I also have a rifle with a deformed cracked bolt head that I keep threatening to replace the head on. I dressed it up with a file, and it has been holding up for a couple years now.
I have three...
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I also have a rifle with a deformed cracked bolt head that I keep threatening to replace the head on. I dressed it up with a file, and it has been holding up for a couple years now.
I have three...
I not saying the bolt will not deform with long hard use.
But it is far less common than some people make it out to be. Especially with the over sized bolt stop.
Making the back two left...
You might want to check a few more than two bolts before you come to this conclusion.
Most bolts you will see are fine.
I`m not saying it does not happen. I have seen a few over the years,...
Don`t forget unless they were hogged out, lots of the early Rosses had tight chambers as well as tight bores (.300 as apposed to .303)
I also have a number of Ross rifles. And although I haven`t...
First I`d like to say I did enjoy this for the most part. Far better than most attempts I`ve seen so far.
To give you an idea of how bad the ammo was that was giving the Ross trouble. While the...