Rossi is catching up with the trend of black lever guns set by Marlin last year. For 2020, the company has introduced a new iteration of their R92 rifle called Triple Black. This lever action rifles are packed with features seen on other species of this new lever gun breed – black furniture, top Picatinny rail, wrapped large-loop lever, threaded barrel, full-length magazine, etc.

Rossi R92 Triple Black rifles are available in .357 Magnum / .38 Special +P or .44 Magnum caliber options. The rifles have 16.5″ barrels and 8-round magazines. The overall length of both versions is 34″ and they weigh in at 5.9 or 6.1 lbs depending on the caliber. The finish on the metal parts is Cerakote and the furniture is wooden. As the usual R92 rifles, the Triple Blacks also have a manual safety installed on top of the bolt.

The Triple Balck rifles come with front blade and rear aperture sights. You’ve probably noticed that the Picatinny rail is installed in front of the receiver. That’s because these are Winchester Model 1892 pattern top eject rifles. Such rail location will limit you to using long eye relief Scout scopes or non-magnified reflex sights which have unlimited eye relief.

The MSRP of Rossi R92 Trible Black rifles (for both caliber options) is $857.85.

Besides the R92 Triple Black, Rossi also has several other new rifles for 2020 which you can learn about by downloading their 2020 new products brochure.

These new black lever action rifles are quite controversial firearms, to say the least. I am sure there are a lot of people who like the new look of good ‘ol lever guns and another camp of people who consider this a total heresy. Tell us in the comments section, what do you think about the Rossi R92 Triple Black and this new trend of black lever action rifles in general.

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