Help Needed -- "Rossi 92" Lever Lockup

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Help Needed -- "Rossi 92" Lever Lockup

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I just KNOW this is the place to get help with this...

Per This Old Link (click here), a few years back we gifted a Rossi 92 38/357 to my daughter's then boyfriend -- now her husband --and as he's been so busy with work, he asked me to clean it for him since I wasn't traveling this week.

Having worked on Winchester 92's several times before, I felt quite comfortable taking it all apart -- and each time I always marvel at the genius of John Browning who designed it from a block of steel and a slab of wood -- so now it's all cleaned, from the chamber end, and put back together correctly. No missing parts! :wink:

However, I've noticed a couple of things that I want to get some feedback on...

Please see the image pasted below, which wasn't mine originally, but I modified it for this posting. You can ignore the text and anything in green or red, it's only the 2 dashed arrows that concern me.

The issue is the lever doesn't seem to "lock up" like I'm thinking it should. Everything else functions just fine, and as I said, nothing's missing, but the lever stills feels loose and sloppy...

* Per the blue arrow on the image, the Friction Stud doesn't seem to be engaging enough of the lower tang -- can that stud be easily lengthened? Or is it not an issue, as long as your fingers are wrapped around the lever/stock as they should be?

* Per the gold arrow on the image, there is an empty hole drilled into the front of this one's lever (not visible when the action is closed) -- but I've checked several sources online and "huh", I don't see any springs or pins for that hole on any of the Rossi 92 schematics I've looked at -- got any thoughts on this?
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My son-in-law really enjoys shooting this fun little carbine at the range -- against my Marlin 1894. (Gee, maybe that's why the Rossi lever feels "sloppy" to me?) But having said that, I have to admit, the Winchester 92 design and that sweet little Rossi do have a really slick lever!

Thanks for any help or ideas with this!

Tight groups.

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The gold arrow points to the hole for the bolt/lever pin, with the stop screw holding it in place. The stop screw is the one furthermost forward on the upper left side:
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The friction stud hould just barely engage the receiver, holding the lever against the lower tang. As long as the locking lugs are all the way up and the bolt fully forward, it should be in battery.
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Griff,
I think he is referring to the hole in the lever not the lever to bolt pin. I think this hole is drilled in the lever so the friction stud can be driven out if it is bound up, as in rusty.

As Griff mentioned the friction stud should engage the lower tang just enough to hold the lever in the up position. If the friction stud does not reach you can sometimes lengthen the notch in the friction stud to it will reach. However, I have had to make new longer friction studs, too.
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Re: Help Needed -- "Rossi 92" Lever Lockup

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Thanks guys!

I'll give that a "shot". :wink:

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Nate Kiowa Jones wrote:Griff,
I think he is referring to the hole in the lever not the lever to bolt pin. I think this hole is drilled in the lever so the friction stud can be driven out if it is bound up, as in rusty.
Oh SNAP... The arrow IS pointing that way, too! :oops: :lol:
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Re: Help Needed -- "Rossi 92" Lever Lockup

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NKJ nailed it - as usual...
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