weeks ago, had terrible feeding issues, so I took it back to the dealer who sent it to the importers. A week or so later the dealer rings to say the rifle is back, but it is completely siezed? I called in and, sure enough, I cannot move the lever at all.
Apparently when it came back the dealer racked it a couple of times to check it and noticed it was stiff, racked it again and that was it, stuck.
He returned my money on the spot. I ended up buying a pretty Chiappa .357 Trapper. No issues, action smooth, and accurate.
I have had Rossi rifles in the past, and have had no issues at all, I still have a stainless Rossi (it has 'By Taurus' on the barrel) .357 with a 24" octagonal barrel and that is a peach, so I went for a .44 Rossi '92 as well.
Whaddaya know it, exact same issues. Before you say it, no, it was not from the same dealer. So I took it back, got mymoney back and bought a .44 Henry Big Boy instead. Twice the price, but it sure looks bomb proof.
Has anybody else come across this type of problem or am I just unlucky?
Apparently when it came back the dealer racked it a couple of times to check it and noticed it was stiff, racked it again and that was it, stuck.
He returned my money on the spot. I ended up buying a pretty Chiappa .357 Trapper. No issues, action smooth, and accurate.
I have had Rossi rifles in the past, and have had no issues at all, I still have a stainless Rossi (it has 'By Taurus' on the barrel) .357 with a 24" octagonal barrel and that is a peach, so I went for a .44 Rossi '92 as well.
Whaddaya know it, exact same issues. Before you say it, no, it was not from the same dealer. So I took it back, got mymoney back and bought a .44 Henry Big Boy instead. Twice the price, but it sure looks bomb proof.
Has anybody else come across this type of problem or am I just unlucky?