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RE: 32-20 brass - Don McDowell - 11-26-2016
(11-26-2016, 02:29 PM)John Boy Wrote:Quote:...if you ever get a chance to get one of those rifles grab it.I added a brand new Model 92 in 32-20 to go along with my #2 Rolling Block. It started it's life as a Rossi M92 in 38Spl. Now relined to 32-20 and minor mod's to the internals
Well you know without pictures and a shooting report, it never... happened.
RE: 32-20 brass - Nuclearcricket - 12-01-2016
Don, I have seen and shot this conversion. Actually it was my first Rossi to shoot. Now I only shot 2 rounds through it but it seemed to work just fine, and about no recoil. I don't know if it is one of their SS rifles or not but it was nice and shiny. John did say it still needed a little smoothing here and there but other than that it worked fine.
As for me if I were to do something like that I am not sure if I would go reline or just replace the barrel with a GM. It did answer a question I have had for a long time, due to the fact that many Win 92's were converted to .38/.357, could they be reversed and it seems that the answer is Yes they can be.
If they were not so expensive, Taylor and Co sells a nice looking 92 made in Italy, and they could be turned back into an original caliber with about the same amount of work I would think. Maybe it would be worth a drive down to take a closer look at one and ponder the idea. The real shame is that when they were to first start bringing them in, they were listed in 32-20 and are not any longer.
Sam
RE: 32-20 brass - Don McDowell - 12-01-2016
If a person keeps a sharp eye out, it's possible to come up with either a Browning in the 53 or 62 version, and Winchester 92 in 32-20 and most of the time at a fairly reasonable price.
RE: 32-20 brass - Nuclearcricket - 12-02-2016
There are 2 pretty large gun shows coming up this weekend and next and I will keep an eye out for 92's and clones and see what they are asking for them here in the east. My guess is that I might have better luck finding a Marlin than a Winchester or browning.
Also Taylor and Co. are within driving distance and I may venture a trip down that way some day just to get out of the house for a while.
Sam
RE: 32-20 brass - Don McDowell - 12-02-2016
Take a look on gun broker or guns international. At times there can be a big flood of the Brownings, and the run of 92's that Cabela's had Winchester do.