92's are mechanically complex.....nice guns but lots of parts.
I'm a Marlin fan.
Buy a Marlin.

I have a Rossi '92 20" Carbine in .44 Magnum.

I did not send it to anyone and it is slick enough to operate with my pinky finger after 250 rounds.

Buy one and spend your money on ammo or reloading components.

ETA: My trigger is very nice, crisp and not at all heavy.

Rossi has been making model 92 clones for a long time. They have had several importers, sometimes more than one importer at a time.

Interarms was the first importer than I'm aware of.

Navy Arms and EMF Hartford were both previous importers of Rossi 92's. These are some of the nicest ones.

Legacy Sports, or LSI, imported the Rossi 92 until a few years ago, and called it the Puma. When they dropped the Rossi 92, they started importing a higher grade and more expensive 92 from Chiappa in Italy. This is where it gets confusing, they also call this one the Puma.

Braztech (Taurus) is the current importer of the Rossi 92.

I have owned Rossi's imported by Interarms, EMF, LSI, and Braztech. Currently own stainless 16 inch trappers from LSI and Braztech.

The interarms and EMF guns had nice slick actions out of the box. The EMF was the nicest Rossi 92 I've ever seen. The shop I bought it from said it was a salesman's sample.

The LSI 44 came to be by way of Steve Young, he had already worked it over before I got it. The Braztech 357 was VERY rough out of the box, I sent it down to Steve and now it's just as slick as the 44.

I have two Rossi '92s in 357mag, a 20" rd bbl carbine and a 24" oct bbl rifle. Both are excellent shooters and you'll be pleased with either. As to working on them. 1st, DO NOT TOUCH THE ACTION LOCK BARS! Messing with them can open up the headspacing on the bolt. Second, Steve's DVD and kit (along with his bolt top safety plug) is a great investment for your new Rossi. I've given 3 Rossis (1 carbine and 2 rifles) action/trigger jobs using Steve's parts and DVD and they all work really nice after the work. Stock, the Rossi is over sprung. The ejector spring is ridiculously heavy and will throw empty brass into the next county.

The extractor's spring weight is also on the heavy side and together, they both make for a stiff closing action as you fight against the springs the last ¼" or so. Replacing the ejector spring with Steve's and lightening up the others per his instructions is a smart move for long term reliability and operation as the lighter spring weight will avoid the excessive wear caused from the high spring weights.

Snipping the hammer spring and mag spring per his direction, along with lightening the loading gate's spring, coupled with a bit of judicious part polishing will give you a smooth operating, enjoyable action and better, crisper trigger to boot. Finally, replacement of the plastic mag follower with Steve's steel one will avoid any magazine jamming issues down the road. All in all, Steve's $58.40 kit is worth every penny as is his $20 bolt safety plug.

I did the action/trigger job on my first Rossi, my 24" case colored rifle, after about 200 rds. Mind you, the stock Rossi worked fine out of the box, feeding both 38spl and 357mag without any issues. It was just stiff with a normal, heavy trigger and about normal for today's rifles. However, after the work, the difference was dramatic. The action was smooth and the trigger was lighter and crisper. So much so that when I got my 20" carbine, I did the work before I fired a shot through it. Both have over 3,500 rds each and are both as reliable and smooth as the day they were finished.

Why not settle for a ROSSI they can be fine guns I love mine after a little work.

Buds gun shop usually has a few of these available at better prices than BAss Pro –– cruise over to their website and see what they have ––- or direct from Steves Guns would also be good

$459.00. Rossi 92 24" Octagon

Nice find I hope it is a nice one like mine is.

went down to the pawn shop (FFL) that I had the gun sent to today.. I have never held one of these 92's before, what a sweet gun, so light..

I'll have to wait another 10 days before I can bring it home.

My 454 Casull chambered M92 came very smooth out of the box. I really can't find any area to polish out in the action. The buttstock is butt ugly though.

Hopefully next weekend I will get my new 16" .357 mag out and run some ammo through it. Today I was at the same LGS and saw a 20" CCH .45 Colt. Now I want that too. This is a sickness worse than the BRD.