HoloSight on Rossi 92'

[Ben]

4 different reticles. Red and Green
My grandson enjoys using this.

Ben

 

[Winelover]

Been using some variation of a red dot sight on my Rossi since obtaining it.


Pictured with a early Vortex SPARC. Battery life was less than to be desired.

Currently, wears a Romeo 5, just because it always on.............motion activated. Long battery life. For load development, a Vortex 2x7 Scout scope, in QD rings.

I'll take any advantage I can get!

 

[Ben]

YES !!!!!!!!!!
That's great.

Ben

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I had problems with sites on my Browning 92 that front site just too small. I searched and found a system fit to rear site dovetail using a reflex site made by Turnbull.



I am not one fo optics on a lever but... this works really well.

CW

 

[Rushcreek]

I mounted this Burris FF3 to my 38-55 after deer season ended. I can shoot it as well with the irons at 50 yds but at 100yds the dot sight improves my groups.
I modified a Weaver base to fit a D&T dovetail blank to mount it.
CW that wood on those Brownings is Blindingly beautiful!

 

[Ben]

Here is my Rossi 92, 357 Magnum with a HoloSight :

Range is 35 yards, 5.3 grs. of Unique in 38 Spec. cases.

 

[fiver]

i was gonna ask what mounts you guys were using.
i see some still have the sight in place, and some don't, so there has to be a few different makers.

 

[Ben]

I took a Weaver 92A scope base and cut it to fit.
I can remove the Holosight in 10 seconds and my line of sight isn't
affected by the Weaver base.

 

[Winelover]

Rossi has their own Weaver style scout scope base. I use Léopold QD lever style rings for the conventional scope. The Romeo 5 red dot uses it's own (one slot) mounting system. IIRC, the Rossi base has open four slots, for rings.

 

[Jeff H]

Rossi has their own Weaver style scout scope base. I use Léopold QD lever style rings for the conventional scope. The Romeo 5 red dot uses it's own (one slot) mounting system. IIRC, the Rossi base has open four slots, for rings.

I had a cheap Tasco red dot on mine that way for a while. I was surprised at how well I could actually group with it at 50 yards. It wasn't the greatest thing, so I keep meaning to get a Romeo 5, but get interrupted every time I start to shop for one.

EDIT: Got interrupted again. Meant to mention that I got my Rossi in 2009 and the rear sight covered four screw-holes for the included base. I didn't get along with the rear sight anyway and installed a Williams peep on the receiver. As Ben mentioned, the base did not interfere with the line of sight, but I did have to remove the factory rear sight to install the base.D/T job for the peep was the easiest I've done on a rifle.

Here it i s with a 2X pistol scope which someone on this forum now owns:

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I thought I had put up pics of the Turnbull mount on my Browning (1892 copy) it fits rear site dovetail very securely.


The dot is a 2-3min. They always look huge in pics n video. This is a HAWKE reflex dot. Probably made by another company because of the no markings. But it works very well.

CW

 

[Jeff H]

I love the compactness of those. Haven't had the guts to buy a cheap one to try it out and the expensive ones are expensive.

I handled the Romeo 5 - bought one from Amazon and it ended up being used, so I returned it. Didn't seem too bulky, but not nearly as compact as those.

 

[Winelover]

If you want/need compact a miniature reflex would be the answer. However, the only ones that don't require to be turned on/off are Trijicon's...........not cheap. In optics you get what you pay for. Romeo 5 is inexpensive and only of the few red dots with the shake/awake feature. Battery life is measured in years, IME. Besides the Rossi, I have one on my X-bow and one sitting in the vault for whenever the Henry Homesteader shows up.

 

[Rockydoc]

I had problems with sites on my Browning 92 that front site just too small. I searched and found a system fit to rear site dovetail using a reflex site made by Turnbull.

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I am not one fo optics on a lever but... this works really well.

CW

CW, that wood is beautiful! Did it come that way from Browning or is that Turnbull?

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

CW, that wood is beautiful! Did it come that way from Browning or is that Turnbull?

This one is a Grade II and cane this way. Yes it is flat gorgeous wood!



The shake awake feature is being found on cheaper and cheaper dots. I have seen them well under 100$ and even about 50$. Yes with battery life 50K and longer.

 

[Winelover]

The last Romeo 5 purchased, earlier this year, was about $80.

 

[Jeff H]

The last Romeo 5 purchased, earlier this year, was about $80.

Just found one for $99. Should have it by Monday.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

The last Romeo 5 purchased, earlier this year, was about $80.

The Romeo 5 are nice I have one too. But they are not a tiny reflex.

CW

 

[L Ross]

I am such a curmudgeon. I actually find tang sights attractive and historically correct but I will quit shooting my levers before I put a scope or holo sight on my old lever guns or my Rossi. I must hang my head and admit I have a scope on a 9422M. The darned thing is so accurate it deserves a scope for precise head shots.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Mostly I agree & think levers should have irons.

But I love levers & this one was no options as its front site is so tiny I cannot see it. So no kind of rear site could fix that.

CW