How To: Making A .357 Rossi 92 Replacement Mag Plug

[Rangr44]

I discovered that my new Rossi .357 Model 92 was issued with a yellow plastic magazine follower - and my thoughts were to either buy a steel one to replace it or make one from brass.

Since my scrounge box had an old slide-adjustable measure for blackpowder, I decided to try my hand





First, I marked out the job



Then I cut the inner half of the measure to length, going by the depth of the INSIDE of the plastic follower, and it's OAL



Into the drill chuck with it, and turn the brass measure's body down to match the OD of the plastic



So far, so good - now it needs to be cut so the OAL matches the plastic



We have separation again !   :mrgreen:



Time to bevel/round the leading edge of the brass copy, and polish out the rough turning marks







Now to pop it back into the Rossi, to be sure it actually works.   

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[Hank08]

Good job, R44, although i've never had a problem with the plastic, I've changed all of my plastic ones for aluminum or preferably steel ones.
H08

[Rangr44]

It's a good idea, since - according to a very good CAS Model 92 gunsmith   http://www.stevesgunz.com/    - the plastic fantastic followers will eventually gall with heavy use and bind up, leading to failures to feed.

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[teamnelson]

Good job, R44, although i've never had a problem with the plastic, I've changed all of my plastic ones for aluminum or preferably steel ones.
H08

Where do you buy those?

[Rangr44]

Steel Winchester NOS followers for a .32-20 or .25-20 Model 92 are the right size for the .357 Rossi - available from multiple parts purveyers, and custom-made from StevesGunz (above) @ $20 IIRC.

Click on my hyperlink above, and go through that website for specifics.

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