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Big Al1 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:02 pm Nice lookin' '92!! I have an 1894 Marlin in .44 mag. Put a Skinner sight on it and it's accurate to 200 yards!!

Sweet!!!!!

Admin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 3:36 pm Nice score, Wambli! .44 Mag is just a fun carbine round.

Thanks! Yes it is and I’m loving having the set now, both stainless!

I agree with all of you that tang sights with globe fronts are absolutely cool looking on lever guns and even practical on some, and I have that setup on a few LR “cowboy” guns. But this guy is just meant to be a nice saddle scabbard gun for snap offhand shooting and plinking. I’m used to the buckhorn rear for that so I’ll try it in current config before “upgrades”.

Now, if you’ll all excuse me, I have to go practice my John Wayne shootin’face!!!

Freezer wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 5:48 pm My goodness! What a great looking set up! Color me green.

Thanks!!!

Oh I’m also ordering the saddle ring for it as soon as the stainless ones come back in stock.

YOU SUCK!

Thank you!

Here are my two Rossi’s in .45 Colt. They are fun guns and the short one is handy and light as hell.

Sweet!!! The octagon barrel is beautiful and I love the shorty

What kind of loads do you feed them?

I’d have to look them up. XTPs and WFN-GC bullets.

Cool. I have an ample supply of XTPs in my possession. Now they can go to a good use.

Offending parts have been deleted. Installed the stainless follower already so no pic. The stainless new one is a cheap upgrade. Glad Rossi decided to get rid of the old F and S deep stamps on the bolt body in favor of a single red dot that will come out with a toothpick and some nail polish remover.

I also decided to order the blue saddle ring. The stainless won’t be available for probably two months and I took a long hard look and I like the idea of the contrast of the dark agains the stainless and it will match the finish on the sights.

Range report anxiously awaited!

Elk Creek wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 1:43 am Range report anxiously awaited!

Tomorrow

NOW it’s finished

I dub the, “el pinto”

Elk Creek wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 11:18 pm I dub the, “el pinto”

You win the internet today

Diver43 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 11:26 pm

Elk Creek wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 11:18 pm I dub the, “el pinto”

You win the internet today

Oh man!

El Pinto….. hum I like that!!!

I need to get that safety delete for my RanchHand.

NIce build!

Admin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 10, 2025 12:22 pm I need to get that safety delete for my RanchHand.

NIce build!

Thanks! For anyone interested here are the parts suppliers, two really nice companies.

The safety delete and the Stainless follower (a very worthwhile upgrade) came from the Online Outpost. Ive bought stuff from them before and they are a great quality, fast shipping and they have been supplying the SASS community for a long time. Pretty much every model lever action I buy gets the automatic upgrade to their SS followers because I've seen the plastic ones that come from the factory fail a few times so I don't trust them.
https://the-online-outpost-licensing-co ... f95a44bbd5

The saddle ring, came from Beartooth Mercantile, another well known SASS vendor and again someone I've done business with before. He was out of the Stainless version and restocking was 6 weeks out, well outside my Adult ADHD parameters, so I ordered the blue and now I'm glad I did, the contrast looks good on the gun. His SR is better priced than other competitors and just as high in quality.

https://beartoothmercantile.com/rossi-p ... ddle-ring/

All the parts are REALLY reasonably priced and both upgrades take only minutes and require one punch (safety delete) and the proper screwdrivers and a paper clip for the Saddle Ring which takes the place of the lever screw. The instructions with pictures are online and easy to find.