By still referring to your rifle as an M-10, can I assume that you did check RossRifle.com regarding variations, and are now confirming that you do in fact have a Ross M-10 .280 Sporting rifle with...
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By still referring to your rifle as an M-10, can I assume that you did check RossRifle.com regarding variations, and are now confirming that you do in fact have a Ross M-10 .280 Sporting rifle with...
The MkIIIB was a separate contract during WWI between Ross Rifle Co.and England. The rifles were essentially the same as the Canadian Contract pieces, but had unique foresights as well as rear...
I'd be very surprised indeed to find a fine sporting Ross .280 M-10 stamped up with any sort of stamps at all, nevermind fourteen of them! OTOH, if you could possibly be referring to a/some Military...
Odds of one of the Huots even being in England is between very slim and none.
However, there is a thriving community of Nigerian scammers working(?) there.I strongly suspect you've now met one.
My...
My best guess would be that with the onslaught of government inspectors imposed upon Sir Charles all making demands would likely be the source.
From a manufacturing standpoint, it would have been...
As long as you're happy with it either way....fine. The original illustration in the 1907 Manual shows the bevel to the rear, but all other Manuals/Catalogs plus nearly all period photographs show it...
Nice MkII*** US Contract Ross indeed.....fine stick of walnut, and a real plus finding it before Bubba sanded the stock out. Your Ross is one of the 20,000 that the US bought in late 1917 when they...
It may sound like tough love, but I agree- don't sell or ship outside the US. Not too long ago, as a favour I shipped some tupperware ammo boxes to a friend still stuck up in Kanada......as I still...
Referring only to the Kanadian CAL EM-2's, I can confirm handling nine of them in one place back in the good ol' days...Saint Tom of Dugelby (Peace be upon him) wrote the book.
It certainly appears unused.....If you give us a close-up jpeg of the bottom where the floorplate drops in, we can confirm just which Ross it would be from...
If you found it in the UK, there's a...
"451" is only part of the serial number......the serial number for this rifle is 451 over 1916, followed by "LE". There were heaps of Mk III's made and issued in 1916 using number "451" and "1916",...
He IS in Kanada! Chances of finding an original stock worth keeping is between slim and none......
Bill- If you turned that MkIII into a Bubbagun after it managed to survive this many years in such outstanding condition, there may be a possibility of bringing charges against you! (at least on...
First and foremost, you have a Ross MkIII; not an M-10- The M-10 was the top of the line Ross Sporting rifle, chambered in .280 Ross only.
The serial of your MkIII should be clearly stamped on the...
RR's MkII 5* is fitted with it's original Sutherland sight, and Fenian's Mk II sounds like a 3* version to me, and it came with the Canada Tool "Pilblad" sight- either the Patent-applied-for early...
Yes-same general disassembly...best bet? Buy a copy of Stu Mowbray's "Military Rifle Disassembly & Reassembly" (ManAtArmsBooks.com) Shiny pictures and all-
A jpeg or two would have cleared this up in a flash......It is/was a 1905 Ross. Depending on just who stamped the .303 on the barrel, it could be an original Ross 1905-R Sporter. The "triangular"...
MGM's post remarks apply only to the short-barreled MkII's. All other Ross rifles used conventional RH threads. As soon as I hear "drilled and pinned" (and sometimes welded too) I'd bet we're talking...
I'm calling shennigans on the story!
1. The photo shows no damage at all to the receiver bridge where the bolt-stop fits...even if the bolt-stop tab was left in the horizontal position, there would...
Check out FleaBay auction 260540441767 from last week- it's a great photo 7" X 48" (Canadians to do their own Trudeau-mandated metric conversion, please) of B Company, 259th Batt'n in Siberia. All...
a picture would be worth a thousand words.....First: is it a MkI or a MkII bayo
? Next: is the blade still it's original shape? (IMHO, at least 97% of the MkII bayos had their blades tapered)-...
Is there a knurled and threaded nut at the muzzle? Likely one of the Sedgley .22
barrels....I've had two in the past, and neither had any markings on them. Your mileage may differ....
1.Clearly; it is a MkII 3*- just above the Roman Numeral "III" is the "3*"
2. It's one of 20.000 not 10,000 that the US bought back in late 1917 to use for Drill Purposes only- none are documented...
The 5* version can readily be identified even without the stampings on the right side of the buttstock, as it is the only "short" Mk II that was fitted with the Sutherland sight on the barrel, and...
As for Canada, I'm sure the RCMP have a complete list of all Ross survivors on the north side of the wire....Should any of them up there not be on the Registry, it would indeed be foolish for a...