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Thanks guys. Has anyone seen an earlier serial number? This one is 1749.

Yes it is, a commercial target rifle.

Oh….well then. Ha ha. That was not even remotely what I was expecting to hear about that 1905.

It definitely is different. I’ve had probably 10-15 1905 actions and barrels split apart in the past....

Good day Gents. Picked another beauty up recently. Enjoy!

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Sounds good Alex. Something I did just notice is that neither of these has the DCP proofs as found on all of my other original factory sporters. They may be rebarelled, I'm honestly not 100 percent...

Ax, I'm begining to learn that with Rosses, just like Lee-Enfields, we shouldn't always expect the expected. I learn lots of new things with pretty much every new to me rifle I pick up. My latest two...

Old necro thread bump here gents. But I’ve some insight to add.

There is a 1905-E here, with the 3TPI barrel thread with proper ranged serial stamped on the barrel reinforce in an untidy manor....

Beautiful rifle Sapper. Mine very obviously was not someone’s prized possession, but that may have been its saving grace too. And it shoots like a house on fire. Took a guess at a load yesterday and...

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Mine shoots cci shorts quite well. Its all ive ever shot out of it.

I'd love to do that. 05-R's are my favorite Ross. I like the Military rifles based on the 05 action too. If Altadiver gets the nosecaps built for the military rifles then it will be a viable venture...

Got the gearing figured out on my lathe. I'm now cutting 3 TPI.

The 3TPI thread I don't think is that huge of problem. A few gearing calculations and building a proper double reduction set up for a manual change gear lathe should have it in business. I will join...

Looking forward to doing something new as well, definitely.

Everything is possible Browning. I'll have more free time in coming months here so the possibility of getting caught up on current orders is there. Stay in touch!

Here's the dovetailed fore end splice i've mentioned in another post.

I have a 12x36 Clausing lathe designed for use in both wood and metal. This lathe runs an extremely high spindle speed in wood...

I'll try to remember to in the coming weeks

Ray, I'm pretty sure the first MkIII I had was one of the Royal Marines rifles that was sold off to a commercial sporterized. 26" barrel with a nice crown, nicely cropped fore end, and checkering...

I've been nursing a bolt head with a cracked lug for over a year now. I've been watching it closely for signs of further cracking. While it hasn't become worse, the damage is still there...

I have...

The bolt stop problem is quite real, but in my mind's eye it could have been easily solved. Instead of having Evelyn spaced mega overkill number of lugs, he simply could have made the left rear two...

If it's an 05 there is no need to worry, it's the 1910 actions that can be assembled incorrectly.

I got really lucky and found an original.

This is the kind of knowledge I'm really lacking Mr E. I understood that certain cuts will produce a much prettier stock but I hadn't given much thought...

Just finishing up restoring my Ross MkIII. I picked this one up last spring and have been gathering the few missing bits and pieces and trying to find time to build a new stock in some nice walnut...

It's a factory sporter for sure. A few overall photos would tell us which one definitively

If it is just on the surface you can preserve the original finish by dry rubbing the mold off with 0000 steel wool. I did this on my MkI* Ross restoration elsewhere on this site