I just picked up a Model 92 .357 mag lever action rifle that I'm pretty sure is made by Rossi but it's stamped Interarms. It's a dead ringer for a Rossi. Anybody got any comments about the Interarms Rossi?

Same design...Know they were imported by Garcia and Interarms, may have been a few other importers along the way. Current rifles are a bit differnect, and I can't swear all the parts interchange as I've not tried it (Kind of a union between Rossi/Tarus...they're marked Tarus now).

The older Rossi's are a little rougher on the inside, but it hasn't make it function less reliably...just took awhile to smooth out.

Rossi was the manufacturer of all these Brazillian made 92 copies.
Interarms was one of the importers.
Taurus bought out Rossi, but other than the added safety gadgets the rifles are the same.
They are now being imported by Legacy Sports International, Navy Arms, and EMF.
The Navy Arms and EMF do not have the safety gadgets, the LSI guns do.

I've talked to Mike at M&M Gunsmithing several times. He tells me that all of the guns are pretty much the same no matter who imports them. All of them require fitting of many of the parts, and are not really finished as well as the could be.

Does it have a 16" or 20" barrel? Does it have the Puma medallion on the left side of the receiver?

I have the one with the 16" barrel and John Wayne lever. Sweetest little levergun and I like the medallion.

Oh, the barrel should be stamped Amadeo Rossi S.A. on the left side of the barrel between the rear barrel band and rear sight.

Just picked up a litely used mod. 92, it's marked Interarms - SRC, in .357/38 cal. Looks dirty, but almost like new.

Looking forward to shooting at the range this weekend!

And after firing this little beauty I'm really impressed! :)

5 shots easily into one ragged hole at 50 ft. :cool:

I just need to work it more to smooth it out.;)

The EMF M92s now have the goofy safety. Steve Young at www.stevesgunz.com (http://www.stevesgunz.com) has a plug for the hole in the bolt. You just drive out the cross pin, the safety comes off and you replace it with the plug and it's cross pin.