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The new series of lever guns from Rossi are brought to us in the USA by Brastech based in Atlanta. More about them in a minute...
The R92 TB (short for Triple Black) is a lever action tube fed side gate in a few calibers. I ordered one in 44 magnum.
The loop is large and comes wrapped with a black leather-like rope.
Barrel is 16+ inches and comes with a .578"x28 thread protector.
Rifle comes with a brass bead front sight and a peep rear sight on a ramp that is part of the picatinny rail.
Rail is forward enough to require extended eye relief (scout type) scopes or red dots.
This configuration ticked a couple of boxes for me. Threaded barrel? Check! Rail? Check! Large Lever? Check! Big Bore? Check!
Ok it is more a want than need kind of rifle but it is my first lever gun.
Out of the box the lever action was like glass and a pleasant surprise. I was prepared for a little roughness but it is very smooth.
Side gate is fairly stiff and you need something to push the rounds in.
The trigger releases at a crisp 3lb average.
At the range it started out well but quickly showed some problems
The screws holding the rail to the barrel started breaking before I noticed rail was loose. 3 broke and one was loose.
Turns out the screws are very short with marginally enough threads to hold the rail in place.
Placed a call to Brastech and they told me my warranty was voided when I used reloads.
This was after I had to convince the customer service rep that the rail was a factory item!
While I feel this could be fought, this isn't the hill I want to die on.
Retapped the holes to make sure the threads go as deep as possible using a bottom tap.
Ground new screws from longer ones till they were short enough to bind the rail but longer than the lone remaining screw. Used the Works sharpener with an old belt and put the screw in a pair of vice grips.
Used purple (due to size of the screw) locktite and reattached the rail.
While checking the sights, I noticed the front sight was loose and it came out in my hand. Added some purple to hold it in place till finished sighting in with sights. Plan to stake it in place after that.
Hard to recommend this rifle to an enemy let alone a friend but the issues should get resolved eventually.
Till then Brastech has some work to do before this gets too much attention.
The R92 TB (short for Triple Black) is a lever action tube fed side gate in a few calibers. I ordered one in 44 magnum.
The loop is large and comes wrapped with a black leather-like rope.
Barrel is 16+ inches and comes with a .578"x28 thread protector.
Rifle comes with a brass bead front sight and a peep rear sight on a ramp that is part of the picatinny rail.
Rail is forward enough to require extended eye relief (scout type) scopes or red dots.
This configuration ticked a couple of boxes for me. Threaded barrel? Check! Rail? Check! Large Lever? Check! Big Bore? Check!
Ok it is more a want than need kind of rifle but it is my first lever gun.
Out of the box the lever action was like glass and a pleasant surprise. I was prepared for a little roughness but it is very smooth.
Side gate is fairly stiff and you need something to push the rounds in.
The trigger releases at a crisp 3lb average.
At the range it started out well but quickly showed some problems
The screws holding the rail to the barrel started breaking before I noticed rail was loose. 3 broke and one was loose.
Turns out the screws are very short with marginally enough threads to hold the rail in place.
Placed a call to Brastech and they told me my warranty was voided when I used reloads.
This was after I had to convince the customer service rep that the rail was a factory item!
While I feel this could be fought, this isn't the hill I want to die on.
Retapped the holes to make sure the threads go as deep as possible using a bottom tap.
Ground new screws from longer ones till they were short enough to bind the rail but longer than the lone remaining screw. Used the Works sharpener with an old belt and put the screw in a pair of vice grips.
Used purple (due to size of the screw) locktite and reattached the rail.
While checking the sights, I noticed the front sight was loose and it came out in my hand. Added some purple to hold it in place till finished sighting in with sights. Plan to stake it in place after that.
Hard to recommend this rifle to an enemy let alone a friend but the issues should get resolved eventually.
Till then Brastech has some work to do before this gets too much attention.
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