Sure Bob, bring it along. And bring a case of a nice IPA or some other nice Ale as well....
I've finally reached Nirvana with my own Rossi 92. It had me running in circles the last few meets but I never found time to look at it. I just lived with the stickiness that came and went. This led me to playing with taper crimping my loads done using .357Mag brass and lead boolits. I used a Lee 9mm factory crimp die to do this. And while it turned out to not be the actual issue I still recommend it to anyone looking for the positively slickest and fastest cycling if you need that sort of thing. It really aids in letting the rounds slip into the chamber with that little extra smoothness as the boolits turn the corner to rise up into place.
But it STILL would get sticky at times. I finally broke the gun down to deep clean it hoping that would help. And what did I find...........
The darn pin on the elevator that holds the detent button in place was walking out and in. And that pin is in EXACTLY the right spot to foul the rim as the bolt pushes it forward. And when that happens it bumps the elevator down and lets the bolt drive the nose of the bullet into the lower lip of the chamber. NO WONDER I HAD TO RATTLE THE LEVER AROUND ! ! ! ! Yet because it was moving in and out easily I never saw it during my previous inspections. I just got LUCKY is all....
That dastardly pin now has the edges of the hole on BOTH sides lightly swaged with a small center punch mark to ensure I can get it out if I'm serious but that it won't walk out on it's own ever again.
I then went on to use my tuned up Rossi for a weekend of cowboy action. It operated smooth as a fresh caught fish on a wet cutting board. Well enough for me to win in the Senior Duelist category for our big annual shoot.